Mark C
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
Been snatching drilling S Barley with a combo drill between showers over the last few weeks. Not much got rolled before it rained. When is it safe to roll it once it’s up ?
Rolling Spring Barley post emergence
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ollie989898
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Used to see it done at 3 true leaves or so a lot . Never seemed to bother it.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
The rolls won't hurt it as it comes up. But the tractor wheels will unless it is all well and truly up.
With wheat, you wouldn't hurt it at any stage it is coming up.
With wheat, you wouldn't hurt it at any stage it is coming up.
I wouldn't be brave enough to find out but I think you are probably wrong. I would wait until 3 leaves myself
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I've done it (whilst sh1tting myself!) and it was absolutely fine.
Couldn’t believe how the field suddenly turned from brown to green in a day.
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Why were you doing it at that stage?
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
id wait another 2 to 3 weeks
it will be drier and stronger plants
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
It was about 25 years ago, in North Suffolk. We had planted a 60 acre heavy land field with 1/2 rate Baytan treated Haven 2nd Wheat. The field had been ploughed with a TW25 pulling a Dowdeswell DP7E+1 and press.
It was drying fast, so we powerharrowed it with an MF 1250 with duals all round on a 4.5 meter Maschio pulling a set of rolls behind. I drilled it with an MF 675 + rear duals that I had converted to 4 wheel drive, pulling a Bamlet Tive 2004 trailed pneumatic drlill. Then it rained and we couldn’t roll it.
It started coming up, but was all over the place. Baytan slows down surface emergence. We were worried about slugs and I also wanted to roll before we sprayed it with IPU + Trifluralin.
So 2 weeks after drilling, I rolled it with that MF 675 pulling a set of 6.3 metre Hydraulic folding Bamlet Tive Rolls. A good friend had told me that I wouldn’t hurt it as long as the tractor was light and dualed up.
I’d keep it in 4 wheel drive but knock it into 2 wd on the headlands as I turned so as not to scrub the seed out.
I’d swear only half of it was up as I rolled it. But the next day it was all up!
It yielded 4 tons an acre no trouble at Harvest.
Having had a pre T1 of 2/3 rate ccc, then a T1, T2 and T3 (T0 hadn’t been invented then). No further herbicides and 125 units of Urea split in 2 doses.
That was it.
Easy, compared to today!
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- Location
- Suffolk
is there any need to roll? Breaking clods will disturb ground and release blackgrass. Obviously important for combine and manganese def but cant see much point?
Pre em ?
Stones in this part of the world.
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
aye you grow them for fun over your way
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
How long would you need to leave after rolling before applying post-em Crystal/Lib?
Pre-em only on SB??? Not sure without checking
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
7days is it?
- Location
- East yorks
I rolled my stuff drilled a month ago tonight, manganese, and some phosphite next week and then axial in another 10 days
Axial pro or liquid gold!?
