We set 40 acres between yesterday after dinner which was a great day and this evening, it ploughed up in good order, ran plough only 20 mins ahead of the drill. We'd need two decent days to finish the rest of what we have planned for WB, then two more for WW. Hope to get some chance over the next two weeks for the barley the wheat can wait a little longer if needs be. This having to wait until the 14th October to set is really going to be tricky going forward.
I have anyway. It was all oats I sowed yesterday and the next dry spell I've a bit more of them to sow and then onto ww. Other land in Tipp that was going into oats is getting sb now instead. Luckily I only ordered a very small amount of wb seed and I might sow it if I get a chance in the next 10 days.
2 fields still to sow and seeing as I have the seed I still intend to sow for the next 2 weeks anyway. The last difficult autumn sowing was 2017 and a lot of lads quit and the late spring and dry summer followed and spring crops around here were useless while winter crops put in poor enough order yielded well.
:sweat:) now instead.
Do you not dress the seed?
Still 2 weeks for W. Oats, I won't pull the plug till 1st Nov.You could still sow WO in Tipp as SO.
I was half thinking of WO in one place but have pulled the plug on it. Will be either SO or beans (
With Deter gone, what would you dress it with, and what would it prevent?
W. Oats will take seriously poor conditions, but no point mucking in anything at this time of year if spring cropping is an option.
Collected the Oat seed today and going to sow next week weather permitting . If not We will sow in the Spring . Also collected a tonne of winter wheat seed as will have to up sowing rate to account for the slightly later sowing if it happens . The Covers are mostly sprayed off and the yellowness is probably visible from the space station .
Time at this stage is against me. By the time I get all mine and the brothers in on the home places it'll be gone to late to be doing anything in Tipp. I am thinking of SO now instead as I want that block there for WW next year or I'm going to have very little wheat.You could still sow WO in Tipp as SO.
I was half thinking of WO in one place but have pulled the plug on it. Will be either SO or beans (
No I suppose their is risk with the way the weather was heading through August I had no confidence dress or buy 3 or 4 tons of seed . Their will be an online declaration form from the BSPB to to fill in shortly its just a case filling in the tonnage of home saved seed used and paying the levy.
They will take it back but you loose the price of the latitude, looks like there could be a few good days coming after tomorrow.
I know of a couple of people who sowed w barley in January, apparently it turned out ok. The idea certainly doesn’t appeal to me but if you were stuck with the seed and the weather was good I suppose it would be an option.
Sowing away here today not ideal but not bad nice to be getting a start made
