Harnser Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Spoke to my farmer friend today and he said weather permitting he will be top dressing the rape next week . The top dressing will bring on a spurt of growth and the rape will become more attractive to the pigeons because of the tender juicy shoots . Watch your fields for the top dressing to start . It should start to grow a week or so after dresseing depending on the weather . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Spoke to my farmer friend today and he said weather permitting he will be top dressing the rape next week . The top dressing will bring on a spurt of growth and the rape will become more attractive to the pigeons because of the tender juicy shoots . Watch your fields for the top dressing to start . It should start to grow a week or so after dresseing depending on the weather . Harnser . Wise words. We're a bit away from top dressing up her in the frozen north! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haytime Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Still only sprouting here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Spoke to my farmer friend today and he said weather permitting he will be top dressing the rape next week . The top dressing will bring on a spurt of growth and the rape will become more attractive to the pigeons because of the tender juicy shoots . Watch your fields for the top dressing to start . It should start to grow a week or so after dresseing depending on the weather . Harnser . we start top dressing next week colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurrasicway Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 What do they do to top dress the rape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 What do they do to top dress the rape? They apply granular fertiliser to it using a spinner. This process seems to be getting later every year around my way, it always used to be mid Feb, but no sign yet. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 doing it today on one of the farms i shoot. but since the snow has gone so have the pigeons on this farm anyway, although my mate had 41 in a few hours today about 8 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitnmiss Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Top dressing is idealy done when you know there are going to be no more hard frosts as the new growth the fertilizer produces is very soft and can be damaged by frost, some of the big farm's with lots to do don't always have the luxury of waiting, if it's dry enough to travel it's got to go on! Edited February 17, 2012 by hitnmiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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