Triticale
- Thread starter Wks2000
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- the brecks norfolk
Been growing a bit of autumn sown spring triticale on some poor healthland for a few years, does ok but this year I'm trying some winter Fido along side the spring stuff with the hope it'll yield better.
- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
Not much help to you (I'm in France) but we have got almost 500 acres drilled to Triticale this autumn. We have been growing it for twenty years and in my area its the most popular cereal crop, the area of triticale locally (Haute Vienne) is greater than that of all other cereals added together. I don't understand why its not more popular in the UK especially in mixed farming/livestock areas especially now when nitrogen is so expensive as it will yield the same as wheat on 25% less fertilizer.
- Location
- Limousin, France
It's an 'I wish' crop.
- Location
- North Notts
I've grown it in the past, always, reliable, cheaper to grow and plenty of straw. Bit more difficult to combine and thresh. Sells at discount to wheat, and can be a bit of an eyesore as volunteers in following crop.
I'm tempted to try again on some of the thinner ground but it means buying new seed in!
I'm tempted to try again on some of the thinner ground but it means buying new seed in!
I imagine it'd make a good wholecrop silage if fed to livestock?
I've heard folk mix lupins with it as well to increase the protein
I've heard folk mix lupins with it as well to increase the protein
Used to grow about 40ac of WT years ago when I was renting some very droughty, thin soils.
Cheap to grow and lots of great saleable straw, although I did use a chopper which was what the land needed!! I never short changed on the PGR, and also found using a seaweed extract foiliar spray twice, really helped rooting structure. Based that view point on rack of eye and grain sample.
Biggest issue was not enough pig producer buyers about, although I fed it to my cattle happily enough. Local mill used to blend it with wheat for GP livestock feeds.
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- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
Care to explain a bit more? Its doing quite well for us though the discount compared to wheat is frustrating as it goes up and down too much for me. At the moment its only 21 euros a T discount to wheat and with wheat we struggle to get full spec, mostly on bushel weight so there's not an enormous price difference. Specs are much more achievable for triticale. If urea was 300€ a T still I'd be into wheat but we find low input triticale (200kg urea) does better than low input wheat.
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
We grew 30 acres this year. It was very forward last winter so we grazed it (hard!) with ewes and lambs - thought we had grazed it too hard but it came back well. It did 3.5t from memory and the only issue was that we struggled to get the tips of the heads (top 1/2") out of the sample. Growing again this year
What market?
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
sold privately
- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
That's a classic triticale problem, though if you are using the stuff yourself it doesn't matter. Even an axial flow combine set so the straw is mere dust will not thrash out the last grain from Triticale.
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
I had a lot of experience of baling trit straw in the past and so I wasnt surprised that it was a bit stiffer/coarser than wheat straw when baled - but I was surprised how I struggled to tell the difference when using the straw.
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
i grew some this year....it's a bitch for tillering.....any tips for improving it
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
im surprised you say that. I find triticale to be a better weed smotherer than wheat, at the same seed rates. Mind, you could always sow more
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Spring trit????
It's a right pain to get to tiller,start with a silly high seed rate, full whack early pgr, early N and a good hiding with the rolls help. It's part of the reason I'm trying a winter variety this year.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Has anyone any advise on what the seed rate needs to be for Fido drilled now into a kind seedbed.
The Son
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Got over 100 acres in for wholecrop, last year it yielded 12t/ acre at 30% dm so happy with that.