State of your crops?
- Thread starter Jerry
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
And another 12 hours before it stops. Going to be a damned mess.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yup. Last time we had wet Jan like this our winter barley did 2t. Just didn't tiller. Won't be getting any early nitrogen on - was hopeful about getting some urea on the wheats after oats by valentine's Day. But unlikely.
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
We are missing the worst of the rain here in South Norfolk but it's wringing wet about. Pits full,ditches full. When we get 5-10mm rain it's going across local roads.
Some of ours looks quite well but last drilled is appalling
, not the only ones either, 100s of acres round here similar, every wheeling hasn't come, wheat yellowing off, headlands not come. I'll get some photos in the next couple of days. From a low base and patchy crops there won't be any record yields round here, won't be average either.
Certainly more drilled than last autumn but now in very poor condition.
We had 75mm on Dec 23rd and it's put everything well back. Next village Up the road had near 90mm
Some of ours looks quite well but last drilled is appalling
, not the only ones either, 100s of acres round here similar, every wheeling hasn't come, wheat yellowing off, headlands not come. I'll get some photos in the next couple of days. From a low base and patchy crops there won't be any record yields round here, won't be average either.Certainly more drilled than last autumn but now in very poor condition.
We had 75mm on Dec 23rd and it's put everything well back. Next village Up the road had near 90mm
- Location
- south norfolk
Same here a few miles down the road.got water sitting in places I’ve never seen before and some still standing in ruts made when drilling.drains running continually at half bore and everywhere saturated.18 mm in last couple days but escaped today’s rain so far but more for tomorrow and Friday and snow Saturday.I’ve done bugger all for weeks.got hedge cutting to do but just making too much mess on margins for my liking and don’t want a smacked bottom from hls police either.wanted to drill another 21 acres but seed will sit in shed to autumn.along with COVID it’s very demoralisingWe are missing the worst of the rain here in South Norfolk but it's wringing wet about. Pits full,ditches full. When we get 5-10mm rain it's going across local roads.
Some of ours looks quite well but last drilled is appalling
Certainly more drilled than last autumn but now in very poor condition.
We had 75mm on Dec 23rd and it's put everything well back. Next village Up the road had near 90mm
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
It takes s lot to fill our ditches as they go to about nine foot deep. But the 12" culvert by my house is pouring at a rate of knots. Nice dry week or ten days needed to to get it through now. Will need a hard frost to travel in Feb.
I will third this. Anything drilled before the 23rd September looks like it still has potential, even on our heaviest bits. Anything after that either didn't get drilled or looks like a plate full of pi55, except for some medium loamy stuff drilled in mid October, which was alright but now the barsteward rabbits have grazed it to the ground.
- Location
- West Suffolk
Things really look dire around here, I know it’s January but......
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Sorghum
Has a great fibrous root system, one of the agronomic benefits of it.
The roots would be well down below a metre
Has a great fibrous root system, one of the agronomic benefits of it.
The roots would be well down below a metre
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Mung roots - when I dug it up the soil in the plant row was full of new, fine roots from the mungs
broke up the ( wet ) clump of soil, unfortunately tearing off most of the fine roots, but this shows some nodulation happening
on the surface, at about 35 C. Well into the 40’s for the weekend
PS - we had over 200 mm during December ( more than all of 2019 ) but it hasn’t rained for 3 ? Weeks. Dry on the surface, but still mud around the roots & below. This is what we grow our crops on. That’s why stubble / groundcover retention & moisture conservation is crucial to our farming systems here
broke up the ( wet ) clump of soil, unfortunately tearing off most of the fine roots, but this shows some nodulation happening
on the surface, at about 35 C. Well into the 40’s for the weekend
PS - we had over 200 mm during December ( more than all of 2019 ) but it hasn’t rained for 3 ? Weeks. Dry on the surface, but still mud around the roots & below. This is what we grow our crops on. That’s why stubble / groundcover retention & moisture conservation is crucial to our farming systems here
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- Location
- West Suffolk
What do you do with the roots @Farmer Roy?
Do they break down eventually?
Do they break down eventually?
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
which roots are you talking about ?
the more roots through the soil the better in my opinion
Any & all vegetation / crop residue / etc etc breaks down very quickly in our soils, it’s a struggle to maintain ground cover & crop residue on the surface.
That was one of my issues the last few years with our long extremely dry period - all my ground cover disappeared & nothing else was growing, leaving me with bare soil
Which is something I try & avoid at all costs . . .
What is your soil type there @Farmer Roy ? It looks to have a reasonable clay content.
- Location
- North West
Just been for a ride round a few fields to assess the damage after yesterday’s rain and to be fair the ground has taken it surprisingly well! Had 85mm this week so far.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
November drilled, conventional
Direct drilled on Monday this week into sprayed off pasture.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Irrigated Winter Barley, same field as pictured before. DD’ed into sprayed off stubble:
Is it too early to tinkle a bit of Nitrogen on?
Is it too early to tinkle a bit of Nitrogen on?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Much too early. Wait till March and signs of growth. IMO it doesn’t matter if it turns blue at this time of year.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
The question may have been tongue in cheek.
I will certainly be getting some on if we have a dry/frozen spell in February though. I’d sooner have a light dressing on then, than look at hungry barley when it’s too wet to travel all through March, when it needs it to recover (partially at least) from a winter with wet feet.