What late sown crop to grow

[fermec860]

Have few feilds which were to wet but would now drill well after a good rain I want to leave brother wants to plant something

 

[RAF]

Spring barley be fine

 

[Laggard]

If you can't drill into moisture and need a rain for germination then I wouldn't drill anything.

 

[fermec860]

Spring barley be fine

Was beans last year didn’t want to lose first wheat slot sorry should of said bad for black grass to

 

[goodevans]

How do you usually manage them as they must be pretty snotty if they have still been too wet to drill this spring

 

[Brisel]

Linseed, peas, maize. If you're sowing barley or oats they will need to be treated as very low input and low output. If you've got a big blackgrass problem I'd consider cleaning the land up instead.

 

[MrNoo]

Same boat here with 3 fields, clay, have worked it down with a Subdisc but am going to put some green cover in beginning of May, get it all set up for a good 1st wheat. Have drilled SB late on clay before and to be honest it wasnt worth the time and effort as never seemed to get going, it may have just about wiped it's face but nothing more.

 

[yellow belly]

if you have spring barley seed plant it very cheap to grow and earlier harvest than any non cereal crop
then plant wheat after will yield similar to a first wheat late grown spring barley will not give much takeall in the following wheat last harvest I had some yield as well as first wheat

 

[fermec860]

do think I’d be that brave here thinking of a cover crop maybe

 

[fermec860]

How do you usually manage them as they must be pretty snotty if they have still been too wet to drill this spring

Its good Warwickshire clay it’s only just dry enough to cultivate now but soon as you move it the moisture is gon

 

[goodevans]

Its good Warwickshire clay it’s only just dry enough to cultivate now but soon as you move it the moisture is gon

That does sound pretty snotty then,best of luck