Boothy
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- Location
- YO17, North Yorkshire
Is anyone growing it this year and have you drilled it yet? a lot less grown in my area possibly due to better WOSR crops this year.
Spring Oilseed Rape
- Thread starter Boothy
- Start date
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Yes I am ,and no not yet. I am going to wait at least another week (I drilled last year on the 10th April and yield was 0.95 tonne/acre.)
Boothy
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- Location
- YO17, North Yorkshire
Drillied some last year at end of May - no spray just a bit of N and it did 1.25t/ac which last year was better than my very expensive to grow winter OSR !
It needs to go into warn soil
7800
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- Location
- cambridgeshire
Let's not forget last year was a 1 in 20 damp very warm period in late spring, won't be the same this year
True, but the other risk with drilling late is lack of moisture which is why spring cropping can be poor in dry seasons. I remember them - they weren't that long ago!
JNG
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- Location
- Leinster, Ireland
Will never grow it again, terrible weed. Keeps coming for years as volunteers, much worse than winter rape for some reason. Grew it 3 times tho and yielded 1.25/1.5 and 1.8 ton per acre so payed well with little cost.
- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
I am trying a couple of hectares this year as a trial. It is almost unheard of in this area, the local coop think I am mad. The seed I managed to get hold off was for an old variety (Olindigo) and I had to pay 400 euros for 25 Kg of seed.
It went in last week and has had 15 mm of rain since so should be up soon.
It went in last week and has had 15 mm of rain since so should be up soon.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
One field gone in ahead of promised rain over next few days. Now rain only a bit of drizzle! If it grows it may get sprayed out anyway if BG appears - zero tolerance on that field. I would rather have something growing than leave fallow again.
How late was it to combine?
2nd week of September
- Location
- East yorks
Last year ours went into some dry clay as we basically had no rain in April or may, it stayed dry and it did about 0.5 t/acre
Boothy
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- Location
- YO17, North Yorkshire
Are you growing any this year?
- Location
- East yorks
Not this year, I don't dislike it as a crop just needs wet and warm and we only got about 11mm of rain in April/may last year so it didn't really get going
I drilled a small area of Heros on 24th April into a failed WOSR area. Weather and ground conditions at the time seemed good and it rained the following day. Was a bit slow to emerge and then sat at about 2-4 leaves for weeks and weeks. In the last 2-3 weeks it seems to have moved a bit. Stem extension seems to be starting now, but still looks very poor.
The edge of field appears to look better, so I don't know if this is related to less residues from the previous crop treatments?
The edge of field appears to look better, so I don't know if this is related to less residues from the previous crop treatments?
Boothy
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- Location
- YO17, North Yorkshire
Trials not too bad @mo! was there this week and gave it some insecticide as pollen beetles were abundant luckily I only need 2kg sample on Monday then need 0.5kg seed at harvest so fingers crossed I manage that!! I did give mine some slug pellets after it came out maybe that's what has helped mine! it all looked fine when it came up, but it's the same as mine at home so much redshank its unbelievable did a lot of rogueing at home! Whilst there gave it a dose of N as well with my mini fert spreader!! A healthy dose shall we say!! And hey its all good you still helped me out need to get your payment sorted you around on Monday??