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PhewIf you have an agronomist who recommends rolling, you've got a keeper.
PhewIf you have an agronomist who recommends rolling, you've got a keeper.
Seems a bit counter intuitive. Rolling smaller stuff now which looks fine. This is the bigger stuff though:it’s all gain ! Just like pruning roses ?
Seems a bit counter intuitive. Rolling smaller stuff now which looks fine. This is the bigger stuff though:
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? learning curve this year! Will report back when it has achieved 4t.will do it the world of good
? learning curve this year! Will report back when it has achieved 4t.
Is it too late to roll this sowed 12th October.
Use a flat roller not cambridgeSeems a bit counter intuitive. Rolling smaller stuff now which looks fine. This is the bigger stuff though:
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Use a flat roller not cambridge
Don’t know why asi wasn’t very old but my grandfather told me never to roll cereals with flat rollsWe don’t own a flat roller so it’s always the Cambridge ones
My agronomist told me the flat roll is for grass and the Cambridge is for cereals. Trouble is the ground is so hard now that the rolls are hardly doing anything and the wheat is hardly even strong enough to get that satisfying dark/ light striping. I was hoping to try and seal up the cracks as you can see wheat roots that are struggling to find nutrition. I wouldn't be too concerned about my feb drilled wheat if it was now early March but it is going to have to do a hell of a lot of growing before flag leaf emergence which will still be around late May. It hasn't moved in the last 2 weeks.Don’t know why asi wasn’t very old but my grandfather told me never to roll cereals with flat rolls
Don’t know why asi wasn’t very old but my grandfather told me never to roll cereals with flat rolls
It would have to be terrible for me to rip it up.My agronomist told me the flat roll is for grass and the Cambridge is for cereals. Trouble is the ground is so hard now that the rolls are hardly doing anything and the wheat is hardly even strong enough to get that satisfying dark/ light striping. I was hoping to try and seal up the cracks as you can see wheat roots that are struggling to find nutrition. I wouldn't be too concerned about my feb drilled wheat if it was now early March but it is going to have to do a hell of a lot of growing before flag leaf emergence which will still be around late May. It hasn't moved in the last 2 weeks.
Got some N on yesterday before a few mm of overnight rain do hopefully some warmer weather will kick it on.
I'm currently assessing several fields to try and decide whether it's worth persevering with a very thin wheat crop or to redrill with s barley which in current weather conditions could be even less profitable.