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Rolling Winter Wheat
- Thread starter JCfarmer
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Seems a bit counter intuitive. Rolling smaller stuff now which looks fine. This is the bigger stuff though:
will do it the world of good
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? learning curve this year! Will report back when it has achieved 4t.
- Location
- East yorks
i am going to roll ours this week that was drilled in jan but have been holding off as every bit of growth this last couple of weeks has just got nucked off by the frosts
- Location
- Cirencester
Rolled some Feb planted wheat this morning, soil is baked very hard, not sure if I'm wasting my time, maybe wait for some moisture then roll? It is very backward and it was a toss up if to rip it up.
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Has anyone ever had any bad results in the narrow strips that get some overlap?
robin banks
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- Location
- Ireland
If the stem is extending, which it looks like it is, you’re too late. Look for a lumpy node at least 1cm above the base of the stem.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Use a flat roller not cambridge
- Location
- East yorks
We don’t own a flat roller so it’s always the Cambridge ones
Don’t know why asi wasn’t very old but my grandfather told me never to roll cereals with flat rolls
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.
ollie989898
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Done it many times with both.
It would have to be terrible for me to rip it up.
- Location
- Berkshire
I'm usually a big fan of spring rolling but this year I have only rolled a few of the worst Flint areas about 3 weeks ago when the soil was soft enough to push stones in and before the near 10 days of consecutive frosts.
The bits I did roll look a bit stressed and the soils on the rest are rock hard, I have enough tillers and plants/m2 so I did not so anymore, I tried a patch of one field while out rolling SB and the rolls just bounced over the top.
A year to give it a miss here, the risk of root lodging is minimal so I'll be happy to give the WW some 3c, Mn and ctl next week and be content that I can choose the best of cultural or chemical methods as I see fit and not be driven by one approach.
The bits I did roll look a bit stressed and the soils on the rest are rock hard, I have enough tillers and plants/m2 so I did not so anymore, I tried a patch of one field while out rolling SB and the rolls just bounced over the top.
A year to give it a miss here, the risk of root lodging is minimal so I'll be happy to give the WW some 3c, Mn and ctl next week and be content that I can choose the best of cultural or chemical methods as I see fit and not be driven by one approach.