Spring barley looking poor...

[benny6910]

Very varied here, I’ve got barley yet to germinate that was sown in March. I gave up cultivating to make a seed bed with the dry forcast and got a local contractor to drill 40 acres with a 750a

It’s had 10mm of rain on it since it was sown. I’ve left 100acres fallow due to lack of moisture to think I’d get a break even crop.

 

[Chae1]

Very varied here, I’ve got barley yet to germinate that was sown in March. I gave up cultivating to make a seed bed with the dry forcast and got a local contractor to drill 40 acres with a 750aView attachment 877434
It’s had 10mm of rain on it since it was sown. I’ve left 100acres fallow due to lack of moisture to think I’d get a break even crop.

Looks well, considering lack of rain.

 

[bobk]

It looks perfectly green and even. Lots of people in here go on about auto section control sprayers and spreaders.

I know @7610 super q doesn't use them neither do I. Unfortunately my crops don't look as good as his.

I've a blocked outside spout in one field. Looks interesting.

The only aspect that's interesting in my sb is the wheelings .

 

[benny6910]

Looks well, considering lack of rain.

Yes I’m pleased with it so far, no rain in the forecast for the next 10days so I guess I’ll just have to hope it doesn’t run out of moisture too soon

 

[Steevo]

In my experience these muck and magic potions are a bit of a waste of time.

If you do apply any. Leave a untreated area, so we/you can see the benefits

I saw another thread somebody was applying something similar to grass.

The rain this weekend has transformed spring barley around here. Everything a nice dark shade of green.

I'd be inclined to do every other tramline or such for a trial. If it works you can soon run back over the rest later on.

 

[thorpe]

I'm pleased with mine so far. But it needs rain very soon, or it'll be going backwards. Flooding in Carmarthenshire yesterday, and heavy downpours mid county, but nowt here.

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that looks good well done

 

[Steevo]

This year it seems like we've been having it in 3 month seasons of either wet or dry!

 

[Selectamatic]

If you have rolled it and fertilised it and sloshed a bit of Mn you can't do much else.

All in all, mine looks ok, considering it’s home saved seed and the recent weather. It had some 20 10 10 down the spout when sowing, that will have helped bring it on I recon.
Some fields I’ve sown for others, after this one, look terrible though, about a fortnight between sowing, but it looks like it was a month after, and down at half rate!!

 

[DeeGee]

All in all, mine looks ok, considering it’s home saved seed and the recent weather. It had some 20 10 10 down the spout when sowing, that will have helped bring it on I recon.
Some fields I’ve sown for others, after this one, look terrible though, about a fortnight between sowing, but it looks like it was a month after, and down at half rate!!
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Looks very much like mine Emyr, not too bad considering the drought: no doubt much better than many but nothing like as good as 7610 has posted.
Obviously as we all know, a good day’s steady rain would work wonders on all our fields, but it seems every year is the same now, either monsoon or drought and no happy medium!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Very varied here, I’ve got barley yet to germinate that was sown in March. I gave up cultivating to make a seed bed with the dry forcast and got a local contractor to drill 40 acres with a 750aView attachment 877434
It’s had 10mm of rain on it since it was sown. I’ve left 100acres fallow due to lack of moisture to think I’d get a break even crop.

Can he put fert 'down the spout' or will you rely on top dress? combine drilling makes a difference in spring.

As does them who got it in earlier .

 

[Sandy]

The label recommendation for CropliftPro is 2.5 to 5kg/ha.
I'd be tempted to home brew the same analysis with 1kg of urea/ha, 5kg EpsoTop, 2L MnSO4, 40g/ha CuSO4, 20g/ha ZnSO4, and some SoP. I'm guessing the P and Ammonia N comes from comes from DAP?
Bucket test before you turn the tank to concrete, and knapsack a few square yards in the corner of the field to test ?

What copper and zinc are you using?

 

[Lexion1000]

Some goodish, some bad and some ugly. All it needs is some rain, it all went in very well. Think we’ve just about missed the boat now though. What a pants year all round.

 

[benny6910]

Can he put fert 'down the spout' or will you rely on top dress? combine drilling makes a difference in spring.

As does them who got it in earlier .

No it was a grain only drill, it has had all its n before the 10mm of rain so hopefully it’s all available for it to get hold of.

 

[DRC]

Mines started to move now. Rain last night has helped . I also gave it all a dose of Manzi trace element mix earlier in the week.

 

[Steevo]

Mines started to move now. Rain last night has helped . I also gave it all a dose of Manzi trace element mix earlier in the week.View attachment 877475View attachment 877476

Agronomist recommended this for the wheat. Unsure whether it’s a pet product for their chem sales.

 

[DRC]

Agronomist recommended this for the wheat. Unsure whether it’s a pet product for their chem sales.

I use it on the wheat and winter barley early on . We must compare the price of it. I think it’s good stuff though.

 

[Steevo]

How a milling wheat grower hit 12.2t/ha at 13.1% protein - Farmers Weekly

An in-depth technical knowledge and a familiarity with fertiliser and pesticide products gained from Alex Wilcox's parallel career as an agronomist helped

www.fwi.co.uk

How to grow a 10t/ha-plus malting spring barley crop - Farmers Weekly

Norfolk grower Alex Wilcox grew a bumper 10t/ha-plus malting spring barley crop in 2019, using low seed rates and early drilling to achieve monster grain

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[DeeGee]

Crap.

I'm pleased with mine so far. But it needs rain very soon, or it'll be going backwards. Flooding in Carmarthenshire yesterday, and heavy downpours mid county, but nowt here.

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You lucky, lucky barsteward!

 

[thorpe]

just took the dogs out walked across our last sown 20 acre field looked like the somme all winter after fodder beet only finished lifting 30 march 1 acre bare patch the rest looks good . the agronomist says the other 200+ acres are good , hope store cattle come cheap because barley will be!

 

[PSQ]

What copper and zinc are you using?

CuSo4 pentahydrate =23% Cu
ZnSO4 monohydrate =35.5% Zn
and a healthy pinch of ‘man maths’:
-calculated at the 5kg rate, from the Yara analysis:
2g Cu/kg /23% x5kg= 43.5g CuSO4/ha
1.4g Zn/kg /35.5% x5kg= 19.7g ZnSO4/ha
If I’ve made a fudge of the maths feel free to correct it.
Edit: will Yara be using cheaper sulphates or fancier chelates?