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[FarmerBruce]

Anyone seeing many or sprayed for them this year? Seeing quite a few the last few evenings. Agronomist says it’s past the stage of worrying about them! Is that the case mid flowering.

 

[T Hectares]

The risk is over as soon as flowering starts, not that the insecticide is particularly effective anyway…

 

[Gong Farmer]

Best not to look.

 

[Jo28]

which insecticides have any effect??

 

[T Hectares]

which insecticides have any effect??

Hallmark, if a couple of droplets hit the midge directly, may cause a mild concussion

 

[yellow belly]

Resistant variety is the only effective solution
Nothing else effective and costs more than any likely gains

 

[Zippy768]

When we had an explosion of them back in 2018 (I think, and I treated), it was a very short window between ear emergence and flowering.
This year the ears seemed to of been emerged ages before flowering.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Don’t look!

yes we have them.

Not looking anymore!

 

[Barleymow]

Never look for them no insecticide on beans this year either

 

[ajd132]

Don’t look. They are often yellow ones also which the insecticide is even less effective against

 

[Wombat]

Surely if it was a worry just get a resistant variety

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Surely if it was a worry just get a resistant variety

It’s a worry here but the only group 1 with resistance is Skyfall and I don’t like that.

 

[Hindsight]

Don’t look. They are often yellow ones also which the insecticide is even less effective against

I understand the only insecticide now available to effect some form of control is a pyrethroid, which I stand to be corrected, think is equally effective on orange and lemon blossom midge. The more concern is the plant resistance to orange midge doesn't transfer effectively to lemon midge. But fortunately lemon midge is less common. Someone will come along to correct me where I am wrong.

 

[snarling bee]

It’s a worry here but the only group 1 with resistance is Skyfall and I don’t like that.

What's wrong with Skyfall? Its only weakness is YR which a bit of cheap teb will sort.

 

[ajd132]

What's wrong with Skyfall? Its only weakness is YR which a bit of cheap teb will sort.

And it sprouts after half a mm of rain and the hagberg goes in dew.
it’s a terrible variety.

 

[principal skinner]

And it sprouts after half a mm of rain and the hagberg goes in dew.
it’s a terrible variety.

Mine held up ok on both counts last harvest

 

[snarling bee]

And it sprouts after half a mm of rain and the hagberg goes in dew.
it’s a terrible variety.

Not my experience, almost always get it away for milling.
2021 - 1000t lowest hagberg 277, average about 300, 78 hl, 13% protein
2020 - 500t 320, 81,13.2
2019 - 850t, 296-400, 77.5-80.2, 12.89 - 14.52,

Might suit our area.

I will concede that Crusoe probably assimilates protein better.
Skyfall is normally the first variety to ripen so loss of hagberg not an issue.