laid barley

[number 1]

im just wondering how much of the crop is down. here there is only about 2 fields where the barkley has gone down and the patches are about 20f by 20 are your patches bigger ?:blink:?

[M ROBSON]

#1

I think it really depends on which strain of barley is planted. In front of my dads house there is a field of winter barley that is nearly all flat, apart from along the tram lines. This stuff was above waist height till it rained a couple of weeks ago, then the wind blew it flat. A field across the road is much shorter and still all standing.

[Cranfield]

All of the cereal crops in our area seem to be standing well.

Very few laid areas.

[Yorkshire Pudding]

Ok laid crops ( get your cigs and lighters read fella's as you'll want ot kick back lol )

 

There are various reasons why crops go down.

1) type of land

2) too much fertilizer..thats why most of the crops that go down the patches will be round the outside of the fields. where the fert. spreader has overlappped patches ( naughty buzzer lol )

3) crop strain... some strains of barley have stronger "straw".

 

Can't think of anymore...but farmers do spray the crops with a P.G.R (growth regulator that stops the straw gettin too long ) to try to prevent the crops layin down.

 

all the best yis yp :ph34r:

[.223]

here there is only about 2 fields where the barkley has gone down

 

here theres only about 2 fields were the barley is still standing. plus the oats and wheat fields all have a couple of laid patches.

 

patches are about 20f by 20 are your patches bigger

 

my biggest laid patches is about 10 acres (the whole field)