Skyscraper wheat

[farm]

I'm thinking of growing some skyscraper what are peoples experience with it

 

[Bobthebuilder]

i'll tell you when we get it cut

 

[farm]

i'll tell you when we get it cut

What's it been like up till now

 

[Bobthebuilder]

What's it been like up till now

looks good apart from the black grass that's in it

 

[colhonk]

Do you think the blackgrass came in the seed?

 

[Gong Farmer]

Mentioned elsewhere, it's (/should be) a barn-filler but is high maintenance. Just like Santiago in its pomp.

 

[beltbreaker]

Looks good has had a full growth reg sown at 400 seeds in October, should have been higher to maximise yield as it didn't tiller as well as expected. It's had 250kgN/ha It is still standing where Zulu and Motown have couped with the same treatment. High input, high output allegedly, stayed clean through the season on a mid cost fungicide strategy. Earlier so suits me.

Cheers BB

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Do you think the blackgrass came in the seed?

No it was in that field last couple of years [emoji57]

 

[Laminated]

yield is good here. Cut half, shed full waiting for lorries. Cant tell you yield till its all done. Really likes fertile land, not so good on marginal land. We are mostly grade 2 silt over clay and its loved it. Not so good as a late driller here. Good on wide rows. Ideally drill early october. Had some go down on overlaps with fert spreader. put 500cwt of nitram on

 

[4course]

still looks good here clean and bright ,coping with the weather not gone down or shedding as yet.

 

[farm]

Has anybody got any yield reports and how it has stood up in this weather

 

[4course]

not cut yet still stood no disease looks well big ears first wheat, but will have to go some to beat the next door field of long term cereals cut yesterday if it does it will make the record books here. Wont be cut until midweek at best

 

[Wombat]

Ours looks very well at the moment, a few flat patches but not been able to get anywhere near it with the combine yet. Hopefully this week if it stops raining

 

[Wombat]

Cut my 7 acres of first wheat skyscraper and it did 4.66t/a a few bits quite badly laid so need to up the growth reg a bit but home saving the seed and growing a chunk more next year