Spring crops really struggling

[Feldspar]

Slightly off topic but does anyone else find propino downs tools as soon as the going gets a bit rough? Never find it as tough as Tipple which I would still be growing but you have to move with the maltsters. I guess Planet is what I will move on to next, anybody got some side by side to compare? Is it any tougher? Or are there any others I should be considering?

I'm not that impressed with Propino. Also seems to get a fair amount of disease.

 

[Chae1]

Slightly off topic but does anyone else find propino downs tools as soon as the going gets a bit rough? Never find it as tough as Tipple which I would still be growing but you have to move with the maltsters. I guess Planet is what I will move on to next, anybody got some side by side to compare? Is it any tougher? Or are there any others I should be considering?

I found propino took me by surprise. Just seemed to grow along ground for a start then took off . We grew it for feed. First year not growing it. Replaced it with scholar.

 

[Flat 10]

I'm not that impressed with Propino. Also seems to get a fair amount of disease.

I know @martian wasnt a fan

 

[martian]

I know @martian wasnt a fan

We replaced Propino with Irina, which looks good so far. It could use a drink to be sure, but it's still growing

 

[Clive]

Spring oats - next to no rainfall since drilling really and still waiting patiently for some

Inputs to date Farm saved undressed seed and N

Zerotill of course - if we had cultivated I don’t think they would hardly be full time yet even !

 

[Mrs Brown]

Is that canyon oats

 

[franklin]

My tilled ones look similar. May drilled.

 

[Clive]

My tilled ones look similar. May drilled.

Think the east had had a few good showers we have missed - it’s very dry here now and basically nothing has fallen on these yet post drilling

Really hope the forecast for tomorrow / weekend is right - things will loook a lot better next week if it does

 

[Clive]

Is that canyon oats

Yes canyon 200kgs undressed farm saved seed

 

[franklin]

Yup. If we got ten mm I reckon most crops would double their biomass in a week.

 

[JD6920s]

We’ve got canyon oats, straight into destroyed cover crop on 27/4/18 with a Claydon, only had 100kg/N prior to drilling then rolled, no chem so far.
First pic yesterday morning, second this morning, same field all drilled on the same day, just seem to be motoring!

 

[juke]

@Clive when did you drill those oats ?

 

[Clive]

@Clive when did you drill those oats ?

Last week of April

 

[Mrs Brown]

Canyon will grow like nothing else and end up with stalks as robust as the H pole in Clives picture

 

[Mrs Brown]

We sew canyon as a cover for grass seed to keep the bloody geese off more than any thing else and they grew a tremendous crop but cattle weren't keen on the silage they made too stalky, trying aspen this year.

 

[juke]

Ours aren't as far on as Clive's they have been in the ground a month today , 80 units of n split into two

 

[Shutesy]

We replaced Propino with Irina, which looks good so far. It could use a drink to be sure, but it's still growing

Have you got an end market for your Irina? We have also switched from Propino to Irina but have since been told it might not be so easy to market as Propino/Planet. Does look good so far and better recommended list scores than Propino so hopefully it will be worth something once harvested.

 

[puntabrava]

Yes canyon 200kgs undressed farm saved seed

They look twice as good as any spring sown crop I have seen down here.

 

[Flat 10]

10mm last night will really help crops here

 

[Clive]

Raining nicely now - 5mm so far overnight

They will double in size over the next few days I reckon