When is it to late to drill CS wild bird blocks?

[Vader]

Heavy rain again last night.
Can not see the blocks being dry enough for at least 2 weeks if we get no more rain.
If it stays wet, when is it to late to drill?
Would you still get paid if not redrilled if it's not possible?

 

[spin cycle]

if you're talking about ab9 or the sfi equivalent?....I don't even contemplate before June

periodicity of fat hen main reason

 

[Princess Pooper]

Heavy rain again last night.
Can not see the blocks being dry enough for at least 2 weeks if we get no more rain.
If it stays wet, when is it to late to drill?
Would you still get paid if not redrilled if it's not possible?

Many people drill too early. Not sure of latest, but we have successfully drilled mid-May before now.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Heavy rain again last night.
Can not see the blocks being dry enough for at least 2 weeks if we get no more rain.
If it stays wet, when is it to late to drill?
Would you still get paid if not redrilled if it's not possible?

Seems a bit early at the moment, risk of a frost?

Or have you got a frost tolerant seed mix? Be interested to know what the mix is.

 

[farmerm]

It is still plenty early for AB9/AHL2 bird seed. 15th June is the AB9 cut off date. Unless the long term forecast starts to show drought I will be holding off until mid May. Heck some folk think with careful seed choice they can get away drilling AHL2 after barley end of July....

My bigger concern is AHL1 Nectar and the drilling window necessary to achieve late spring flowering...

 

[topground]

Are you paid based on the success of crop establishment and subsequent yield as you would if you were growing food or is it enough to prove you have sown the seed in which case it doesn’t matter when you sow it,

 

[farmerm]

if you're talking about ab9 or the sfi equivalent?....I don't even contemplate before June

periodicity of fat hen main reason

Sounds like you can cut back on your seed rates then, you have free seed there waiting, fat hen is just poor mans quinoa, the tweety bird don't know the difference...

 

[farmerm]

Are you paid based on the success of crop establishment and subsequent yield as you would if you were growing food or is it enough to prove you have sown the seed in which case it doesn’t matter when you sow it,

the term "reasonable expectation" is branded about... its not clear at what point the expectation should be reasonable though... April drilling was a very reasonable expectation last December, it looks a little less reasonable as I look at the rain today, 9th April.

 

[Vader]

Seems a bit early at the moment, risk of a frost?

Or have you got a frost tolerant seed mix? Be interested to know what the mix is.

Still early as such yet, but won't be fit for weeks yet at this rate.
So be into may way it's looking.
Some areas still got new springs flowing through them so doubt will get on till towards harvest time...

Never really had any frost problems.

 

[Vader]

Are you paid based on the success of crop establishment and subsequent yield as you would if you were growing food or is it enough to prove you have sown the seed in which case it doesn’t matter when you sow it,

If it don't grow, then need doing again next year, more cost...

 

[Phil P]

We’ve only ever drilled ab9 mid may and had some hellish big crops, some of our AHL2 is going in after winter barley.

 

[alomy75]

June onwards here; any earlier just grows a field of weeds. In the words of the inspector; as long as you don’t take the p*ss then you haven’t got anything to worry about. One year (19-20) I re drilled one parcel twice and I left a previous years crop in situ as it was so dry I was worried it was pointless and both options were fine when she came to visit.

 

[nick...]

Allways drill it here after mid May and normally end of May depending on the weather forecast.fat hen was a crop originally bought in by the romans for the seed.
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