SB N ?

[bobk]

Due to the dry weather no N has been applied yet .
Should I bang the lot on or go 2 splits as intended .

 

[Gong Farmer]

If the total isn't impractical I'd put all on now.

 

[Brisel]

Malting or feed?

As Fromebridge said, get it all on ASAP and allow for the lost growing season when considering dose & yield potential.

 

[David.]

Do people not incorporate it in seedbed, mine had 2cwt/ac Double Top stirred in?
Did same last year with Urea, on basis that in a dry spring it may be only fert actually accessible until mid May.

 

[Chae1]

Due to the dry weather no N has been applied yet .
Should I bang the lot on or go 2 splits as intended .

I split mine into 3 because of dry weather, all on now.

Rain hasnt really materialised. Third application could be a waste.

First application through drill.

 

[bobk]

Malting or feed?

As Fromebridge said, get it all on ASAP and allow for the lost growing season when considering dose & yield potential.

Feed , only grew it to keep myself occupied .

 

[Brisel]

Do people not incorporate it in seedbed, mine had 2cwt/ac Double Top stirred in?
Did same last year with Urea, on basis that in a dry spring it may be only fert actually accessible until mid May.

Half mine pre drilling, the rest just afterwards. Crop emerged 2 weeks later and hasn't looked back.

 

[bobk]

I split mine into 3 because of dry weather, all on now.

Rain hasnt really materialised. Third application could be a waste.

First application through drill.

No overly concerned , sb doesn't take long from sowing to harvest .
I was resigned to the fact it wouldn't make any money .

 

[Wombat]

Half mine pre drilling, the rest just afterwards. Crop emerged 2 weeks later and hasn't looked back.

Crop still hasn;t emerged a month later but the ferts sat waiting if it does

 

[AndrewM]

i put 100kg/N on in the seedbed in march before drilling, put the remained 30Kg/N on yesterday before the rain. technically that was a bit late, but no rain since emergence, so no really downside

 

[Mark C]

1/2 on straight behind the drill. 1/2 as soon as it starts to emerge.

 

[Flat 10]

Do people not incorporate it in seedbed, mine had 2cwt/ac Double Top stirred in?
Did same last year with Urea, on basis that in a dry spring it may be only fert actually accessible until mid May.

Like the idea. Don't like the wheelings. Do all mine at trams visible but we would be early drillers here, like to crack on in Feb if poss.

 

[David.]

Agree re wheelings, but already been over with Glyphosate, and was lifting with Kongskilde to let some air in anyway. Ploughed early for winter crop, and set like concrete .

 

[RAF]

So how many units do you people normally put on spring barley ? It’s just feed

 

[tr250]

130 kg of N here

 

[Mark C]

140 kg / N here ( for feed ) tried 180 once, flat as a witches tit

 

[yellow belly]

Have come to the conclusion that with a notill and cover crop situation
aply some urea as early as it is possible to travel
spray off the cover end of feb onwards
aply next 1/3 when it is dry enough to start drilling mid March
then the final third at drilling or a bit later if drilling is early
if the cover destruction is delayed then it hold the n that may be available
fitting this into the rules
after barley early planted crop takes up n from the cover crop
or early planted cover and spring break crop followed by early planted wheat
double spring crop lows early planted wheat
late planted autumn crop not an option as any crop planted after 10 October is worse than a spring crop on average
producing lower margin and more weeds than run of late planted crops