Wheat variety for sowing this year

[SteveE]

I know as I post this that alot of people have already sown their wheat for this year and also that availability on seed will be exceptionally low due to that fact.

We are on heavy river ground here for a couple of farms running to some more gravelly ground up on some banks and sell the grain to a local animal feed manufacturer so specific weight is as equally important to us as is yield.

I'm the past few years we have been sowing jb Diego mainly but have dropped the acreage on this due to its lowering disease resistance while now sowing costello and Dunston as the two main varieties. This is the first year for the Dunston.

We had been hoping to get hold of some graham this year to try while getting some more costello in (farm saved and cleaned seed) and our agronomist had been tying to push us the way of gravity. He said that Graham had sold out (fair enough) and had said he could get us some costello, gravity and skyscraper. Now a bag of gleam has turned up and we wondered what other people's experiences with those varieties have been?

Just after a solid feed wheat due to our market. We are based in the west on the wlsh/English border in Shropshire.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Brisel]

There's a commercial seed grower in here who hasn't had his Graham seed collected by the seed processor he sold it to, so it's not sold out just yet. Sorry, I don't know Gleam or Gravity. Graham, Siskin & Lili here. I'd choose a quick developing variety for sowing this late. The HGCA RL has a list of speeds of growth in the main tables.

 

[limestone brash]

Late?!??
This is the optimum time to drill wheat

 

[SteveE]

Late?!??
This is the optimum time to drill wheat

Well that's what we thought. Always sown this time of year. Run plough and combination so not needing it nice and dry on top all the time.

 

[APJ]

Think you are close to us and we share the same agronomist, gleam is good we are trying some this year, we grew gravity last year this is now our main wheat!

 

[SteveE]

Think you are close to us and we share the same agronomist, gleam is good we are trying some this year, we grew gravity last year this is now our main wheat!

Thanks for the feedback. Just thought we would see what others thought of the wheat. If it is the same agronomist he isn't too bad to deal with is he? Lol.

 

[tr250]

There's a commercial seed grower in here who hasn't had his Graham seed collected by the seed processor he sold it to, so it's not sold out just yet. Sorry, I don't know Gleam or Gravity. Graham, Siskin & Lili here. I'd choose a quick developing variety for sowing this late. The HGCA RL has a list of speeds of growth in the main tables.

No definitely not sold out yet.

 

[APJ]

Mr D is great!

We’ve put gleam in a first slot ready for hss next year, we’ve got shabras, costello, gravity, and gleam now dropped Diego after many years as our main wheat but it’s time as come I’m afraid.

Saw you drilling last night when I was on my way home!

 

[SteveE]

Mr D is great!

We’ve put gleam in a first slot ready for hss next year, we’ve got shabras, costello, gravity, and gleam now dropped Diego after many years as our main wheat but it’s time as come I’m afraid.

Saw you drilling last night when I was on my way home!

Yes he is good!

Oh we have eyes on us now then? Best keep things straight as our hedges allow!

We were thinking the same with the Diego hence trying something new and whilst we're happy to try something other than Graham we just thought we would see other people's thoughts. I mean some seed has arrived so going to give it a go.

Did try anapolis a few years back but didn't agree with our ground or the year. Looked really good right though but a little disappointing in the end.