We've ploughed out a field of crap grass and sown with spring barley as we do occasionally. The problem is that it is looking a bit yellow in the main part of the field (headriggs are greenish). All the rest of the barley fields are looking nice and green and healthy but they're all ploughed stubble. This ley field has received 3t/acre of lime pre-drilling and I'm thinking I may have read on a thread on here that barley out of ley often looks stressed post-germination for a certain reason but I can't remember what that reason is.
Could it be the high dose of lime? Or could it be a Mn problem? The plants look generally stressed (at the 2-3 leaf stage), looking like Mn deficiency symptoms typically. All of our spring barley looked like this last year because we got no rain after drilling for weeks. We've had a bit of rain this year in comparison so it's not a moisture problem per se. Every spring barley field was double cambridge rolled after last year's experience, I wasn't taking any chances this year. Is it that ploughed ley is harder to roll effectively and that's what I'm seeing?
Anyway, I've prob banged on enough, thoughts please?
Could it be the high dose of lime? Or could it be a Mn problem? The plants look generally stressed (at the 2-3 leaf stage), looking like Mn deficiency symptoms typically. All of our spring barley looked like this last year because we got no rain after drilling for weeks. We've had a bit of rain this year in comparison so it's not a moisture problem per se. Every spring barley field was double cambridge rolled after last year's experience, I wasn't taking any chances this year. Is it that ploughed ley is harder to roll effectively and that's what I'm seeing?
Anyway, I've prob banged on enough, thoughts please?