Spring OSR - am I mad?

[Bramble]

Only ever grown winter stuff, and not even much of that. Am I mad to think of growing spring OSR, what are the pitfalls of growing it?

 

[Mr Charisma]

barking !!!!!!!

 

[chaffcutter]

Pitfalls ? Everything!!! Find something else!!

 

[David.]

First time we grew it, about 1995, we had 25cwt/ac of Starlight, thought it was marvellous.
Grew load more the next year and had 16cwt/ac.
Was difficult to control weeds because few approved chems any good.
May have moved on but above opinions suggest otherwise.

 

[Surgery]

Only ever grown winter stuff, and not even much of that. Am I mad to think of growing spring OSR, what are the pitfalls of growing it?

Last time we grew it 3 years ago did a ton , planted very late into ploughed ground and grew fast.

 

[Baling Hay]

Would a spring OSR direct drilled into sprayed off ground and plastered in manure not be a very profitable crop? Low cost that's for sure.

 

[franklin]

Mad. Avoid. Will be spraying it for beetle twice a day, every day. If it grows.

 

[Adeptandy]

Mad. Avoid. Will be spraying it for beetle twice a day, every day. If it grows.

Take it thats CSFB, if so, I'm revising my thoughts for next year

 

[Fish]

Am I mad to think of growing spring OSR,

Probably, but I'm growing 30 acres, so hey, welcome to the club.

 

[Spencer]

Ordered seed a few weeks ago, £7,750 a tonne Yep I'm barking mad as well

 

[Shutesy]

Tried it once 2 years ago after some failed W OSR. Wasn't going to badly until the pollen beetle hit, couple of sprays during flowering using different insecticides didn't really stop them. Thought it would be over once the plants stopped flowering, bugger me was it! Little sods just started chomping away at the pods as they formed, Agronomist had never seen it nor anyone he asked about it. Yielded about 15t off 30 acres in the end. Put paid to that idea again in the future!

 

[Brisel]

I can't work out why we don't get the yields we used to. Lots of winter osr grown on farms growing spring osr too.

I grew 125 acres in 2013 after a failed winter crop. 0.4 t/ha when heavy rain immediately after the drill and rolls had left the field capped the soil surface. A client's crop did 1.2 t/ha sown on better land 2 weeks earlier. Late Alternaria took its toll too.

I would never recommend growing it again but as a properly sown crop not just a reseed following a failed winter one maybe it has more potential.

Flea beetle and pollen beetle are your main enemies. The rest needs to be simple and cheap to give any chance of a margin

 

[Jim Bullock]

Used to manage to grow a ton to the acre twenty five years ago, but yields just seem to fall away and the last couple attempts have been a total failure due to flea beetle and herbicide damage. I would rather have a fallow than grow spring rape.

 

[Laggard]

As a hatter, as a box of frogs, as a March hare, as a fish....

 

[Flintstone]

I'd rather set fire to my testicles than grow Spring rape.

 

[Wombat]

The last time anyone else asked my strategy was take the money you were going to sink in it, pick red or black give the wheel a spin and at least you have a 50% chance of making something and you also won't have the combine out for it in Sept either

 

[franklin]

Take the money. Give it to me. I'll give it back in September, less 10% commission.

And you will still be happier than growing SOSR.

 

[Bramble]

25 acres ordered!!!

Bottled it on the other 35 acres and going for spring barley instead

 

[Wombat]

Take the money. Give it to me. I'll give it back in September, less 10% commission.

And you will still be happier than growing SOSR.

I recon in the second year he would be happy if you gave him it back less 30% commission

 

[Mr Charisma]

25 acres ordered!!!

Bottled it on the other 35 acres and going for spring barley instead

Why not linseed ????? , at least you have a good chance of making money