To drill or not to drill

[tr250]

I had a field of w barley last harvest that had a bad brome problem due to drainage we have found the problem which was outfall blocked by hedge roots and mole drained and the difference it unbelievable. We drilled it with turnips grazed them put muck on in the frost and ploughed it fairly well to bury brome seed. It was planned to go into mulika s wheat in the spring but it’s so dry on there I’m considering drilling the mulika this week. Is there any benefit in waiting to try and control the brome?

 

[Huno]

I had a field of w barley last harvest that had a bad brome problem due to drainage we have found the problem which was outfall blocked by hedge roots and mole drained and the difference it unbelievable. We drilled it with turnips grazed them put muck on in the frost and ploughed it fairly well to bury brome seed. It was planned to go into mulika s wheat in the spring but it’s so dry on there I’m considering drilling the mulika this week. Is there any benefit in waiting to try and control the brome?

Just drill it.. if you have brome you have brome and it will return in the spring for certain.. spring linseed might break it but even the chemistry for that is a bit of a placebo these days..

 

[Huno]

Brome is the problem of the DDriller.. If you ploughed you will have the new seedbank from plough depth to enjoy...

 

[Woody j]

Drill wheat If brome appears spray with broadway star

 

[Lincsman]

I would drill skyfall if you don't have the seed yet, less ergot.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I would drill skyfall if you don't have the seed yet, less ergot.

Plus 1 for Skyfall.

 

[Huno]

Agreed brome and barley are like Romeo and Juliett but a little less romantic!

 

[Hindsight]

You do have chemical options - Broadway Star for example in Spring Wheat. And before that Liberator / Avadex. All depends how much if anything you want to spend on chems. As I do not know the exact situation cannot comment. I did recommend Broadway Star on few fields of SPring WHeat second cereal last APril - meadow Brome and we were pleased with the result.

 

[Huno]

You do have chemical options - Broadway Star for example in Spring Wheat. And before that Liberator / Avadex. All depends how much if anything you want to spend on chems. As I do not know the exact situation cannot comment. I did recommend Broadway Star on few fields of SPring WHeat second cereal last APril - meadow Brome and we were pleased with the result.

Its a fallow year anyway.. High input costs vs crap prices.. book a holiday

 

[Huno]

Unless you were a gambler and pre sold 100% of potential yield

 

[Huno]

You do have chemical options - Broadway Star for example in Spring Wheat. And before that Liberator / Avadex. All depends how much if anything you want to spend on chems. As I do not know the exact situation cannot comment. I did recommend Broadway Star on few fields of SPring WHeat second cereal last APril - meadow Brome and we were pleased with the result.

Wish i was your drug dealer

 

[Huno]

When you get thread questions like this you do wonder who is advising farmers out there and the poster in particular.. Dont listen to the rats on TFF.. Go and pay an agronomist.. and if you have a Basis train agronomist... throw them to the wolves of the 1980's please...

 

[Huno]

Hindsight works for Syngenta? Chopper...

 

[Huno]

Hindsight is not a farmer either and not trade... must be a chemibot??

 

[Hindsight]

Its a fallow year anyway.. High input costs vs crap prices.. book a holiday

Yep - the correct answer! Cheers.

 

[Hindsight]

Hindsight is not a farmer either and not trade... must be a chemibot??

I wish!

 

[Huno]

I wish!

Definately a Syngenta CHEMBOT

 

[Old apprentice]

Of brome is well germinated in autumn spray of in Feb then spring barley. Any suggestions .

 

[Woody j]

Of brome is well germinated in autumn spray of in Feb than spring barley. Any suggestions .

Last year I sprayed brome mid march then spring barley worked well

 

[tr250]

When you get thread questions like this you do wonder who is advising farmers out there and the poster in particular.. Dont listen to the rats on TFF.. Go and pay an agronomist.. and if you have a Basis train agronomist... throw them to the wolves of the 1980's please...

My basis trained agronomist wasn’t alive in the 1980s. I’ve got his opinion but i find it nice to have opinions of others as I’ve been trolling this place long enough now to know generally who to listen to and not