Devon James
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Late night and finishing oats on this farm now then back to barley on the next. Maize drill out next Tuesday. Combi drill going. Nice to see the countryside perking up with grass growing hedges greening up
thought you guys in england would be finished up? weve bn going the last 5 days solidHaven’t finished yet! Drilled some last week! Dry bed! Rain this week, so looks likely early May finnish?
Drilled early April last year, drought caught it! Languished for weeks recovered but wasn’t the best?
Mystic Meg I guess would help?
Reckon later here works better on Average we have drilled second week in May before had a decent crop.
Amazing as it is, England is quite a big place so the weather varies a bit from east to west and north to south So there's probably still some waiting for land to dry, others may have finished. We finished spring drilling yesterday. Barley drilled last weds afternoon is poking through this morning, will be in rows tomorrow!thought you guys in england would be finished up? weve bn going the last 5 days solid
Nice. Maybe you were right with your low seed rate after allHad a look at our SB today, having never grown it before I was surprised how many tillers it has produced.
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Or is that not many?
Nice. Maybe you were right with your low seed rate after all
You know this but barley and black fen isThanks, it does look thick in the field. Hope I can keep on top of the manganese for it. Very black Fen in places.
You know this but barley and black fen is
Lets hope it doesn't go flat
If you haven’t already I wouldn’t botherDon’t think I’ll put any N on it!
True,but this year you needed to get on as soon as you could cos ground has dried right out on top and later drilled crops not combi drilled have suffered.First field I drilled on 13th April is looking superb,later ones 20th april,not so good.First time using ph/drill and really glad of it this year.this year lesson so far is never drill when it is not dry enough
just because the drill will do it wait till it is dry enough
a week later but better conditions makes no difference we will see after harvest
last year earlier planted crops were slower to grow and had green tillers into September
What seed rate did you use? Went at over 200hg/ha here and wouldn't want any lessDon’t think I’ll put any N on it!
What seed rate did you use? Went at over 200hg/ha here and wouldn't want any less