- Location
- cheshire
Got some similar drilled 2 days earlier than that
Way to many people right it off now because it does not look like all the pictures in the shiny magazines
osr sowing survival strategy
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- Start date
Way to many people right it off now because it does not look like all the pictures in the shiny magazines
- Location
- Darlington
I have some similar. I know its too thick and to far forward but I will take that after last year. Contract HEAR rape that has taken a bit of looking after, looks best set to do well ATM
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Classic waterlogging, should have subsoiled it.
- Location
- Darlington
And here's the HEAR like me there are the odd bald patches but must say, after a nervous start, I'm happy with it ATM.
- Location
- Berkshire
Zero waterlogging, light loam over chalk at 850 ft, nice straight roots
I think it’s more a very wet preceding winter leaving no residual N, an 11t/ha wheat crop then DD’d into chopped straw leads to the OSR needing more than 30kg/ha of N ( going by the DAP and straight N treated crops I have )
- Location
- Darlington
I think my biggest mistake last year was relying on digestate and poultry manure, not all on the same fields, after a big crop. Gone back to a sniff of N in the seed bed this year which definitely seems to have helped although it has still looked hungry a couple of times to date.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
You know your land better than me!... but thats what ours used to look like in Jan where the subsoiler driver missed a strip for various reasons.
- Location
- Berkshire
I think it’s just hungry !!
We've got some planted on the 18th, have tried to leave volunteers as long as possible as they seemed to protect the seedlings from the beetle and early pigeon attack. Not expecting too much , but isn't the yield record held by a crop that was planted half way through September ? (think it was in Kent mind!)
Yes, the record was set on a reseed in mid September but it was in Kent.
Why not? Frost kill? At least 4 true leaves needed for survival but if we get a mild winter it should be ok. I’ve kept smaller plants than that before, admittedly 300 miles further south.
ollie989898
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Cracking crop.
Fish
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- Location
- North yorkshire
It will be ok, but as it will come into flower later it's more likely to be hit by pollen Beatle.
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
Took this pic between two huge downpours yesterday
Hi Brisel, I see you've made a few posts about the control of sawfly larvae on your crops and had a bit of an odd request for you. I'm working with a television production company called Hooded Crow Pictures, which is currently filming a documentary series about insects. We are trying to locate sawfly larvae for filming so I was wondering if the turnip sawfly is a pest that appears annually on your farm? Many thanks and feel free to contact me at [email protected].
- Location
- Darlington
And now the battle with the pigeons gets real 
How are pigeons with people generally this year. A lot less with me this year. Annoying flock of a couple of hundred to keep pushing off osr but less in area than usual. No numbers coming into woods at night. First saturday in Feb last year had over 100 shots roost shooting. This year only a handful. Same with other people I've spoken to covering other local woods. Some never fired shot where would expect 50 plus.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Pigeons all over the place. No osr though. Never seen so many - putting it down to no shoots this year.