State of your crops?

[DrWazzock]

I have to say all the crops here look good, mainly thanks to getting enough rain when they needed it though it was looking far too dry after drilling which has created a few backward patches on really heavy patches. Recovery has been good though. Looks like the best year for a long time but it’s not in the barn yet!

 

[RmfJ]

Fodder beet looking well.

 

[robbie]

Sprayed an ear wash of copper on to tritcale just now (don't know if the copper really helps with ergot but makes me feel better)
And it's looking very well.

When we went and looked earlier it was nearly tall enough to loose a 7 year old

Most of the barley looks well considering the year it's had, I do have one bit with a companion crop of mayweed thought

 

[nxy]

Since I posted pictures of us combining 11 days ago we have had about two months worth of rain, several thunderstorms and some hail. The barley was not so much leaning as smashed to bits.

We got back into that field on Friday and finished last night at 10pm. Last loads were 10% moisture, at times you couldn't see the combine for dust. God knows if we will ever bale the straw it already smashed to pieces, its rained already over night and we are forecast 50mm more rain over the next few days.

 

[Adeptandy]

This bits trampled, haven't a clue what's done it overnight, but suspect either Badger of Deer, barleys been eaten, dogs went mad sniffing this morning

 

[Jerry]

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This bits trampled, haven't a clue what's done it overnight, but suspect either Badger of Deer, barleys been eaten, dogs went mad sniffing this morning

Ive got a few fallow prickets set up home in a field of barley. Make a right mess. Season nit open till august

 

[Phil P]

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This bits trampled, haven't a clue what's done it overnight, but suspect either Badger of Deer, barleys been eaten, dogs went mad sniffing this morning

Fortunately we don’t get much trouble with wild deer, however we do get trouble with feral children

 

[Phil P]

Got T3 finished just in time for the rain to I start, blood kids have been in the wheat as well ffs

On the whole though wheats are looking very promising

Fodder beet have enjoyed the bit of rain last week

Canary seed is just starting flowering, also looking like it could be set to do ok this year.

Sunset pic and few wildflowers come through in this field. It was in a wild flower scheme for 5 years so usually get some appearing but I don’t mind as it looks nice and keeps the bees happy.

 

[GeorgeK]

Got T3 finished just in time for the rain to I start, blood kids have been in the wheat as well ffs
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On the whole though wheats are looking very promising
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Fodder beet have enjoyed the bit of rain last week
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Canary seed is just starting flowering, also looking like it could be set to do ok this year.
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Sunset pic and few wildflowers come through in this field. It was in a wild flower scheme for 5 years so usually get some appearing but I don’t mind as it looks nice and keeps the bees happy.
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Looking good especially the flowers, makes you wonder if they can be controlled and don't compete too much if we shouldn't be trying to do more like that

 

[ajd132]

Looking good especially the flowers, makes you wonder if they can be controlled and don't compete too much if we shouldn't be trying to do more like that

Definitely could be beneficial we are too obsessed with perfect fields of mono culture which is becoming harder to achieve with herbicides not that good anymore.

 

[Phil P]

Looking good especially the flowers, makes you wonder if they can be controlled and don't compete too much if we shouldn't be trying to do more like that

Can’t tell any really difference in yields so I didn’t worry about it to much, they only seem to appear about now and don’t smother the crop. There’s bee hives right on the edge of the field as well so it’s nice to see them busy. Locals seem to like it as well, there’s always pictures on Facebook etc.

 

[teslacoils]

Thing is, once you've put the tank mix in for cleavers and other blws, the pretty ones get nuked too. Although the strange, tall purple flowered thing in the ab15 seems to have coped ok.

 

[Hindsight]

Can’t tell any really difference in yields so I didn’t worry about it to much, they only seem to appear about now and don’t smother the crop. There’s bee hives right on the edge of the field as well so it’s nice to see them busy. Locals seem to like it as well, there’s always pictures on Facebook etc.
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Really good. You seem to have a nice amount of flowering 'weeds'! Problem is how to get that balance. And the correct flowering 'weeds'. If I ever leave out the SU up come Fat Hen, Redshank, Bindweed, Cleavers and never the occasional nice Poppy or Cornflower. Ah well.

 

[teslacoils]

It's bloody groundsel all over this year.

 

[Hindsight]

It's bloody groundsel all over this year.

Groundsel not quite to pretty as Phil's Poppy and Cornflower? You are a picky fellow!!

 

[Hindsight]

Definitely could be beneficial we are too obsessed with perfect fields of mono culture which is becoming harder to achieve with herbicides not that good anymore.

But I disagree with that ajd, the herbicides are good on broadleaved plants 'weeds', just not grassweeds. In fact they are too good on broadleaved, hence why flowering plants are quite rare in cereal fields unless a very low rate of herbicide or none is used. And the old Stewardship option of non herbicide headlands. Your thoughts?

 

[teslacoils]

Groundsel not quite to pretty as Phil's Poppy and Cornflower? You are a picky fellow!!

I hate groundsel.

 

[Hindsight]

I hate groundsel.

You will gain an affection if it were to become a rare endangered arable species worthy of an ELMS payment!! Although I appreciate it is more like the plant world version of a Pikey!

Need to tackle it early at T0 with florasulam, metsulfuron or tribenuron when low doses are very effective. Once it gets to 20cm or more tall can be stopped but need high rate of florasulam and/or tribenuron as metsulfuron activity drops off. Mixing a hormone helps if it is 30/40 cm tall and potentially embarrassing!!

Get it on the very light silts. Autumn germinating, so can be largish by spring. A nuisance. A low (very) dose flupysulfuon (Lexus) in with the autumn residual did for it, but sadly no more. So I add a low dose florasulam to early post emergence residual on light silts (blackgrass not a real issue there) or make sure it goes in with T0.

 

[Phil P]

Really good. You seem to have a nice amount of flowering 'weeds'! Problem is how to get that balance. And the correct flowering 'weeds'. If I ever leave out the SU up come Fat Hen, Redshank, Bindweed, Cleavers and never the occasional nice Poppy or Cornflower. Ah well.

It had -

There’s such a big seed bank of flowers though that we always get some come back through but I quit like it.

 

[teslacoils]

You will gain an affection if it were to become a rare endangered arable species worthy of an ELMS payment!! Although I appreciate it is more like the plant world version of a Pikey!

Need to tackle it early at T0 with florasulam, metsulfuron or tribenuron when low doses are very effective. Once it gets to 20cm or more tall can be stopped but need high rate of florasulam and/or tribenuron as metsulfuron activity drops off. Mixing a hormone helps if it is 30/40 cm tall and potentially embarrassing!!

Get it on the very light silts. Autumn germinating, so can be largish by spring. A nuisance. A low (very) dose flupysulfuon (Lexus) in with the autumn residual did for it, but sadly no more. So I add a low dose florasulam to early post emergence residual on light silts (blackgrass not a real issue there) or make sure it goes in with T0.

I get it mostly on fallows. Very vexing.