I can't understand why Bennington was left on the recommend list after last year. I know last years white label would have been in the system but to propagate it again this year is madness. My costello last year did near a half tonne better despite the lower yield ratings on the RL.
Winter wheat 2020
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Barrowsider
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I remember Tom McCabe explaining how dry east winds can carry rust inoculum across the Irish Sea.
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Cork
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I agree. Now that we have a lot of a susceptible variety(s) around we don’t need to rely on the easterly wind anymore.
It’s as if we were preparing in case Brexit stopped the Yellow rust coming across!!!
Becauka
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Did u mix adexar and opera? Or treated different varieties with different chemicals?
Blackwater boy
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Was the rust on the graham also
Barrowsider
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No, I had Bennington in my head but I ended up writing graham when I messaged you. Graham is clean. Looks a nicer crop at the moment.
Barrowsider
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Mixed the 2 for Bennington. No opera on the rust free crops
gone
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If Wheat doesn't vernalise it will stay in the grass stage, keeping tillering and not going into stem extension.
Usually some will vernalise so you will have odd stems growing upwards properly and the rest still stuck to the deck.
Doesn't sound like you have a vernalisation problem just a slow variety.
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Cork
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From the sounds of it, the wheat has vernalised.
Vernalisation is the move from the vegetative "grass corn" stage to the reproductive stage (stem extension). So, if it is at the stage of Booting then it will have vernalised.
Why it is slow to break the boot is another story. Maybe due to a restriction in the boot which is holding the ears back a bit? You see this sometimes when a PGR went on late but the ears eventually pop through.
:curse: :curse: :curse:In the early days of the SFP in May I resowed a few patches of winter wheat that had been flooded. We used winter wheat seed and at harvest it looked like grass and grew horizontally and was no more than four inches high . It looked more like Cocksfoot grass than a cereal.
diesel power
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I've 140 units N on so far on the ww. I had intended on having the rest out by now but held off waiting for rain. Is there any point in going on with the last of the N at this stage or will it be a waste?.
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Cork
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Definitely put it on. I’d always put on 20-30 units at flag leaf emergence and were not at that point just yet (will be soon).
diesel power
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Flag leaf is peeping on mine. Is a late application of P&K of any benefit to a crop?. I was chatting to a good spring barley grower last weekend who swears by P&K when top dressing his barely.
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Cork
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Any P applied now will only be used by next years crop but I wouldn’t bother with either P or K to a winter crop at this stage unless you had a deficiency or hadn’t put out the required amount.
Ags11
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Debating the same here. 3/4 of flags out here.
It's had 110 units and chicken dung after grass, so I'm estimating 150 ish is on.
With it having so little rain here since the last dose, there's a good chance there's still some to take up.
Possibly might rain in the next day or two, dunno whether to hook the sprayer off and charge out with the sower...
Ags11
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I've 110 on ley, was considering another bag. It's had chicken dung in the Autumn, so I'm still thinking it'll green more with with rain...
Blackwater boy
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How much are you prepared to spend
6600
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I wasn't going to do it until I saw it was gone a bit pale and not too tall. CCC and the slow growth has held it back nicely. Been told to keep an eye and go with Terpal if needed. The chicken dung would add a lot to yours you would imagine.