cloudwalker Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 In over 25 years of Pigeon shooting I have never seen the rape so tall and well established at this time of the year. All the fields I look at seem to be a solid mass with very few bare patches. Even the tram lines are growing over. What I'm wondering is whether the pigeon will actually be able to land and feed on it this year, especially if we don't get any snow. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymariner Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I guess it means pigeons will find fields that aren't as far advanced and hammer those. They will always find something to eat. It may mean easier shooting if they ignore well grown crops and concentrate on shorter rape, providing you have a mix of this on your land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I am sure that a few frosts will nock it back and the birds will soon be feeding all out on it and when they do its not long before its almost back down to the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 There is a field near Kettering on the A14 that is in flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 There is a field near Kettering on the A14 that is in flower. No it's not, that's a weed known as Charlock with a yellow flower, a few good frosts normally kill it off. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 field i drive past to and from work is in flower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 field i drive past to and from work is in flower Well, ask your Farmer how soon he'll be combining it then. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Well, ask your Farmer how soon he'll be combining it then. Cat. August :lol: The highish rape is probably due to the mild weather this year but it won't matter when they start hitting it properly. The favoured bits will soon get thrashed nice and low for the decoys to show up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadliestdecoy Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 yep a fortnight of good frosts will soon take it down abit, just when they turn up :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Well, ask your Farmer how soon he'll be combining it then. Cat. oh come on cat cut the sarcastic remarks.. i know the difference between weeds and flowering rape weed dosn,t grow out of a rape stem. Edited November 3, 2011 by yickdaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpip Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 its all got away well down this way, but it will knock back when the weather gets colder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) No it's not, that's a weed known as Charlock with a yellow flower, a few good frosts normally kill it off. Cat. well if its charlock there is an awful lot in this field or could it be flowering rape it certainly smelt like it when i got out the car and walked to the field edge this is the field i drive past,i don,t shoot this field so had to take a few pics from the hedge Edited November 4, 2011 by yickdaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudwalker Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I am hoping you are right about the frosts knocking it back. I think we will need some hard frosts over a period of time to slow it down a bit. Not that any are forecast in the near future. So much for the heavy snow everyone was talking about for October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 well if its charlock there is an awful lot in this field or could it be flowering rape it certainly smelt like it when i got out the car and walked to the field edge this is the field i drive past,i don,t shoot this field so had to take a few pics from the hedge Well, don't take my word for it, ask the Farmer, he'll put you straight soon enough. I'm sure he'll confirm it's a weed, pure and simple, that'll be gone as soon as those frosts start to bite. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 like i said i don,t shoot this field and don,t know the farmer. but i,m gonna prove my point if it kills me or the cat compare this pic i copied from flora and fauna,on wikpedia basically looked up rape flower on there and this is the pic i found. so compare it with the pic i took today four yellow leafs on both plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 like i said i don,t shoot this field and don,t know the farmer. but i,m gonna prove my point if it kills me or the cat compare this pic i copied from flora and fauna,on wikpedia basically looked up rape flower on there and this is the pic i found. so compare it with the pic i took today four yellow leafs on both plants Well Yicky, I can assure you, you'll be nowhere to be seen on this forum when these flowers vanish after a few good frosts, (rest assured I won't rub your nose in it), perhaps you'll be a little bit older and a tad wiser. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Well Yicky, I can assure you, you'll be nowhere to be seen on this forum when these flowers vanish after a few good frosts, (rest assured I won't rub your nose in it), perhaps you'll be a little bit older and a tad wiser. Cat can you assure me cat i won,t be around well you don,t know me that well cat obviously, and i definatley will be on this forum when there is a few frosts around because i,ll be shooting pigeons on the rape. suppose 25 years pigeon shooting isn,t enough to have experience so yeah i need more thats your opinion, so i,ll give give mine stick to clay shooting your good at that, but pigeon shooting well you need to get a bit older and wiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyffyllog Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Not intended as a knock but a 'Rape Flower', it certainly is. At home here in North Wales the small Rhodedendron Bush in the garden is breaking into flower and also other seeds are bursting into leaf, strange autumn, no frosts as yet here either. It will draw them back when (if) it comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapalomablanca Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 I posted 'flowering rape' and people belittled me and said it was this weed charlock. I got out of the motor for a closer look and the flower was part of the rape plant. I think yickdaz saw what i saw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Loads of rape in flower around these parts. It doesn't seem to know what time of year it is but the winter will knock it back soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) i have seen two fields of rape in flower - (i also dont shoot on them - but got out of the car to have a close look) - definitley rape - if anyone local wants a look - its off occupation lane in Fiskerton. will this wreck the crop? will it stop it growing when we get some hard frosts/snow? Edited November 5, 2011 by pegasus bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) I saw some flower today on a new permission. Didn't have a camera with me so brought a bit back. It certainly looks like rape. It also looks like Charlock Edited November 5, 2011 by Catweazle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yep, looks like Charlock, but don't take my word for it, just ask the Farmer, he'll soon put you straight. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning n spaniel Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 its charlote, rape doesnt flowers till march, april time, the flower on rape sets the pods [the part what it is grown for] which is sprayed at time of full flower for bugs such as ahrids, then sprayed again june, july time to kill the whole plant off so its dry to harvest 4 weeks later, now if rape is in flower now the farmer gona be very unhappy combine in on xmas day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 its charlote, rape doesnt flowers till march, april time, the flower on rape sets the pods [the part what it is grown for] which is sprayed at time of full flower for bugs such as ahrids, then sprayed again june, july time to kill the whole plant off so its dry to harvest 4 weeks later, now if rape is in flower now the farmer gona be very unhappy combine in on xmas day i think a few people were thinking that i thought that rape flowered now, i know it dosn't. it normally flowers sometime in late april, not march obviously its dormant through the winter months, and usually now but with the mild weather in october its shot up and some fields( not all ) have started to flower, it will still be harvested end of july into august, thats a given. i just tried to make a point that i had seen flowering rape and so have a few members but not everyone agrees but thats life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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