Spring Barley drill date

[scholland]

You will be able to pop down and help some of the rest of us......
Approximately where is ze3 ? Scottish islands or am I completely wrong?

Ye Shetland.

 

[Brisel]

Prepared to be shot down in flames, but how about a summer forage crop....Perhaps Stubble turnips, or Westerwold (Potential grass issue I suppose for westerwold-Spring Oats?! And you may not want brassicas at this juncture in your rotation etc, so ignore the rest if so, or otherwise!). Rent it out or sell it for strip grazing sheep (Shouldn’t be too much of a poaching issue at that time of year - But given the current weather, I fully reserve the right to be totally wrong). Sow ASAP after the combinables have gone in, cleared by the sheep by mid August (is that about right?!), then bung in your vetch, buckwheat & phacelia with the Claydon, and you’ve made a bit of money, achieved a bit of soil improvement and will feel pretty holy too....

Thinking outside the box. I like that

 

[Will Blackburn]

Prepared to be shot down in flames, but how about a summer forage crop....Perhaps Stubble turnips, or Westerwold (Potential grass issue I suppose for westerwold-Spring Oats?! And you may not want brassicas at this juncture in your rotation etc, so ignore the rest if so, or otherwise!). Rent it out or sell it for strip grazing sheep (Shouldn’t be too much of a poaching issue at that time of year - But given the current weather, I fully reserve the right to be totally wrong). Sow ASAP after the combinables have gone in, cleared by the sheep by mid August (is that about right?!), then bung in your vetch, buckwheat & phacelia with the Claydon, and you’ve made a bit of money, achieved a bit of soil improvement and will feel pretty holy too....

Don't be concerned about any grass weeds in westerwolds as long as you use the grass, because it will out compete anything and mature before any weed seeds are set. Previously I've cured an IRG weed problem with a 2 year IRG ley, you've just got to use the grass.

 

[Timbo1080]

Don't be concerned about any grass weeds in westerwolds as long as you use the grass, because it will out compete anything and mature before any weed seeds are set. Previously I've cured an IRG weed problem with a 2 year IRG ley, you've just got to use the grass.

Yes, I agree. I think my post read badly.....What I meant was that the Westerwold might be a problem with the Spring Oats.

 

[Surgery]

Yes, I agree. I think my post read badly.....What I meant was that the Westerwold might be a problem with the Spring Oats.

I have found westerwolds drilled in the spring a complete waste of money , never comes to much compared to autumn drilling and blw, fat hen , red shank etc are a pain

 

[bankrupt]

Within 21 days, Flat 10, we'll all be praying for a bit of rain.

Good day, today, folks.

20 more to come.

 

[bankrupt]

I think my post read badly......

Often have the same problem here, Timbo1080.

The voice of bitter experience seems to travel none too well on the net, and irony hardly at all.

 

[Brisel]

Yes, I agree. I think my post read badly.....What I meant was that the Westerwold might be a problem with the Spring Oats.

Agreed. Those fields already have a Westerwolds volunteer problem from the 1 yr ley a couple of years ago

 

[bankrupt]

Bad luck, Cornwall.

Just missed out on being wettest county, yet again, according to local expert.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xs648

 

[warksfarmer]

Cut off date is the end of April.

 

[Flat 10]

Dried nicely today
Heavy shower at 6

 

[Zippy768]

Got even wetter today

 

[DrWazzock]

31st of May, the way it's looking.

Or sooner or later in might just go splashing through the puddles with the Unidrill.

 

[scholland]

Bit of a blast from the past for tomorrow

 

[Wombat]

Monsoon season came early so still a way off

 

[Flat 10]

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Special distiller? Difficult spec contract?

 

[scholland]

Special distiller? Difficult spec contract?

Under sown, take it early and have heard a fair few good reports about it recently.
Bit still grown in orkney every year.

 

[DRC]

How late will folks plant spuds?
And if planted late April, how late would it make harvest.

 

[Goffer]

How late will folks plant spuds?
And if planted late April, how late would it make harvest.

latest planted maincrop for us 9th June . Late July one year we did 2nd crop after vining peas

 

[Will Blackburn]

How late will folks plant spuds?
And if planted late April, how late would it make harvest.

Quite happy planting in May, especially with Pentland Dell, back when we used to used to grow spuds.