Spring drought 2020

[puntabrava]

I will just leave it here

 

[Wombat]

we haven't had rain for 6 days ffs

 

[jondear]

Why is everyone so obsessed it's only just dry enough to do anything !ffs

 

[spin cycle]

I will just leave it here

need some here

 

[Gedd]

Drought ground has plenty moisture yet it's just the top that's dried wants to warm up cold weekend forecast with possible wintry showers no sign of spring yet

 

[puntabrava]

we haven't had rain for 6 days ffs

Don’t be cheeky and edit this in three months when the boreholes are drying up.

 

[yellow belly]

in 2013 we had no amount of rain between 25 march and 15 may
spring barley and beans did well out performing winter crops
dry weather in april is good for crops

 

[goodevans]

Wet May fill bay

 

[Wombat]

Don’t be cheeky and edit this in three months when the boreholes are drying up.

haha i won't if it turns into 2018 i will be too busy basking in the glorious weather in my shorts to complain

We have had 6 months of total sh!t (the worst since the mid 90's) so we need some dry weather, Feb screwed a bumper harvest anyway

 

[teslacoils]

Too cold to be a drought yet.

 

[redsloe]

I will just leave it here

No rain forecast on my phone until 7th April and beyond. A bit of a dilemma for spring drilling. I was going to wait but I think I might be better getting in whilst there is still some moisture.

 

[puntabrava]

Too cold to be a drought yet.

Minus 3 on Salisbury plain this morning.

 

[Jerry]

I posted this on another thread.

Finished spring barley yesterday and it’s dry. Dust well and truly flying.

but under the surface there’s good moisture fir now.

 

[4course]

Too cold to be a drought yet.

its also too dry or rather capped to let the wheat that was sown in early feb into a reasonably good seedbed out the ground before it rots .The capping caused by the 3 wet weeks in feb followed by in other circumstances this welcome dry is forcing us to consider sowing again ffs

 

[DrWazzock]

its also too dry or rather capped to let the wheat that was sown in early feb into a reasonably good seedbed out the ground before it rots .The capping caused by the 3 wet weeks in feb followed by in other circumstances this welcome dry is forcing us to consider sowing again ffs

same here. The wheat drilled before storm Dennis is patchy but enough there to be worthwhile saving.
The stuff drilled end of feb / early has germinated, some is through but a lot is struggling with rock hard surface conditions and dryness though it’s wet underneath.
As for spring drilling, the beet is in now. We ploughed for it and it was drying so quickly we had to drill maybe a bit early temperature wise.
Spring barley will be direct drilled on kinder fields but it’s rock hard on others.
Grateful it’s stopped raining but seems to go from one extreme to the other very quickly.

the big dilemma is a grass ley that ought to be sprayed off but you can bet that as as soon as we do the stock will run short of grass due to protracted cold dry spring and maybe scorching summer. It will plough up like horses heads and dry out as well. Let it for grazing and a go drive a van for Tesco looks tempting!

 

[teslacoils]

My grass which looked nice as seedlings has turned decidedly purple.

 

[DrWazzock]

Last direct drilled wheat on heavy land now sitting between or under solid dried baked slices of sh!t. Ploughed sand land where we drilled beet now like talcum powder just waiting for lift off when the wind gets up. Nothing growing as it’s colder than it’s been all winter.
Everything we do seems to be snookered by the weather. Worst ever year I have known in my entire life in just about every way. I keep doing stuff but it keeps getting trashed.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Wintery showers forecast here for weekend, also still plenty moisture in this field [emoji85]

 

[Spencer]

Got a fair way

 

[Jon 3085]

Got all the way through here ?