- Location
- Lincolnshire
Winter linseed nearby looks ace. Still plenty of time for surface cracks to turn it into a blackgrass haven though.
Winter linseed
- Thread starter Barley
- Start date
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
A lot of bare ground now ! The plants that can be found look life lifeless. The cereals are growing away. But no sign of life with the linseed.
WINTER LINSEED IS biggest waste of money ever. my whole crop has failed. premium crops make out you will earn a fortune the fact of the matter is they are the only ones that make any money. the despite making several calls and asking for advice no one was ever available i never got a callback rip off seed costs 120 a hectare with p!ss poor seed rate and misleading figures. THEY STILL WANT PAYMENT DESPITE THE CROP FAILING WHEN THEY SAID IT WOULDNT i will never touch linseed again or Premium Craps again i lost £5000 on this crop DO NOT GROW
Frost kill it?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
How did it fail?
the frost killed it. it was patchy and never really got going. I tried it once but never again. I spoke to them about it and was told i still have to pay. it is a win win for them zero risk and maximum reward, i will never ever deal with them again
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Where in the country
drilling date and previous crop
I have winter linseed after spring barley notill drilled mid September which had a good layer of snow during the coldest week Avadex but too wet for crawler
not drilled as early as I would have liked
will be aiming to get it bigger into winter and so can use crawler a little earlier than recommended before it gets too wet
average farmer
Member
- Location
- North Notts
Tbf I’ve had excellent service from premium crops Hannah came out in December to have a look at ours and gave us a bit of advice most of which I forgot so text her on Saturday and got a reply back that day with lengthy info and lots of links to various data sheets . Excellent to deal with!
been through with 50kg of N +S today
been through with 50kg of N +S today
I get that you are angry and i would be too but as i said before farmers are risk takers not the seed sellers. If CSFB eat your OSR you still have to pay the seed merchant (or in theory pay the royalties if FSS). I wouldn't be at all surprised if Premium Crops make more than me out of my crops but thats standard for all my crops sadly as a commodity grower.
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
Winter linseed is miss sold!!!
It should be able to survive 3 minor snow events over 3 weeks and 4 days of -3 frosts. Ours was looking good until then.
So to claim it is winter hardly is a complete lie !!! And the company's selling the seed probably have a case to answer to the trading standards!!!
It should not be compared to any other crops that may fail .
It should be able to survive 3 minor snow events over 3 weeks and 4 days of -3 frosts. Ours was looking good until then.
So to claim it is winter hardly is a complete lie !!! And the company's selling the seed probably have a case to answer to the trading standards!!!
It should not be compared to any other crops that may fail .
That’s a fair point. I thought the varieties were bred in Ukraine or somewhere so rather expected them to be tougher than that. You haven’t exactly described a harsh winter have you? I think you should reasonably expect it to survive that easily.
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
They sold me crap seed for a mustard type thing once
It was full of fusarium and poor germ, but got no recompense
It was full of fusarium and poor germ, but got no recompense
- Location
- S.E
The fact that they are selling it as winter linseed means that it should survive winter weather. As has already been mentioned it has hardly been exceptionally cold. I would think that you have an argument here.
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Its the constant wet followed by freeze thaw freeze thaw That kills it
they dont get that in ukraine.
No crop is totally winter hardy
- Location
- N.Yorkshire
Ours looks a bit brown at the min its exposed at 600ft but lowest its been down to is -5. Thought it was okay to -15.
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
Growing spring yellow for Robin Appel
Had 40 going in now have another 23ac .seed supplied at cost to replace winter.
I am only Growing it to get rotation back on track as have not any osr for 2 years
Already have beans in rotation. And hate oats.
Do get premium crops ringing selling there many crops .always a short conversation.
Had 40 going in now have another 23ac .seed supplied at cost to replace winter.
I am only Growing it to get rotation back on track as have not any osr for 2 years
Already have beans in rotation. And hate oats.
Do get premium crops ringing selling there many crops .always a short conversation.