Spring barley variety?

[SilliamWhale]

We've tried drilling barley in Feb, March, April, high seed rates and low, it usually disappoints. Sir Silliam had a theory that spring barley wasn't suited to dd farming, but then he suddenly found he could make it work. The last couple of years we've thought we were so clever leaving it very late...even with Simon's extra 50mm, the long cold droughts of spring resulted in poor yields. And when you tug the plants out, their roots are weedy. Hence this thread...are there varieties out there that get away in the relatively tighter soil under no-till?

Its different for me because it rains all the time. Early April is still a good rule of thumb for me but it likes to be up and running. Here.

 

[Fuzzy]

Does anyone have any theories about which Spring Barley variety likes no-till the best? We've grown Tipple and Propino before and neither of them had much go in them, the roots never really got going and the yield was always disappointing.

We've got to get some new seed this year, if we're to grow any at all, as I let the bit I was keeping back for seed heat up in the shed and turn into feed barley...anyway, any thoughts? Not sure there's that much available out there, but that is a dreary detail.

The only way to find the answer on your farm is to grow a few different varieties side by side in the same field.

 

[Andrew K]

The only way to find the answer on your farm is to grow a few different varieties side by side in the same field.

Or ask the agronomist?

 

[yellow belly]

Planet or propino are what the maltsters prefer
Irina last year at 1.81or higher was feed where as propino or planet could get a premium for malting
Shame as irina is a better variety agronomicly
Will be growing All planet an may be some propino if we have to up seed rate
Later drilling needs high seed rate 500 or more seeds

 

[SimonD]

Any drilled yet? Given the snow and the need to dry off I don’t think I’ll be drilling out small area until the weekend at the earliest.

 

[Devon James]

Standing water on one block. Other still has kale as two wet to put sheep on to finish off.