OSR this year ?

[benny6910]

I’ve attached the seeder to my sumo this morning and tempted to start but ground is still wet on heavy going so I’ll be patient and wait till next week I think. Agronomist says I’ll be ok to put it in for the next 10days or so.time will tell if it’s the right decision.

 

[thorpe]

Been hearing the same. Hoping the same. Plenty folk fed up with it now.

our's is sold and gone , i don't care anymore 22/23 disaster less than a ton glad to see the back of it!

 

[thorpe]

our's is sold and gone , i don't care anymore 22/23 disaster less than a ton glad to see the back of it!

as for 23/24 it's emerging nice , 2 agrono's have told us not to look at it for 3 week's!

 

[lloyd]

as for 23/24 it's emerging nice , 2 agrono's have told us not to look at it for 3 week's!

Lets hope the beetles take the same advice.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

First 2 fields sown sprayed for beetle this morning

 

[lloyd]

First 2 fields sown sprayed for beetle this morning

Oh dear thats your average down from 1.94t acre to 1.93.

 

[radar]

I’ve attached the seeder to my sumo this morning and tempted to start but ground is still wet on heavy going so I’ll be patient and wait till next week I think. Agronomist says I’ll be ok to put it in for the next 10days or so.time will tell if it’s the right decision.

Bit different here - ground too hard and dry for anything to grow. Discs slide on top and tines bring huge lumps up.
Going by the forecast for the next week OSR might be given a miss this year.

 

[Zippy768]

Bit different here - ground too hard and dry for anything to grow. Discs slide on top and tines bring huge lumps up.
Going by the forecast for the next week OSR might be given a miss this year.

Our ground needs next weeks temps to dry a bit. Too wet to do anything to them at moment.
Hopefully drill mid week

 

[Gedd]

Drilled 8 days ago off the back of a subsoiler/disc machine flying out the ground but already some shot holes

 

[A Trebor]

just showing after 6 days

 

[Wombat]

Flea beetle munching through this years
Volunteers

 

[Brisel]

Don't forget about these! Slugs all over osr volunteers.

 

[Salopian_Will]

Slugs and beetles all over rape drilled 9 days ago. I am resigned to redrilling it. This hot spell could not have come at a worse time.

 

[Northdowns Martin]

Thankfully rotation dictates having a year off OSR. Did think about poking some in but after reading the flea beetle and slug issues think I’ll stick. Just leaving a wet soggy southern Spain for heat waved southern England!

 

[Zippy768]

A week of 27°c will slow the slugs down. Cultivating today/tomorrow to begin to fry the little sods. Hot weather will.sort the flea beetle migration. Drill end of the week in a good seedbed in time for the rain next week.
Bit of fert in spring and a couple of sprays. Harvest 2t/acre next July, sell for £600/T.
Straight forward job

 

[nxy]

This was dropped onto the ground behind a cultivator at the end of July into baled oat stubble and hasn't looked back since. Some of the later stuff is more patchy and could do with a rain (its 32 degrees today)

It was "drilled" with this and rolled and yes they are spray can based seed diffusers.

 

[Wigeon]

Fat lot of good these pellets are...

Beetles out in force too.

And pheasants

 

[APJ]

Direct sown in to winterbarley stubble hybrid dsv dolphin 12th August, lost a bit along hedgerows to slugs, but generally happy so far.

 

[snarling bee]

Drilled 20th July. Bit patchy in places.

 

[glasshouse]

we’re they those vampire CSFB’s ? . - nasty beggars they are

Ha ha