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I have been spraying the wheats for the T2 DISEASE CONTROL chemical used was SKYWAY 285 XPRO at a rate of 1 litre a ha tank-mixed with STRAND at 250ml/ha, as we have had 15mm of rain over the last two days I through had better get it on as the rain-splash will have put the disease spores from the soil up on to the leaves

Happy Birthday Alex have a nice day

Have a good day Mark Happy Birthday all the best from the other half of Suffolk

You need a GPS SPADE to get nice straight lines or one of them little offset ploughs the council have to do there footpath edges Thanks for showing

Spent the day at Lacy Scott's Auction today and also went to breakfast club with mf135,Robploughing and Derrick from D J collectable's

Happy birthday Charlie have a good day

Happy birthday Robbo all the best mate

That is well ahead of mine and other rape I have seen around here ,we normally cut winter barleyaround the 25th July and rape from about the 15th July on the lighter land around the coastal areas of Suffolk they start early July ,I have just counted the weeks ahead and going of my dates harvest is 8-9 weeks away weather permitting

Flea beetle is a problem round here so are the pigeons the local guns have no problem getting 150-200 a day on the rape as the sugar beet tops are flailed these days instead off being topped the pigeons don't have a lot else to eat as for flea beetle we planted early to hope it would grow away from the problem but still sprayed 3 times, unless there is a major price drop this harvest I plan to have about the same area next year as this year (about 36 acres )

Thank you for comment on rape looking well ,no not any petal drop yet only were the tractor/sprayerwent had a big heap on front of tractor the variety is ARAZZO which was sown on the 11th August

The winds had eased over the last 2 days so went out spraying the wheat with a fungicide called ENTERPRISE at a rate of 1.483lts/ha tank-mixed with a growth regulator called STABILAN 750 at .600ml/ha . Also sprayed the rape with SKYWAY 285 XPRO ay 1.LT/ha for Sclerotinia control and MAVRIK at 200mls/ha for seed weevil&bladder pod- midge all was put on at a water rate of 200lts/ha.

I like your front press idea

Happy birthday Catkom all the best

Having past my spraying test yesterday which we all have to do now before the 15 November 2015 so as we can still buy/use chemicals on the crops .

Have you got some pictures? (only joking)

Last few days I have been putting the last dose of nitrogen on the wheats and barleys and also found the time to put the roof trusses on my shed

Hello Goody yes me and the other half are ok .I think the look on Martyns face says I have a big chocolate cake for tea tonight or shall we go to McDonald's .Will we see you this weekend?

over the weekend I have sprayed the rape with a chemical called RUMO at 62.50gms/ha in 200lts of water/ha to protect it from POLLEN BEETLE

stand back he has been let loose with a weapon

I thought it was first load for SACKERS scrap yard

I planted my rape early to outgrow the flea beetle but still sprayed it twice my neighbours planted a bit later and sprayed 4 times and still lost some .My rape was planted on Monday 11th August

My neighbour plants it for me with his converted 6 leg 3.2m simba solo pictures are in Paulali post Britains simba solo page 2.Not sure about flowering fungicide at moment my agronomist is calling in on Friday with a plan so will let you now but for Phoma &Light Leaf Spot I sprayed PROSARO at 0.750lts/ha on the 27 March

I have been putting on the 3rd and finale dose of nitrogen on the oilseed rape today . The product we used today was LITHAN 34.5% NITROGEN which was applied at the rate of 325kgs/ha

will Russ fit inside it paul ?

I have been helping my mates again today, because its half-term week we have hung new gates we made onto the posts we cemented in place last week , next job was to replace 3 wooden posts out of 6 which hold up this play area new posts are metal and in the ground 600mm