BGU Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Went for a walk yesterday and there is loads of this planted around the village. MGU want's to know what it is please? Also is it harvested by a Combine harvester, what is it used for, whne is it harvested etc etc. :D Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdman Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 peas mate :) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Legume definitely but peas? If so what variety? They are so very long and thin so not the sort you serve up with mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 my guess is it`s oilseed rape..........pods too slender for peas or beans ............i don`t grow it so not 100% positive mind you.Certainly looks like it to me tho. If it is then it`s more than likely dessicated with herbicide to help it be evenly ripe (well killed off I suppose) and possibly swathed by a machine like a combine which only cuts and leaves it in a row.That may be largely stopped over here tho I couldn`t be certain, some of the others will know for sure.if thats the case then it would just be cut by a combine like other seed crops.time.....oh not certain , probably after the earliest winter barley tho. something I was told , your trailers for hauling the seed about have to be watertight? can anyone confirm that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 peas mate :) ;) No..... it's oilseed rape, the pods will turn black (as will the seed inside) as it ripens.Peas are a much shorter thicker pod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I know of two people who pick up after a swather has cut it two weeks earlier or so. Nearly all straight cut after desication though. The oil is extracted by crushing it Kev. It is then used for industrial oil based products. Varnish, paint, plastic, lino flooring. In food, cooking oils, sauces. More recently bio-fuel, not enough though. The bi-product is rape meal for animal feed. All in all, a very envirometally friendly crop. It leaves nitrogen in the ground for the following (usually barley) crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robl12 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Looks like oil seed rape. Good sign that it is that it has/ had yellow flowers, also gives off and aroma. They grow loads up here in the North east of scotland. They used to use a swather and swath it first the pick it up with the combine now the just cut it strainght with the combine. Jakescot you are right about the trailers they need to be very tight closing as it is very small grains and run very freely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-the deere killer Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 yep,sure is O.S.R. spent many a day swathing the stuff in wiltshire. Claas maxi swather with a 16ft head.oh what days. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGU Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Must admit there is loads of OSR around here. Never went accross this way when it would have been yellow. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Aye, OSR it is, have it growing in the verge outside my house, doesn't half make me sneeze when it flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 as above, definitely. OSR....even i know that....and i'm no farmer!....would have replied at work when you posted but i couldnt see the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 yeah oil seed after its flowered, gets like a nasty tangled mess when it gets to this stage, keep your dogs out of it, our friends currently have a 300 quid bill for stiches ,ect to under there dogs eyes after she bolted of after a rabbit into a field of that stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 yeah oil seed after its flowered, gets like a nasty tangled mess when it gets to this stage, keep your dogs out of it, our friends currently have a 300 quid bill for stiches ,ect to under there dogs eyes after she bolted of after a rabbit into a field of that stuff our spaniels are always in it, no injuries yet....you try and keep them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 as allready said peas are much shorter and wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 our spaniels are always in it, no injuries yet....you try and keep them out i know mate, she said it just bolted off, came back out like that, cut under the eye, several other scratchs to ,but not as bad as the first one ,know it gets tight ,but never seen a dog get caught like it before i have to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb4cxkid Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 OSR and its cut with a combine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i know mate, she said it just bolted off, came back out like that, cut under the eye, several other scratchs to ,but not as bad as the first one ,know it gets tight ,but never seen a dog get caught like it before i have to say yeah it does get tangled up, hence the side shears on the machines!. I think its worse when nearly ripe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Alot worse when nearly ripe. The dryness adds to the itch factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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