Who's worried about the lack of rain?

[snarling bee]

1.5mm here. The only thing it did was stop it drying for about 3 hours.
Looks like we will miss the next lot as well according to the forecast.

 

[Gedd]

Bloody Baltic up here this morning .

Gauge had 14mm in this morning and already we have had 2 really heavy showers this morning consisting of mainly hail bloody freezing

 

[cows r us]

2 mm. Enough to help dissolve the fertiliser that has been sat on the surface for the last 10 days. Spring crop seed sat in the dry has not been reached yet.

Same here. Most has germinated but a few still waiting for a decent rain. Fingers crossed for a bit more today. The 2mm last night has dried up already.

 

[Wombat]

1.5mm here. The only thing it did was stop it drying for about 3 hours.
Looks like we will miss the next lot as well according to the forecast.

I’d take 1.5mm at the moment

 

[Daniel]

Barely enough to wet the concrete.

 

[Daniel]

What variety is that?

I can't recall exactly without finding the invoice but it think the seed was expensive and I've got this leaflet in my emails which I think was the one we went with.

So far it's had a pre-em, some N and a bit of teb.

We will be using it ourselves for poultry feed, does it have a big market otherwise?

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[teslacoils]

28 April 1mm
15 march 1mm
11march 2mm
9 march 1mm
15 feb 4
17 Feb 1
23 Feb 1
9 Feb 5mm

 

[teslacoils]

First week of Feb was wet. Since then, essentially none.

 

[Mc115reed]

1.4mm

can see the difference in crops already, they really were suffering

Is that all? Things seem bloody wet this morning I thought we had maybe had a lot more than that tbh

 

[yellow belly]

One farm had 6 mm
Home had 0.5 mm

 

[bankrupt]

One farm had 6 mm
Home had 0.5 mm

What's needed here now for decent growth is a steady 50mm over the next couple of weeks..

Two of the 14-day forecasts which I tend to follow have more than that, two substantially less, and two almost nothing.



edit - Medax Max and Terpal orders both put on on hold pro tem. - the most difficult decisions of the year just got a bit more tricky.

 

[Cordiale]

Gauge had 14mm in this morning and already we have had 2 really heavy showers this morning consisting of mainly hail bloody freezing

Don't knock it!!

 

[moretimeforgolf]

Zero here, tonight’s rain event looks to be fizzling out too!

 

[DRC]

6mm here last night, but very cold. thats 12mm total for the month.

 

[Hilly]

Aye it’s a damn shame , the winter is long enough with lout the spring being winter as well , just have to sit it out a few growthy weeks and it it will be forgotton, everyday we get a bit closer to better weather now even Disney feel like it .

 

[HarryB97]

23mm overnight at Oxford, just needs to warm up a bit now!

 

[Widgetone]

0 mm West Suffick.
Sun and drying breeze, maybe a chance of a shower over the Bank holiday weekend..

 

[Clive]

Is that all? Things seem bloody wet this morning I thought we had maybe had a lot more than that tbh

sadly yes - been walking crops this morning and its still dust

 

[JCfarmer]

There will be dust again here soon with this drying wind!
Can't moan too much as we have had enough to do some good for the moment.

 

[Wombat]

Considering the zero rain in 6 weeks i cannot believe how well the direct driled crops are coming and holding on (way better than last year and we had more rain at 15mm in late april) and looks more showery next week