You may have heavy land , sand over gravel soon burns ,
dont irrigate ,and will be difference between 3/4 ton to 2/1/2 to 3 ,
Who's worried about the lack of rain?
- Thread starter Cordiale
- Start date
dont irrigate ,and will be difference between 3/4 ton to 2/1/2 to 3 ,
- Location
- The North
im lambing and would welcome a bit purely for grass growth it damb dry here
- Location
- northumberland
Liquid fert before frost
You may have heavy land , sand over gravel soon burns ,
dont irrigate ,and will be difference between 3/4 ton to 2/1/2 to 3 ,
It costs a bit of time ,and electric , extra , done some more main this time ,have hydrant every 36 m in every field now , so pull reel into field and hook up , ring one of pumps up ,and away you go ,
the new reels are fffffff ing huge , 120 mm pipe ,600 long ,
any one using raindancer , is it reliable , and work ,gps controlled rain gun
- Location
- Suffolk
If you were driving in suffolk that was probably my Basset... Put liquid N on before the last promise of rain and we've had nothing at all. Scorched the hell out of it.
- Location
- Suffolk
Not too worried about cereals here.
Beet already looks f**ked and is a repeat of last yeah imho.
Beans are a concern. Very short again.
Beet already looks f**ked and is a repeat of last yeah imho.
Beans are a concern. Very short again.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Liquid fert before frost
Don't think so. Not unless they have switched from solid. Looked like Atlantis overlaps.......all over the field.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Being a dairy boy in the pressure county, when do you arableistas consider the critical time for moisture that will make or break your growing combinable crops ?
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Seen some large areas roundupped round here , bg levels I suspect
FarmerBruce
Member
- Location
- Yorkshire
But it will.“It’s only transient, it’ll grow through it”
It depends on soil type, structure, depth etc. There is no real break point, though grain fill in late June/July is pretty important. Crops on sand will be melting away soon. Clays will hang on for much longer.
- Location
- Mid Lincolnshire,UK
No - not on mains water here. Farm yard 1 mile away has a bore hole which is still artesian, where in days of yore the traction engines filled up with water. All pumped and treated now though as iron levels off the scale. Healthy though!
I bet you don’t get anaemic very often!
I've put in a few seasons now (5 Massey, 15 Claeys and Clayson, 5 Laverda, 40 Axial Flow) and only two, '58 and '74, were less fun than last year.
- Location
- Cirencester
Been doing the exact same thing here, seems to be a common theme these dry Springs
What I spread on Friday has all disappeared but another frost again this morning
Getting very worried for those trying to talk down the price of straw in the straw tracker thread..... 
Just one good days rain in the next 10 days to wash the last of the fert in, and I'll be reasonably happy.
As said lower yields = higher prices. I doubt whether this dry spell will last till harvest though. Last year we had low yields and high drying costs.
Just one good days rain in the next 10 days to wash the last of the fert in, and I'll be reasonably happy.
As said lower yields = higher prices. I doubt whether this dry spell will last till harvest though. Last year we had low yields and high drying costs.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Straw buyers have had a long time to figure out alternative bedding options. Seems the same every year. They'd grumble if it were free. Those who contractually need to use straw a bit stuffed though.
Muddyboots
Member
- Location
- Suffolk
If you had sat on our combine last year you would be as worried as me right now. The weather pattern is following last year almost to the day and we are not many days away from dry patches showing in winter cereals!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We already have dry patches showing in our grass on high Sandy banks. Cereals are struggling, beet is crap. Good luck folks. All I do is moan about it as the rapidly fading potential is right in my face everyday so I’m coming off social media till things improve and trying my best to ignore it: