State of your crops?

[T Hectares]

What are people’s winter beans looking like? This is the first year I have grown them so not sure what to expect. I have got a good plant stand of healthy looking plants, they’re just very small and don’t seem to have grown in a month.

They are slow getting away this year, the cold has held them back more than normal
They will rocket away once they get going though

 

[willy]

Bloody predictive !!

What drill have you drilled your planet with?

 

[T Hectares]

What drill have you drilled your planet with?

Horsch Sprinter with 4 1/2 in Borgault openers

 

[EddieB]

They are slow getting away this year, the cold has held them back more than normal
They will rocket away once they get going though
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Thanks for that, not too dissimilar to mine.

 

[4course]

Will these frosts affect rape in the same way with apple blossom, I haven’t seen an apple here for two years thanks to frost.

our osr has had a couple of frosts and went for a look today the crop is stood up and forming pods on the main stem so with luck think we will be ok as its an advanced (early) crop,grandkids were building snowmen on satuday

 

[bankrupt]

Graham

 

[Renaultman]

Graham

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I'm not a fan of it, not aggressive enough for my farming system

 

[bankrupt]

not aggressive enough for my farming system

Always done OK here, if the wildlife will let it, except for the very first year, 2016, admittedly, when the seed supplied lacked vigour.

 

[teslacoils]

I can't see my Graham getting a second chance. Elicit is looking the best. I always liked one called Scout - looked thick as you like but not many tillers, so it looked really full and thick, but ended up just right. Crap for sprouting I think. But visually nice to look at in spring.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Thirsty

 

[teslacoils]

Tbh, wheat has really perked up this week. Just about to chemically bash it back.

 

[4course]

I can't see my Graham getting a second chance. Elicit is looking the best. I always liked one called Scout - looked thick as you like but not many tillers, so it looked really full and thick, but ended up just right. Crap for sprouting I think. But visually nice to look at in spring.

remember avalon tremendous width of flag leaf was once explained to me as a bank managers wheat looked tremendous on his visit so you got the o/d to get past harvest but didnt yield as well as the others

 

[teslacoils]

Avalon was before my time. From a field scale pov. I multiplied some square heads master. That had big leaves. ...

 

[4course]

anybody been out counting tillers , wish i hadnt

 

[teslacoils]

I *may* have to reconsider my views on the Graham.

 

[Renaultman]

remember avalon tremendous width of flag leaf was once explained to me as a bank managers wheat looked tremendous on his visit so you got the o/d to get past harvest but didnt yield as well as the others

I liked Avalon, did well here.

 

[Phil P]

Made a start putting last lot of N on the winter barleys today. Only just really started moving again past couple of days as it’s been that cold!

 

[robbie]

anybody been out counting tillers , wish i hadnt

How do you count tillers do you do a row length then X by what ever ect or do you count tillers in a o.1 m ring. I do the latter chuck it down randomly as you walk and then calculate the mean.

 

[teslacoils]

Graham just getting t0

 

[teslacoils]

Experimental gleam. Spring rolled. Digestate. Zinc and manganese.

Second pic unrolled.

Third pic is the boundary.

Final fert end of the month.