anyone got any protein results from Illustrious? tests 2% lower than Crusoe here, wondering if dare give it another go.
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Wheat variety choices next year?
- Thread starter dirty harry
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absolutely. Illustrious was massive yield. no figures, but huge compared to Crusoe.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Illustrious came back at 12.7% protein here after producing a huge heap of grain so I'm sticking with it and going to feed it a bit more next year, really like the variety
- Location
- Devon
What sort of ground are you on? Heavy/light etc
Increase by at least 10% over what you'd drill a first wheat at for the same sowing period. The theory is that the take all will abort more tillers so you want a big well rooted canopy earlier. The irony is that the extra root biomass provides more food for the disease!
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Sandy loam and clay loam, both performed similar, one block after beans and the other osr
- Location
- Devon
Thank you. Bit weak on septoria have you found?
Revelation looking good in the 1st W slot, still got 4 green leaves
Grafton has a few blind sites but is the only variety to fit in front of OSR in the 3rd W slot
Siskin, shy tillering, take all and fusarium ear blight. Like a hooker at a Man U stag do.
- Think I'll replace it with Kerrin in the 2nd W slot, but will be watching the '17 HGCA results like a hawk as it's recommendation is on "limited data".
What a difference a couple of months makes.
After threatening to ditch it, we started drilling Siskin as a 1st wheat yesterday after it did surprisingly well from a thin stand with ear blight, to yield 3.8t as a 2nd wheat (average 2nd wheat is about 3.6t). It'll get an early dose of N to chivvy it on in the Spring.
3rd wheat will be Grafton to allow OSR in behind, yielded well this year too.
2nd 'wheat' slot next year will be Canyon
.Revelation also yielded well with a lovely bold sample, but being 'soft' it's being dropped to allow a single 'hard' bulk for the 17 harvest, which frees up a bay for the Canyon.
I'll keep an eye out for Kerrin, Shabras and Freiston, but for this year it's a case of 'better the devil you know'.
Yes. Early sowing, good disease scores, early maturing. Yielded well here this year despite a bit of sprouting for Sept harvesting.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Coped very well with a fairly standard fungicide program
Yes, dropping JB Diego after many years and switching to Graham. In all the local trials i have seen results for it out performed Diego.
- Location
- Near Derby
JB did a tonne/acre better than the very disappointing Graham for one of my customers. Both were first wheats, Graham doesn't tiller very well.
Location, location, location
FarmerBruce
Member
- Location
- Yorkshire
What a difference a couple of months makes.
After threatening to ditch it, we started drilling Siskin as a 1st wheat yesterday after it did surprisingly well from a thin stand with ear blight, to yield 3.8t as a 2nd wheat (average 2nd wheat is about 3.6t). It'll get an early dose of N to chivvy it on in the Spring.
3rd wheat will be Grafton to allow OSR in behind, yielded well this year too.
2nd 'wheat' slot next year will be Canyon
Revelation also yielded well with a lovely bold sample, but being 'soft' it's being dropped to allow a single 'hard' bulk for the 17 harvest, which frees up a bay for the Canyon.
I'll keep an eye out for Kerrin, Shabras and Freiston, but for this year it's a case of 'better the devil you know'.
What seed rate you drilling the Siskin?
Variable rate, but given this years shy tillering I've raised the minimum rate up to 300 seeds m/2, with the upper rate set at 450 seeds to account for some brick clay / slugs (assuming 65% survival = 300 plants).
I only used Modus on headlands this year, but i'll use it on every acre next season just for fear.
FarmerBruce
Member
- Location
- Yorkshire
Thanks for the heads up.
What was the nature of the lodging?
I.e. Was it root lodging, 'eye spot', or just leggy with thin straw and snapped over at the base?
Finally, did it tiller well, or was it a 'bit thin' going into stem extension?