Wheat variety

[CJS]

Have gone from 4in rows on a combo to wide bands on a Claydon With the wider space between the rows should I choose a faster growing high tillering variety like what people drill in November after beet or will any variety yield the same I fancy growing a bit of Extase but from what I have seen it doesn’t appear to tiller much and I don’t want a thin low yielding crop

 

[bankrupt]

I don’t want a thin low yielding crop

Plenty of those here, this time, but Extase is no worse than anything else.

In any case, this year has been so extreme and unusual that varietal differences recorded at harvest time may not be the best guide to future prospects.

 

[snarling bee]

Plenty round here use a Claydon. I've never heard them talk about choosing specific varieties.

 

[BigBarl]

I’ve crop inspected some Claydon drilled skyfall for the last couple of years and that’s always looked well tillered. Friefly worth a look too.

 

[Brisel]

@juke has some ideas on this & gets on well with Skyfall. You need a variety that tillers well for wide row spacing. I've grown Graham, Siskin and Lili with a Claydon. None look like they've filled the rows well but there's little yield difference between them for the last 3 years. Maize is deliberately sown in wide row spacings because the lower leaves can make good use of sunlight.

 

[juke]

Skyfall and the Claydon were made for each other , it seems to tiller like mad n fill the rows in well.
It's looking like exstase is going to be another variety that likes Claydon drilling .

 

[willy]

I would think gravity would be a good one aswell.

 

[willy]

One thing that no drill can make up for is nutrition., sewage sludge hen muck and cow muck have transformed my farm. It costs a bit but by god it’s worth it. Manufactured fert just doesn’t give the long term growth benefit needed to mitigate droughts and wet periods

 

[juke]

One thing that no drill can make up for is nutrition., sewage sludge hen muck and cow muck have transformed my farm. It costs a bit but by god it’s worth it. Manufactured fert just doesn’t give the long term growth benefit needed to mitigate droughts and wet periods

I'd agree with that to an extent, hen, pig, cattle,horse muck is all good stuff. Yes there is nutritional value in sewage sludge and in digestste I feel the risks outway the benefits