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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 8123311" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>I’m relatively new to Direct drilling, but pretty stunned as to how well it works if you look at it logically.</p><p>Timing and conditions are the absolute priority, which for Autumn drilling mean at least 2 weeks earlier that for Conventional</p><p></p><p>I have had considerable success with Extase. I had a block that was drilled in late September 2020, followed by a big stack of pre-em herbicide plus Avadex granules. We then had Storm Alex dump 2.7” of rain the first week of October, washing all the chems into the seed slot. This caused massive damage to the Extase seed, which stunted it very badly. </p><p>Looking at Google Earth of that field the following April, it just looked brown expert where the field drains were.</p><p>We gave it 150kgs N split mid Feb and Mid April, just to try to wake it up and give it a chance.</p><p>The only fungicide it had was a very cheap and cheerful T2 in Late May, by which time, we could not believe how much it had improved.</p><p>Come harvest, I couldn’t believe how this Extase had not only recovered, but turned into a very decent crop, yielding up to 11.5 tonnes/ha.</p><p></p><p>We live and learn. In the Autumn of 2021, we split the pre-em in two, so as not to risk the same damage again. This allowed Full rate Avadex liquid to be put on with the half rate pre-em of Crystal (2l) and DFF (0.1l).</p><p>In many cases, we found we did not need to follow up with the 2nd half of the pre-em.</p><p></p><p>No such problems with pre-em damage this year and the crop looks very well indeed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We also drill Bazooka Hybrid Winter barley, which is a bit of a test, considering it is drilled at such a low seed rate.</p><p>You have to get used to the fact that you will be looking at the previous wheat crop stubble all winter until the Barley grows taller than it, the following April. But within a Month, it will be at ear emergence, as it is right now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 8123311, member: 44728"] I’m relatively new to Direct drilling, but pretty stunned as to how well it works if you look at it logically. Timing and conditions are the absolute priority, which for Autumn drilling mean at least 2 weeks earlier that for Conventional I have had considerable success with Extase. I had a block that was drilled in late September 2020, followed by a big stack of pre-em herbicide plus Avadex granules. We then had Storm Alex dump 2.7” of rain the first week of October, washing all the chems into the seed slot. This caused massive damage to the Extase seed, which stunted it very badly. Looking at Google Earth of that field the following April, it just looked brown expert where the field drains were. We gave it 150kgs N split mid Feb and Mid April, just to try to wake it up and give it a chance. The only fungicide it had was a very cheap and cheerful T2 in Late May, by which time, we could not believe how much it had improved. Come harvest, I couldn’t believe how this Extase had not only recovered, but turned into a very decent crop, yielding up to 11.5 tonnes/ha. We live and learn. In the Autumn of 2021, we split the pre-em in two, so as not to risk the same damage again. This allowed Full rate Avadex liquid to be put on with the half rate pre-em of Crystal (2l) and DFF (0.1l). In many cases, we found we did not need to follow up with the 2nd half of the pre-em. No such problems with pre-em damage this year and the crop looks very well indeed. We also drill Bazooka Hybrid Winter barley, which is a bit of a test, considering it is drilled at such a low seed rate. You have to get used to the fact that you will be looking at the previous wheat crop stubble all winter until the Barley grows taller than it, the following April. But within a Month, it will be at ear emergence, as it is right now! [/QUOTE]
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