Spring oats!

[Trial Officer Barney]

Is anyone planning to grow spring oats?
- when is the optimum drilling time?
- what would be a good drilling rate?

 

[Iben]

Where are you?
Soil type?
Rotation?
Cultivation (or lack of) policy?

 

[JockCroft]

Yes.
Depends on location, (not before T200) (Daffodilds yellow in the bud).
Seed rate 1 1/2 cwt/acre. (Old fashioned crop so old fashioned ways) driled. Broadcast 2 cwt.

Are you going to traditionaly harvest?

 

[Trial Officer Barney]

Where are you?
Soil type?
Rotation?
Cultivation (or lack of) policy?

Actually, I'm a trialist and planning to set up a variety trial in spring oats in the East Midlands. Just wanted to do some research on what growers are usually going with regarding rate and sowing time.

 

[goodevans]

Actually, I'm a trialist and planning to set up a variety trial in spring oats in the East Midlands. Just wanted to do some research on what growers are usually going with regarding rate and sowing time.

Surely a trialist should have that information to hand,east midlands late Feb early M arch planted could /would perform the same as Mid April in the welsh marches but just a different harvesting date I would guess

 

[teslacoils]

When it's warm. I've drilled them mid may before and still cut s crop in good time.

Ideally for me first week in April. All fert in seedbed. Decent heap of seed.

 

[JockCroft]

When it's warm. I've drilled them mid may before and still cut s crop in good time.

Ideally for me first week in April. All fert in seedbed. Decent heap of seed.

And have drilled them in 3rd week March, and heavy snow came, lasted 2 full weeks. Even my father was amazed that it was all through when snow thawed. That was 1968 I think. Seem to remember it grew long and went flat.

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[chipchap]

I’m always stingy with seed to make sure the sample is good.
Like anything else, sow when the ground is right, but late planting means later harvest.
Typically cutting last week August or first week September here.

 

[JockCroft]

Actually, I'm a trialist and planning to set up a variety trial in spring oats in the East Midlands. Just wanted to do some research on what growers are usually going with regarding rate and sowing time.

Is this for new variety's or comparison for specific market?

 

[Trial Officer Barney]

Is this for new variety's or comparison for specific market?

I don't have the information - either it's new varieties or just comparing current varieties. - it would be client-coded labels.

 

[Wigeon]

120kgs seed late march, 120kgs N, dash of dff if feeling keen. Hope it rains.

Dont forget the growth reg. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[Spencer]

120kgs seed late march, 120kgs N, dash of dff if feeling keen. Hope it rains.

Dont forget the growth reg. Don't ask me how I know.

Which PGR though?