1st time beet grower

[headcase]

Needs rain badly.

Second pic was sown the day after but kinder ground.

They will come👍

 

[jf 850]

Needs rain badly.

Second pic was sown the day after but kinder ground.

The 1st bit where the wheel track is , looks like concrete . It's raining here for the last 3 or 4 hours , but you'd nearly sweat more than has fallen .

 

[13spanner]

The 1st bit where the wheel track is , looks like concrete . It's raining here for the last 3 or 4 hours , but you'd nearly sweat more than has fallen .

Has been in tillage since the 70s. Likes it’s moisture and lime.

 

[headcase]

View attachment 93605pic was 5 days ago

Today

 

[Danielk]

Beet is motoring along.

 

[horsebox44]

Is there a date of sealing on the box?

Sorry @Blackwater boy only seen the query now.... That box has a date of sealing of 2019 .. I usually have a box lying around from previous years that just get added to every so often with bits of seed leftover. All this year's boxes were all 2021 its just there all 🔥 by now.... I mean gone for recycling 😁.

 

[Delboy]

Top dressing beet friday for the boss.

 

[headcase]

leaves are over my knees!

 

[Agri Power]

View attachment 94602View attachment 94603View attachment 94604leaves are over my knees!

Fine crack showing there.....

 

[Blackwater boy]

Hope you pulled that wild beet

 

[Agri Power]

Hope you pulled that wild beet

He's pulling all morning by the looks of it.........

 

[headcase]

Hope you pulled that wild beet

It's not wild it's been drilled.....
And yes daughter will walk it tomorrow

 

[Blackwater boy]

It's not wild it's been drilled.....
And yes daughter will walk it tomorrow

What’s that beet with the tall stem that’s going to seed in the first pic? Looks like a wild beet/bolter to me.

 

[headcase]

What’s that beet with the tall stem that’s going to seed in the first pic? Looks like a wild beet/bolter to me. View attachment 94606

yes its a bolter but its been drilled this year
this field has never seen beet in my or my dads lifetime

 

[rustymcsocks]

Alisha on the left and Enermax on the right.
Going ahead mad these days with the heat.

 

[headcase]

View attachment 94691Alisha on the left and Enermax on the right.
Going ahead mad these days with the heat.

Your bedroom window is high sir

 

[rustymcsocks]

Your bedroom window is high sir

Ah that's only the viewing deck for the field. Bedrooms are another 3 floors up.

 

[headcase]

fungicide on

 

[Blackwater boy]

View attachment 95256fungicide on

What fungicide do ye use? Options are limited here with opus gone.

 

[headcase]

What fungicide do ye use? Options are limited here with opus gone.

Escolta

 

[headcase]

I went with
.35l/h escolta
8kg epsotop
1l boron and
1.6 cearum trace elements

 

[headcase]

just a random 1 I grabbed off the end of a rowgets the seal of approval

 

[WestCorkBoy]

What are a people doing with fungicide, I used to spray once mid August with Opera and some foliar boron. Options available this year are Escolta ( spelling?) A stron triazole mix like opera, And score which I think is a straight triazole. Any thoughts or opinions timing or chemistry wise?

 

[headcase]

What are a people doing with fungicide, I used to spray once mid August with Opera and some foliar boron. Options available this year are Escolta ( spelling?) A stron triazole mix like opera, And score which I think is a straight triazole. Any thoughts or opinions timing or chemistry wise?

If you want to go twice you better get something on now🤷‍♂️

 

[Oakley]

What are a people doing with fungicide, I used to spray once mid August with Opera and some foliar boron. Options available this year are Escolta ( spelling?) A stron triazole mix like opera, And score which I think is a straight triazole. Any thoughts or opinions timing or chemistry wise?

Going with escolta and boron now and again in september on anything to be pulled from November onwards