- Location
- Lincolnshire
Winter linseed nearby looks ace. Still plenty of time for surface cracks to turn it into a blackgrass haven though.
Frost kill it?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
Where in the countrythe 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
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.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
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.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 .
Its the constant wet followed by freeze thaw freeze thaw That kills itThat’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.