kody Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Just had a look at a rape field its really slow some plants are inch high And some are only just poking through with two small leaves And its sparse might this be due to the hot dry weather we have had Was planted about 4 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Huge areas of rape I was looking at today has been eaten off by flea beetles. This good farmer is even considering re drilling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kody Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Strange though as the same farmer got another field 200 yds away and that's growing really well with all plants even in night I meant hight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordfowler Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Farmer here has just re-drilled 250 acres of OSR - first drilling failed, eaten off by slugs and flea beetle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kody Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Bit late for re drilling rape I would have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 hello, slugs have got at the rape on my friends farm need to re drill many acres so they said monday, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Loads of slugs about, as JDOG says mild enough for a flea beetle attack, depends what crop it followed, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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