Spring Rape fungicide ?

[Acke]

This year have been craysy, no rain in May and June. We get all the springcrops up ok, but they suffer a lot. July have been were wet and still is! Our Springrape was crappy untill rain starts. Now it is great looking.
14 days ago I spray fungucides, Polpsition, Folicur xpert and Mirador Forte . The rape flowering better for every day. Is there any need for more fungucids? We have cotton blight on rape rainy years! What to spray?
Pictor Active or Propulse ?
Where I live in Sweden it is usually dry.

 

[Brisel]

What diseases do you get in Sweden?

 

[Gong Farmer]

In the UK spring rape never needs a fungicide, so I'd be surprised if any other country's crops need more than one.

 

[Acke]

The disease is : Sclerotinia Sclerotionum
In Latin

 

[2wheels]

we once had a great looking crop of s.o.s.r. was advised not to waste money spraying for sclerotinia. guess what,we harvested a crop that was half of it's potential due to sclerotinia.

 

[Acke]

We usual spray every year since 20 years here, but finde dead steems . If we have a long time flowering with much rain it might need one more time with fungicides?

 

[Gong Farmer]

Unfortunately yes. In UK nearly all rape is winter sown and the disease cycle has finished on this by the time spring crops flower, hence little or no threat to these. But if most in an area is spring sown then the disease can adapt to this, and a long flowering period can mean more than one fungicide.

 

[Acke]

How rape looks after 4 weeks flowering

 

[Acke]

Ok

 

[DanniAgro]

Your crop looks very even and thick, for spring osr, so you may well gamble on an extra spray, unless you are certain that it will stay dry.

 

[Acke]

I see it like a insurance to spray it one more time?

 

[alomy75]

I see it like a insurance to spray it one more time?

If that has looked like that for 4 weeks; definitely spray. Sclerotinia sprays are designed to coat the leaf before the petal falls onto them and if it’s wet; stick to them. I’d say you were plenty early 4 weeks ago; right about now would be a well timed single spray. Cheap chemicals are fine; it’s all about the timing.

 

[Acke]

 

[Acke]

From sprayer!

 

[DanniAgro]

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If only my spring rape looked that good!

 

[Acke]

Danni where are you located?

 

[Flatlander]

We are generally a dryer climate but I always use a fungicide. Best to spray at 30% If going once in an even crop but I have done twice at 3/4 rate in a high pressure year or if the crop is at different stages across the field. I too am haunted by seeing neighbours crops not sprayed and end up lime dried up sticks.

 

[DanniAgro]

Danni where are you located?

On the Hereford/Gloster border, in the UK.

 

[Acke]

Danni,
I bet you have better wheat than I have!
We wait to start wheatharvest. Yield report is 3-5 ton/ ha. I hope for 5 ton , might 4 ton ?

 

[Spencer]

Danni,
I bet you have better wheat than I have!
We wait to start wheatharvest. Yield report is 3-5 ton/ ha. I hope for 5 ton , might 4 ton ?

Spring wheat?