Winter linseed

[Barley]

Winter linseed looks pretty sick with this cold weather anybody got any experience? Will it bounce back?

 

[Brisel]

Stop looking at it! When it warms up it will perk up.

 

[Flat 10]

It comes from Eastern Europe or somewhere, it will be fine. Mine looks miserable from pigeons, deer, cold and rabbits.

 

[BenB]

I walked about 10 yards into couple of crops last week, it looked incredibly sorry for itself...quickly turned and walked back out - will look at it again when it's warmed up!!

 

[Flat 10]

Wish the poppies in it looked as sad as the linseed.

 

[redsloe]

Wish the poppies in it looked as sad as the linseed.

Don't think I've ever seen a poppy in a field in the flesh!

 

[Flat 10]

Don't think I've ever seen a poppy in a field in the flesh!

Or fudging blackgrass I suppose?!

 

[redsloe]

Or fudging blackgrass I suppose?!

 

[MrNoo]

Winter beans look the same here, it's the windchill that has knocked them, hope they spring back into life! Supposed to warm up this week with a chance of low teens at weekend

 

[MrNoo]

Here you go!

 

[Flat 10]

Here you go!

Drilled some of my last ones this week

 

[Barley]

Thanks for all the reply’s will live in hope!

 

[Fish]

Our w beans look a bit grim, we bottom out a just under -9, which is get'in kinda close to -12, below which beans are history in my experience.

 

[MrNoo]

Our w beans look a bit grim, we bottom out a just under -9, which is get'in kinda close to -12, below which beans are history in my experience.

We only went down to -5C, think it was the wind chill? Anyway they look buggered, agro reckons they may pull through.

 

[Fish]

We only went down to -5C, think it was the wind chill? Anyway they look buggered, agro reckons they may pull through.

I'm sure your guy is right, and yours will pull through, mine I'm not so sure, the three days of cold dry 20/30 kph winds may have tipped some over the edge.
Just have to wait and see.

 

[Hindsight]

We only went down to -5C, think it was the wind chill? Anyway they look buggered, agro reckons they may pull through.

I'm sure your guy is right, and yours will pull through, mine I'm not so sure, the three days of cold dry 20/30 kph winds may have tipped some over the edge.
Just have to wait and see.

Here in south Lincolnshire 8cm snow have made heck of a difference Saved crop from the wind chill and the temperature under the snow only just sub zero.

 

[yellow belly]

All crops covered in snow here one advantage we usually have snow covering crops during a severe cold spell
I would not have minded the spring beans in wheat getting a hammering

 

[herman]

Grew winter linseed 20 plus years ago and have grown out of the t shirt.
It goes very dark and almost blue, the biggest worry is frost heave that shears off the roots. Never had too many losses over winter as it usually tillers out to compensate.

 

[whindy]

Drilled winter linseed for the first time this season it looked good until Feb frost.
Now it is dead and gone.
Won't happen again.
N Yorkshire

 

[Flat 10]

Drilled winter linseed for the first time this season it looked good until Feb frost.
Now it is dead and gone.
Won't happen again.
N Yorkshire

Sorry to hear that. Actually for definite? Doesn’t it come from Ukraine or somewhere. Mine looks terrible, embarrassed to post for the collection of flourishing weeds with it but I gave it 40kgs N Monday to try and perk it up, might not be very good but doubt it will die.