Spring barley.

[Phil the Dill]

 

[Multi-power]

I'm thinking a couple of damp days would do it no harm

 

[Phil the Dill]

I'm thinking a couple of damp days would do it no harm

Inch over a week would do wonders for it and the wheat. Winter barley is possibly gone past rain helping but would do no harm.

 

[Multi-power]

Inch over a week would do wonders for it and the wheat. Winter barley is possibly gone past rain helping but would do no harm.

When is the point where rain is too late? I'm assuming it needs rain before there is any seedheads

 

[Phil the Dill]

When is the point where rain is too late? I'm assuming it needs rain before there is any seedheads

Winter barley could be only 6 weeks from harvest. Grain fill is well advanced now for the most part. Rain would help by slowing down the process and stop it from burning off.

 

[deere66]

Winter barley could be only 6 weeks from harvest. Grain fill is well advanced now for the most part. Rain would help by slowing down the process and stop it from burning off.

Died before it ripened last year consequently bushel weight was crap, well my late drilled spring barley did last year

 

[Phil the Dill]

Died before it ripened last year consequently bushel weight was crap, well my late drilled spring barley did last year

Spring barley wasn't too bad here, it didn't start drying till early July. Strangely the wheat burnt off despite June being wet.

 

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The good the bad and the ugly.

 

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Late spring barley getting it's T2, the T1 was probably a waste of money, but hard to tell that at the time.

 

[deere66]

Just a snifter of Prothio with the herbicide at T1 here. I know which did more good

 

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Pulling a few late emerging wild oats in the early sown spring barley, it should be ready to harvest next week.

 

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[Phil the Dill]

Spring barley is go. Yields of straw and grain disappointing.

 

[7614]

SB was the same here
Straw what there is of it still in field

 

[Phil the Dill]

SB was the same here
Straw what there is of it still in field

This might be there for a while. Straw buyer (or his baler-man) was too busy to come straight away and Saturday is going to rain.

 

[Phil the Dill]

Well this year's is in the ground and away. Planted 15 days ago with some variety of Horsch direct drill.

 

[Phil the Dill]

 

[4wd]

^ thick as a wood.

 

[deere66]

Stronger land isn't as good

 

[4wd]

Is it awns just emerging, it looks quite short but plenty thick enough.
I do miss growing a couple of fields of spring barley not least a good way to give docks etc a hard time then reseed.