Spring crops really struggling

[Still Farming]

Diesel going up all the time to skip heads stuff it !

 

[MrNoo]

Just got back from walking the dogs, clay ground with WW in and I already have 2" wide cracks throughout the field. Reckon if this keeps up the S barley will just shove a head out and that'll be it, have seen it before, can't believe how it has dried up these last 2 weeks, thankfully we've not had an easterly wind too sapping more moisture out.

 

[franklin]

Was underwater not so long ago.

 

[Happy]

Spring crops looking better than I ever expected given nothing in the ground prior to 20th April.
Just started tillering nicely over the past week. Given a decent summer they've got plenty yield potential despite being late sown.
Wheat on heavy ground improving now that ground is cracking after being saturated for first 6 months but those on the lighter ground looking far better.

 

[Fish]

Had a wander round our spring crops this morning, seem ok so far, long time to harvest though.
Top to bottom, peas, Spring barley and linseed, five different fields, all no till.

 

[BSH]

Bit of a disaster here with spring soya. Have not had enough moisture to get the crop up. Has emerged in places where some moisture existed under trees and in lee of hedges but other wise not. Not sure what my options are now. Will exploer if millet is an option to put in otherwise will have to put in a cover crop and put it down to 'experience'

 

[yellow belly]

View attachment 673230 View attachment 673228 View attachment 673226 View attachment 673224 View attachment 673222 Had a wander round our spring crops this morning, seem ok so far, long time to harvest though.
Top to bottom, peas, Spring barley and linseed, five different fields, all no till.

Good looking crops what soil type and drilling date for the peas

 

[oil barron]

Probably a good thing that we’ve only got maize and spuds this year.
Maize went in on bank holiday weekend and was up a week later,so the ground was definitely warm enough.
6mm of rain last night. Typical after I’d cut some silage .

You would have been fine. Plough / PH combi crops look great. You can get on a week earlier and you retain more moisture. Plus PH don’t pull up cold soil from deep

 

[Fish]

Good looking crops what soil type and drilling date for the peas

Top photo- sandy loam
Second- clay loam
Last three- high mag clay.
Peas drilled around 18 April

 

[yellow belly]

Top photo- sandy loam
Second- clay loam
Last three- high mag clay.
Peas drilled around 18 April

Thanks please keep use updated on the peas

What altitude are you I am interested in looking at later planted peas
I am on heavy land at 400 ft in south west lincs lower land in Yorkshire could be no later than here
The advice is peas will not like wetter land but later planting when it is dryer could be an option when it is too late for beans

 

[Fish]

Thanks please keep use updated on the peas

What altitude are you I am interested in looking at later planted peas
I am on heavy land at 400 ft in south west lincs lower land in Yorkshire could be no later than here
The advice is peas will not like wetter land but later planting when it is dryer could be an option when it is too late for beans

Ok , will do
We are at the very top end of the vale of York, its called the vale of Mowbray, altitude is around 30m.
Biggest draw back with peas, we find, is they tend to clash with wheat at harvest, but you can't leave them, you just got to stop harvesting wheat and cut them because you may not get a second chance.

 

[yellow belly]

Ok , will do
We are at the very top end of the vale of York, its called the vale of Mowbray, altitude is around 30m.
Biggest draw back with peas, we find, is they tend to clash with wheat at harvest, but you can't leave them, you just got to stop harvesting wheat and cut them because you may not get a second chance.

our problem with late beans is will they be harvested by the end of September
if we could grow peas that harvested late august and make a similar margin to late beans the later we can plant the better for blackgrass elimination
if we can drill when the soil dryer and warmer after the april showers wet weather disease can be avoided
I find beans planted after mid april only need a rust spray downy mildew and chocolate sport is avoided
this could be the same for pea diseases

 

[Jerry]

I have been pleasantly surprised with how the spring barley has got off to a flying start but needs a drink now.

Drilled 23rd April after a parsnip crop that was lifted in far from ideal conditions.

Pictures just taken now.

 

[DrWazzock]

I am considering cutting my spring barley and oats for whole crop silage. They were going to be fed to stock anyway and they will be late if I combine them and probably wet as they have been drilled very late. Could get them out the way earlier and get the next crop in by silaging them and maybe cut off any blackgrass before it seeds. Worth a thought.

If this dry weather slows the grass down much more I'll need the spring cereals for silage.

 

[bankrupt]

put it down to 'experience'

I've now had to write off all our 2018 crops, BSH, as just another bad trip.

Unfortunately, nothing much can give us any reasonable yields here, now.

Nevertheless, hope always springs eternal, and it's a great delight today to be doing our cropping program for 2019, booking the seed cleaners and hiring in the extra tractor or three.

After all, there's only another 4 months or so in which we need to have it all wrapped up.

 

[Iben]

I've now had to write off all our 2018 crops, BSH, as just another bad trip.

Unfortunately, nothing much can give us any reasonable yields here, now.

Nevertheless, hope always springs eternal, and it's a great delight today to be doing our cropping program for 2019, booking the seed cleaners and hiring in the extra tractor or three.

After all, there's only another 4 months or so in which we need to have it all wrapped up.

Would you care to share some photos of your crops?

You always make it sound like you farm the hardest, wettest, most unforgiving, god awful farm in the country.

Which makes me think why you bother........




Or it's not really that bad?

 

[Tractor Boy]

Here's a bugger now. One beetle per two plants. Plants are all there but it at what I consider the safe point which is when the rows start to look fluffy rather than needles, or like rows of wool rather than cotton.

Hows your linseed now? Mine is slow getting away from the flea beetle. It’s only been drilled 13/14 days but was through in 5/6 and has been very slow since. While it’s taking its time the flea beetle are having a right feast but I really don’t want to spray insecticide.

 

[Flat 10]

Hows your linseed now? Mine is slow getting away from the flea beetle. It’s only been drilled 13/14 days but was through in 5/6 and has been very slow since. While it’s taking its time the flea beetle are having a tight feast but I really don’t want to spray insecticide.

I know you weren't asking me but the story is similar here. Just had a second insecticide as 3cm tall plants had more than one beetle per plant. Redrilled one field as had seed left over due to a combination of drill operator cock up, flea beetle and capping.

 

[franklin]

Has bulked up a lot more. Copper out of leaving the last n until buds out, so slopped that on along with plenty of nutrition with the last insecticide and now is mostly at what I call "fuzzy row" IE some early side branches. But I will happily spray again if it looks covered in nature at the end of the week.

 

[limestone brash]

Does the poor state of everyones spring barley mean i can have £200 for mine??