I left my sprayer measuring jug out the last time I used it which was last Monday, its a standard 2l one and it's half full! So I'm not surprised.137.8mm of rain over last 8 days hereanother washout
Land is still walking really well though.
Starting to get worried about the wet weather ?
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Land is still walking really well though.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
It dried just enough yesterday to get going late afternoon. I drilled one bag on a 30 acre field and it then fell down so hard I couldn't see to drive home, wet most of the night
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
137.8mm of rain over last 8 days here
We have had well over 300mm in less than the last month. It is all waterlogged, raining at the moment... no further rain on the forecast.
I do my own seed cleaning, dressing; but as separate operations. I’ll carry on cleaning today but I think I’ll leave putting any Chem on for a few days
Here, last year was worse than 19. Three years now in a row, getting sick of it and may be buying in a lot of grass seed
- Location
- Lincolnshire
It's just a bit silly when you get six months of dry, the get six weeks of rain in a few days. I remember things like "drizzle" and bonfire nights with hard frost rather than being a mud pie.
'Only' 112mm here, thank goodness, but still rather too much.137.8mm of rain over last 8 days here
Do you foresee a bigger yield effect on what's been done already or on what there's still to do?
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
35mm last night left its mark.
Quite surreal that Clive can drill today and I couldn't even put a quad bike across this ground.destined for second wheat. Chopped straw and two passes of a carrier.and it's a greasy bog on top.
Probably only about 25mile between us as the crow flies.
Quite surreal that Clive can drill today and I couldn't even put a quad bike across this ground.destined for second wheat. Chopped straw and two passes of a carrier.and it's a greasy bog on top.
Probably only about 25mile between us as the crow flies.
Easy answer to that, I haven’t drilled any cereals yet
I’m still trying to work out why I put an Avadex applicator on the tolls
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Rained a lot last night. Plough and PH drill were out yesterday afternoon, and are carrying on again today thankfully. Helps enormously to be working untouched stubble ground rather than cultivated.
No rain at all in the forecast for the next 10-14 days so keeping my fingers crossed that we'll be able to get drilled and sprayed up in that time.
No rain at all in the forecast for the next 10-14 days so keeping my fingers crossed that we'll be able to get drilled and sprayed up in that time.
Because we don’t use seed dressing weather isn’t the issue it used to be. Our cleaned winter wheat seed will just go back into the heap and we’ll clean spring wheat seed instead.
ZXR17
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- Location
- South Dorset
Pretty wet here now but even when it was dry enough to drill it was too windy for roundup or pre em sprays .
Its been blowing a hooly for over two weeks now .
Its been blowing a hooly for over two weeks now .
That's a good call for your Extase, at least.
Here, Graham, Exsept and Diego drilled in absolutely perfect conditions, but now all hopelessly waterlogged.
The 10% still to do with Extase should bring our average yield up by at least 30%.
That's a good call for your Extase, at least.
Here, Graham, Exsept and Diego drilled in absolutely perfect conditions, but now all hopelessly waterlogged.
The 10% still to do with Extase should bring our average yield up by at least 30%.
It’s an ill wind ….
- Location
- Worcestershire
Great Photo That’s worthy of a magazine front cover.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Well sadly the crops I drilled about 10 days ago in bone dry ploughed and powerharrowed land are now sitting in porridge after 3.5 inches rain. Barley emerging. Wheat has a shoot but not emerged. I hope it does emerge but it’s certainly not having an easy time of and preem not applied yet as darent risk it and would have made a mess.
My neighbour has a cover crop in most of his stubbles. Looks like oil radish.
Personally I’m running out of answers and patience with autumn drilling. But at least it was seed off the heap and half the preem chems are still in the shed. Maybe it will be OK but it looks a bit iffy from where I’m standing.
My neighbour has a cover crop in most of his stubbles. Looks like oil radish.
Personally I’m running out of answers and patience with autumn drilling. But at least it was seed off the heap and half the preem chems are still in the shed. Maybe it will be OK but it looks a bit iffy from where I’m standing.
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Dont worry about it .There wont be a loss on it !!! A dry week coming and it will all be through.
Once it was ploughed and worked dry it should soak well .
Havent a seed drilled yet myself rightly or wrongly going with Teagasc advice to drill lateish to stop crops getting to winter proud and hopefully avoid bydv .
Will make a start tomorrow and if the weather holds fair a week will get a lot done ....
- Location
- East yorks
Considering how much we have had this week, I am very pleased how little water we have with just running the flat lift with new Metcalfe lefgs through. Most of the snotty stuff will go by the weekend so I am actually quite chilled at the moment. I think drilling before the rain would have just ended up as a black grass mess.
Congratulations upon banking on the prospect of a dry October.
Really couldn't afford to take that risk here, but we certainly should've.
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