Spring Oilseed Rape
- Thread starter Boothy
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Boothy
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- Location
- YO17, North Yorkshire
Mine would of been same at farm never had as many slugs about, crop came out then slugs took both cotyledons off within a day so pelleted it and been nursing it since the surround crop has failed completely!! ill give you bell when I'm around.
Also complete failure here. Sprayed off 50ha last week.
Frost
Slugs
Flea beetle
Weeds
Blackgrass
5"rain in 10 days in may
Pollen beetle
Aphids
A trillion pigeons
Lost will to live.
Very expensive fallow
Frost
Slugs
Flea beetle
Weeds
Blackgrass
5"rain in 10 days in may
Pollen beetle
Aphids
A trillion pigeons
Lost will to live.
Very expensive fallow
- Location
- Nr Malvern... SW Worcestershire
Same here ...sprayed off 17ha out of 70ha..which we have replanted with mustard to try and hold on to some of the N we applied. There are hundreds of acres of spring rape in the area which have failed...no matter what establishment system was applied, my neighbour ploughed all his spring rape area and he gave up on his and sprayed it off in early June
Our agronomist said not to worry, he has customers with failed vining peasSame here ...sprayed off 17ha out of 70ha..which we have replanted with mustard to try and hold on to some of the N we applied. There are hundreds of acres of spring rape in the area which have failed...no matter what establishment system was applied, my neighbour ploughed all his spring rape area and he gave up on his and sprayed it off in early June
- Location
- Lincolnshire
2014 crap crop of the year award goes to spring rape.
90 ha planted
35ha sprayed off before mid June
55ha taken to harvest
58tonnes harvested.
Last year 90 ha produced 278 tonnes.
90 ha planted
35ha sprayed off before mid June
55ha taken to harvest
58tonnes harvested.
Last year 90 ha produced 278 tonnes.
Baling Hay
Member
Why is it so variable and unreliable??
- Location
- Nr Malvern... SW Worcestershire
0.625tons/ha (0.25 tons/acre) sounds like a good yield to me...! I doubt if ours will do as well as yours! We planted just short of 80ha and will probably be just harvesting 35ha.. A total disaster the crop just never grew it just sat in the ground turning purple and waiting for the CSFB. Nothing to do with the way it was established as my neighbours did exactly the same and he ploughed and power-harrowed.. Never growing the crop again. Fallow would be a better option as it would cost less and leave the land in a better state for the next crop.
Most spring crops have been middling this year, bad start=bad crop.
Charlie--chalk
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- Location
- Hampshire
Never growing here again unless a certain seed treatment comes back!!! Sprayed off half and will get close to f all off the other half!!
It's very prone to any adverse weather conditions. Cold seedbeds, wet seedbeds, any flying pest, pollen beetle really hammer it. The trouble is with all this winter rape about the pests & diseases multiply up then move into the spring rape as the key growth stages happen later. To think that there used to be quite a lot grown before they reduced the IACS payments.
Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
Anyone planning on Spring oilseed rape? Lagonda is a variety that's been mentioned.
What yeild to budget on?
Or forget all stupid thoughts and bang in some more maize to sell?
What yeild to budget on?
Or forget all stupid thoughts and bang in some more maize to sell?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Budget on complete failure.
Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
[emoji23] Ok
- Location
- East yorks
Take the money you would spend to the local casino, have a good dinner and get completely wrecked then put what you have left on red or black. Two things will happen You will have a good evening and have a 50% chance of making something.
I have grown it 3 times normally after years like this and in everyone I would have been much better following the advice above.
I have grown it 3 times normally after years like this and in everyone I would have been much better following the advice above.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Maize yes !
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
There will certainly be more people trying some this year than last. But I think it is fair to say that it is not a crop people plan to grow normally.
If you do grow it then it does need to be up and away very quickly and don't budget on more than half a tonne and acre.
I suppose the only thing in its favour is that with less winter rape about the problems from pollen beetle may be slightly less.
Not huge differences in varieties, nearly all are hybrids, though you can get Clearfield lines and a Clubroot variety. And at least one conventional variety is available.
If you do grow it then it does need to be up and away very quickly and don't budget on more than half a tonne and acre.
I suppose the only thing in its favour is that with less winter rape about the problems from pollen beetle may be slightly less.
Not huge differences in varieties, nearly all are hybrids, though you can get Clearfield lines and a Clubroot variety. And at least one conventional variety is available.
- Location
- nottingham
Put some in last spring after failed wosr to keep rotation , looked ok until pollen beetle dropped on it 0.5t/ac!!!