mossy835 Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 spoke to one of my farmers today,and he is putting in rape for the first time. thats more rape i will have to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 My OSR has been showing for a week now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 well that was put in well early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 couple of farmers around here have already sown. cheers KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 Same here. Rape, wheat and onions over 1200 acres. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Same here. Rape, wheat and onions over 1200 acres. LB Bet that makes your eye's water LB :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george123456789 Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 When will the pigeons be feeding on the rape that is sown now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 When they are ready! Hope they don't get on to acorns and beechmast, like last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudwalker Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 When they are ready! Hope they don't get on to acorns and beechmast, like last season. Wishful thinking! Have you looked at the hedge rows yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Boy Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 There's nowt unusual about winter rape emerging in early September seeing as mid August is the 'optimum' time to drill it. However, many factors govern the drilling of winter rape : the price of wheat, the price of rape, available ready land, availability of seed, the decision to drill depending upon the weather and the predicted long range forecast, access to a contractor who can do the job when the landowner wants it; etc etc. There's no logic to pigeons feeding habits, typically they move onto winter rape in the winter months when their natural food supply diminishes, other times they are on it in early October with still plenty of other food stuff about. Last winter they never really started on the rape, so it's anybodys guess what will happen this time. If you can keep an eye on your field of rape once it is through, that is all you can do, you never know!! They are not called WOODPIGEONS for nowt tha knows. Cheers, C.B:~} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 My OSR was drilled early because it followed barley, which was combined early. The fields required very little preparation and just look like flattened stubble. Another three fields are ploughed at the moment, after wheat, and will be drilled in the usual way, so they will be a little later. Incidentally the early OSR is greening up with self set barley now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 on my main farm they have done nothing yet,this time last year the rape was in, phoned him today and he said they were all behined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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