Spring barley looking poor...
- Thread starter Selectamatic
- Start date
- Location
- West Wales
Straw hat would probably suit you.
Certainly the rain's improved the oats where they were still hanging on.
Where they were about 15" tall they're now 24" tall.
But where they were in ear 9" tall they're still 9" tall.
I think some of mine I could measure whilst I have a wee to be honest.No I put my arm down and the awns touched my armpit, measured when I got in and it was 27” ?
- Location
- West Wales
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Tickles your balls does it?
One field of mine might, if I was to lie down.....and roll about, as it’s thin too.
That would require my kneeling down.Tickles your balls does it?
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
Top of this field on black sand is goosed. ?
At least the bottom end has some heads and a bit of life left. ?
At least the bottom end has some heads and a bit of life left. ?
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Ouch, that looks like it had roundup 10 days ago!
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
Seem to be losing a bit more each day. Same field back in May.
3 days of 3mm rainfall a week ago and 1mm on Saturday. I hope I catch a storm this week otherwise the wheat and spring barley will be poor. Walking winter barley today wasn’t too bad but turning rapidly now.
How far off is the winter barley in the background it almost looks like a contender for June harvesting,mind you I a m colour blind
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
Winter barley is still green in patches on the opposite field. It might be ready in three weeks if this weather keeps up. Missed all the showers today. Kidderminster had a good soaking this afternoon.
We have been missing them up until today but had about 6mm in about 10 mins this afternoon
What a shame, looked well there
- Location
- The North
Not barley but my grass was literally burning off it was so dry got some rain which kept it ok but it’s only literally last week it’s come back properly green and reestablished decent growth thankfully I’m in North Yorkshire again rain has been very localised some have got it others have not
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
3 fields of my late drilled Planet. All look ok considering.....especially taken from the right angle so you can’t see how thin it is, how short it is, or the mat of blw that has emerged in the bottom......
Starting to think the later drilled stuff will turn out better now. Rain came before it had too much chance to suffer. I've downgraded the estimate from 2 down to 1 ton / acre for mine. Rain arrived 3 weeks too f**king late.
ISCO
Member
- Location
- North East
Ours was drilled 18 April and about 75% germinated then with the rest germinating in the last 10 days with the rain. I did not think seed would have laid for so long and still germinated.
Probably have been better if it hadn't as will most likely.need roundup for harvest.
Probably have been better if it hadn't as will most likely.need roundup for harvest.