Who's going ww in feb ?

[D14]

In my opinion sowing now is high risk with uncertain weather and undoubtably going colder , so , I'm thinking how's about mid - end of feb , moves some seed and the only risk is vernalisation , could be a better gamble ,

Decisions , decisions .

If the prediction of snow is correct then you won’t be drilling in February!

 

[bobk]

If the prediction of snow is correct then you won’t be drilling in February!

Indeed we will not , could be an easy summer

 

[Farmerdunk]

Is that the village called shite ?

Wrestlingworth

 

[bobk]

Wrestlingworth

Very apt

 

[czechmate]

I’m ploughing about 4-5 miles away from sandy. Not much sand here! View attachment 847257View attachment 847258

My first serious girl friend lived at Great Gransden and I must admit the soul around there was pretty shitty too.
Made me laugh, the postal address.
Sandy Beds

 

[czechmate]

If the prediction of snow is correct then you won’t be drilling in February!

Ffs, these days (my wife says it's because they have sold off satellite network for 5g) they can't forecast the weather in 2 hours time never mind 2 months

 

[bobk]

My first serious girl friend lived at Great Gransden and I must admit the soul around there was pretty shitty too.
Made me laugh, the postal address.
Sandy Beds

A freudian slip in spelling methinks

 

[farmerm]

"I always do what’s fair" I will try and remember that, its the perfect answer.

I must remember that if I ever find someone robbing me, driving over fields hare coursing or fly tipping...

 

[farmerm]

I’m ploughing about 4-5 miles away from sandy. Not much sand here!

Finally, a picture on this thread of something that looks like the kind of ground I have to contend with! Wind blowing well and drying nicely today I would be able to find somewhere offering enough grip to plough tomorrow but with rain due after lunch its not really worth starting.... I shall go watch the local power station get blown to bits instead

 

[John Slejpner]

My first serious girl friend lived at Great Gransden and I must admit the soul around there was pretty shitty too.
Made me laugh, the postal address.
Sandy Beds

Err heavy yes, shitty not particularly. That is mostly pure heavy Hanslope...at least it cracks and being very strong in calcium, even when the cracks are gone / tilled out it is at least slowly permeable.

Come over near Tempsford, just east of the East Coast mainline, on the Ouses' floodplain (about 30ft above sea level), for some real special stuff.
You are now barely a mile from the northern edge of Sandy

 

[David.]

Every time I see Sandy, I think of Round the Horne

 

[snarling bee]

IF we get some dry weather in Jan or Feb I think I will be drilling the spring wheat, not the winter varieties. Thanks to the 3 crop rule we have some HSS available for ourselves. Only just enough for this spring requirement.

 

[Zippy768]

"I always do what’s fair" I will try and remember that, its the perfect answer.

I think we can all agree whats "fair" and what's "legal" can often be very different

 

[Devon James]

You must be chuffed to be making progress. Claydons clearly work well in the wet judging by your and others evidence. However every time I see a pic I can’t believe how much soil they move. Not a criticism, just an observation.

Yes good to get something in. But on the other hand, pleased haven't pushed on too much. We know it's limitations and is not a magic wand! If the soil is on the damper side at drilling and if the following weather is too wet the rain takes the path of least resistance through the soil and that's in the drills. And then it ain't pretty.
But we have run a Claydon now for quite a while and wouldn't be without it.
Yes, it does move soil and it looks like alot when putting beans in as working deep. But in drier going it can be set up like a Cross Slot [emoji16]

 

[Mark C]

I spent last weekend in the Stevenage area (family wedding!), so had a good look at an area from about 10 miles SW of Hitchin, through Baldock to just east of Buntingford. I was amazed at how free from waterlogging the fields were, and how much field work has been done, compared with Lincolnshire. Many fields ploughed, many fields of emerged wheat, and maize stubbles looking level and smooth with not a single wheel rut. Did not see any standing water. Driving around here you can always see a couple of fields on each side with standing water and/or serious rutting!

We are about 4 miles west of Baldock. Pretty much all the Maize around here is for AD and was cut in early / mid September in dry conditions. A lot of chalk along the A505 corridor which is free draining. You don’t have to go much further north and west to find very little done.

 

[farmerm]

It was just starting to dry yesterday, its fudged again now

 

[Flat 10]

It was just starting to dry yesterday, its fudged again now

snap

 

[Flat 10]

Yes good to get something in. But on the other hand, pleased haven't pushed on too much. We know it's limitations and is not a magic wand! If the soil is on the damper side at drilling and if the following weather is too wet the rain takes the path of least resistance through the soil and that's in the drills. And then it ain't pretty.
But we have run a Claydon now for quite a while and wouldn't be without it.
Yes, it does move soil and it looks like alot when putting beans in as working deep. But in drier going it can be set up like a Cross Slot [emoji16]
View attachment 847366

Impressive. Special narrow coulters?

 

[D14]

Ffs, these days (my wife says it's because they have sold off satellite network for 5g) they can't forecast the weather in 2 hours time never mind 2 months

Berry’s still on hedges and leaves on trees in late November according to my 97 yr old grandmother is a sign for a possible snowy February/March. She’s never to far out with her farming predictions so I put 50 quid on in the local bookies and got 20:1 for there to be snow on the ground February 15th 2020.

 

[bankrupt]

got 20:1 for there to be snow on the ground February 15th 2020.

Good call, D14.

Such bets are far too often decided upon snow being found upon the Met office roof, the relevant readings there being taken, apparently, not too far away from their air-conditioning outlets.