casemx 270
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- Location
- East midlands
We are wondering whether to just clean and not dress it just incase we don't use it.I know others do it what are your thoughts?
Spring barley without dressing
- Thread starter casemx 270
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- Location
- Berkshire
Get a sample tested, if it’s clean then definitely no need to dress
Drilled 70acres this last week all undressed 
Huntstreet
Member
Drilled all my barley last year and this year undressed.
- Location
- S E Glos
At this time of the spring it should get up and away swiftly so no treatment needed, though I suppose it depends how much water it will be sitting in 
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Not much of a saving not treating it getting someone in to dress it bag it?
£20/t to treat about £4ha at 200kg/ha
£1.60/acre
£20/t to treat about £4ha at 200kg/ha
£1.60/acre
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Are you sure????
Mobile on farm seed dresser to dress and treat seed with SPF is £75/ton roughly
Huntstreet
Member
£20/t is cheap. I thought it was more like £40? We drill at 500 seeds plus so its more like 250kg/ha. I cleaned 21 tons of spring barley so even at £20/ton its a £420 saving.
- Location
- Romney Marsh
I've got some spring barley if anyone needs some for seed !!
It will be cheaper than the stuff that comes out of the merchants seed bag
It will be cheaper than the stuff that comes out of the merchants seed bag
A proper seed test including disease is best. I don't treat mine because there was no disease to treat. Spend the money you'd have spent on the treatment on a higher seed rate. I've got 420 seeds/m2 in the bag ready for when the land finally dries out enough to continue drilling. Variable rate too.
- Location
- Top of the Chilterns
Plus £16 a bag...
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Ours gives us free bags! Doesn't like using our old dusty ones.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Have you ever done any dressed only?
TheEarlOfMoray
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- Location
- Morayshire
Haven’t used any dressing for years. Waste of money in my opinion. Never had a problem
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
This is first time in 5 years we have. Fusarium levels were high after wet June/July last year
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Buy a bit to grow for next year and drill own undressed
never seen any difference in yield ever
high fusarium year have dressed but then the winter and pre ems hit it hard
never seen any difference in yield ever
high fusarium year have dressed but then the winter and pre ems hit it hard
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
This is the first year for ages any cereals have had a dressing.
Last harvest I had some bunt in undressed wheat, it was my own fault as I'd simply pushed my luck to far. I should have got it tested but didn't.
Because of this, all winter wheat for this autumns drilling has come from bought in dressed seed, luckily I had new seed Diego, dawsum and extase last year and as a precaution because I was worried about contamination throught the combine I've got everything SPD and will continue to do so for a few years to be safe.