Stubble turnip odd growing habit

[Mark C]

Broadcast stubble turnips 2 weeks ago into standing spring barley , had a nice rain and then combined the barley a week later. Turnips are up bit gone very straggly like cress , trying to get to sunlight. Will they be any good ?

 

[Mark C]

Pics

 

[landslave the 2nd]

Ask @neilo

 

[neilo]

Only guessing, but I wouldn't have thought you'd see a difference in a week or so...……….as long as it was only lack of light that caused it, and not a chem residue of some kind?

 

[Exfarmer]

Used to see this regularly when there was a fashion for broadcasting rape into standing crops just before harvest. If harvest was just delayed a couple of days because of rain, you had very leggy seedlings.

 

[Brisel]

I've had this before from broadcasting into standing crops. Worse when I then had swaths of straw down in wet weather as the hypocotyl extends trying to get to the light.

They will be fine - I've deleted the photo but in 2017 when this happened with a wet harvest, especially early August, I had one of the best turnip crops despite this elongation.

 

[BenB]

Did you apply any SU herbicides to the barley crop? Although with SU damage the plants usually take a purple appearance.

 

[DRC]

Turnips drilled straight into stubble then some pig slurry on top, have germinated in 3/4 days .

 

[Will 1594]

Like this look at difference exactly 24 m wide in gate way where no Chems Never gre more than 2 inch high and went all purple

 

[Brisel]

Like this look at difference exactly 24 m wide in gate way where no Chems Never gre more than 2 inch high and went all purple

Didn't you have this problem last year too?

 

[Exfarmer]

Or is it just lack of nutrients?

 

[Will 1594]

Didn't you have this problem last year too?

No that was last years pic just showing what su did , it was not lack of n because it had 250 kg waste sweepings up fert on it,they never got any bigger and started going purple

 

[Brisel]

No that was last years pic just showing what su did , it was not lack of n because it had 250 kg waste sweepings up fert on it,they never got any bigger and started going purple

Did you test it to find the SU residues or was that just the best guess? Which SU, when was it applied & at what dose please?

 

[Will 1594]

Did not test but other field, difference in gate way is what we went on . .did exactlly same ,will have to look up what it had ,
Started using hiatus now ,supposed to be better , so doctor death ,tells us

 

[ianlucasshearing]

Can I please pick some brains,
What would be the rough cost of drilling and fertilising stubble turnips? (direct into stubble)

 

[ianlucasshearing]

Can I please pick some brains,
What would be the rough cost of drilling and fertilising stubble turnips? (direct into stubble) with seed cost

 

[Brisel]

£4/acre for the seed. £20/acre for the direct drilling. £4/acre for the fertiliser spreading. Fertiliser is extra.

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