Suppin Diesel
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Thinking of putting in some winter barley to get more straw as straw yields of the spring varieties seem to be getting less. What varieties would you recommend. Thanks
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A variety called Surge, has produced the most straw here .but has lodged each time, so sticking with good old Cassia.
Ha ha, but the cassia didn't fall over ,at least not as much.I'm seeing a trend here , I wonder what the cause is ....
Ha ha, but the cassia didn't fall over ,at least not as much.
A variety called Surge, has produced the most straw here .but has lodged each time, so sticking with good old Cassia.
Never got on with Tower. Very thin grain the year I grew it.Im doing more Tower. Seems to get more straw than Cassia and yields similar
Any more straw from a hybrid?
But the straw does break up alot once combined.Bazooka is tall and stiff.
Thinking of putting in some winter barley to get more straw as straw yields of the spring varieties seem to be getting less. What varieties would you recommend. Thanks
Thanks.A lot depends on your land.
Basics are 12stone/a.c. drilled from 20 Sept to 10 October. I like to try and have all mine drilled by 4th oct (wife's birthday, that's how I remember it)
If you haven't got black grass then pdm+dff either pre em or post em with a insecticide if aphids are about, chuck a slug of mn in with every spray pass.
If it's dry roll it again in the spring.
120ish units of N split half and half with first dose in mid Feb with sulphur, the rest mid March.
2lt ccc with the first fungicide.roughly end of march/early April. If you want it cheap(ish) 0.75 fandango +ctl+ mn.
Second fungicide when the awns are half out 0.5 fandango(depends very much on disease presure)+ctl(beware of cut off date for some products)+ mg
Shut the gate till harvest.
Not knowing your farm all the above might be total cobblers but for me that would be how id do it, with the exception of maybe a bigger spend on fungicides but the above would certainly get you a crop.
I usually drill at a lower seed rate than that. 1.25cwt acre is plenty of drilling in September into good seed rates.Thanks.