Summer washout .

[steveR]

What have you been drilling at this time of year?

Failed wild bird and game cover mixes.

Although the seed did germinate in some instances, then just shrivelled up a day or 3 later. Worked areas as opposed to DD into a sprayed out "seedbed" were slightly better, but of course, then the weeds took over!

 

[steveR]

Could you drill something every day for the next fortnight please. ?

Don't think I can drag it out that long, but will see what I can do for the weekend... Another 2ha will be "oversown" today now there is some moisture about.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Time to empty it...

 

[DrWazzock]

I broadcast some kale seed on my failed game strips yesterday. The rain we have had should give it every chance.
And if it doesn’t dry up soon then its fusarium time in my wheat ears. Not been a good year for wheat here.

 

[Breakthru]

Rained last night again today, not that you would notice it. 16mm total for the month.

 

[Wombat]

Upto 56mm now this month, that enough ta

 

[MrNoo]

Nowt here

 

[DRC]

Grateful for the 8mm we had last night .
Could do with it every night for a while, with sunshine during the day .

 

[bobk]

Grateful for the 8mm we had last night .
Could do with it every night for a while, with sunshine during the day .

You'll be complaining your barley's gone flat next .

 

[DRC]

You'll be complaining your barley's gone flat next .

Ha ha. Not much chance of that this year .

 

[steveR]

Grateful for the 8mm we had last night .
Could do with it every night for a while, with sunshine during the day .

Yep, same every night for a week would suit me nicely!

6mm yesterday to midnight, nothing since, but hoping tonight will give another 4-5mm ?

 

[steveR]

Rained last night again today, not that you would notice it. 16mm total for the month.

12.8mm for month so far, so there! Not enough for either of us!

 

[steveR]

I broadcast some kale seed on my failed game strips yesterday. The rain we have had should give it every chance.
And if it doesn’t dry up soon then its fusarium time in my wheat ears. Not been a good year for wheat here.

I went for a brassicae based rescue mix from @Great In Grass and DD it in.

Sprayed out some failed mess this morning on the basis that the plants will suck up the herbicide now, and I will drill into it over the weekend, with an odds and end home blended mix!

 

[Jon 3085]

Still 6mm for June ?

 

[yellow belly]

42 mm for june so far
now need some sun
this week last year was when the deluge started properly with 100 mm in the week and it didnt stop till March this year

 

[Farma Parma]

People can wish for what they want, it's gonna do what it's gonna do, learn to live with it or look for a career that isn't dictated by the weather.

your right & in most cases it balances itself out but take nothing for granted in this job.

 

[DrWazzock]

I went for a brassicae based rescue mix from @Great In Grass and DD it in.

Sprayed out some failed mess this morning on the basis that the plants will suck up the herbicide now, and I will drill into it over the weekend, with an odds and end home blended mix!

I just spun on some more kale with the fan jet on the sprayer. The plots are hemmed in by crops so didn’t want to trail the drill through them. We have had enough rain to get the seed going now. I didn’t spray off what was there as it’s mostly fat hen which makes some sort of cover in itself and seed for the birds later. There is also some kale there from the first drilling, not much though and pheasants have been grazing it down.

 

[bobk]

No sun in June = f**k all crop .

 

[4course]

just posted on another thread 24 hours still counting and 82 mm we missed almost every rain event since the 11th of march to end of may so today must be the day with last weekends bit we must now be well over 4 inch and its not evaporating

 

[bobk]

just posted on another thread 24 hours still counting and 82 mm we missed almost every rain event since the 11th of march so today must be the day

Forecast is shite for the next 5 days , how much water do you want ?