Hows your game crops in this dry weather??

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Drilled April 1st.
Half the drill filled with triticale the other linseed and both sides mixed with kale kale/rape hybrid.
Some under sow with reed canary grass.
these were taken last week, they are desperate for a drink which they have now had so i will try and take another in a few days when they have "perked" up.
They don't look to bad though.
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Sounds an intrsting mix...I'd like to see how they grow and look through the season.

We use maize, with broadcast millet around the outside for a bit of warmth. We run through it with the landie to create tracks, its like a great big hopper, definately cuts down on feeding, which is great with current prices of wheat.
 
The dry weather is the least of my problems, just sown a block with a mix of sorgum triciale linseed red white and reed millet.
This will be the last attempt at a game crop on my bit , last year the red's decimated my catch crop.
I suppose i could electric fence it but some scrote would nick the battery and energiser.

Already having problems with the deer, i have spuds planted smack next to my wood which already have been re ridged

here is a clip of the damage the morning after they were planted, i have caught them a few times in the afternoon waiting for darkness just inside the treeline.

Now they have sprouted they seem to have given up and probably eyeing the cover up :suss:
 
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Yea they are getting to be a bit of a pest now, been in season i would have .
I have put a few shots over them it works for a time but they always return, looks like i will have to thin a few out this season . DF
 
Its early days on my crops, a couple of weeks after yours John, we ploughed and drilled straight away to retain as much moisture as possible though they could do with a good drink.
I got plenty of manure and slurry onto the ground so fingers crossed all will be well and the rats didnt massacre the maize this year like they did last year.
My chicory which I put in around various woodland edges on the estate is in its second year and is looking really good so im looking forward to seeing how the deer take to it.
 
not in yet ,boys came in and rotared today looking like next few days ,plenty of time yet used to panic like hell ,the elephant grass is even a bit slow to get going in this drought ! have put maize in as late as mid june :cool:
 
Mine went in last week between the showers. Tritcale. Kale. Kale/ Rape and Chicory with a few Sunflowers for a little colour, Drilled in 15 inch rows, Just need to keep the crows off it now
 
John was wondering wot distance u drilled ur reed canary grass at. Hopefully putting some in this week ourselves thinking or 2 to 3 ft spacing (probably 2 as 3 seems far to far away) and sowing tricale on top for this season.

Double four have u tried tricale i know farmers that grow it that have severe rabbit problems and they never bother it, we've got a fallow problem and are hoping they will leave it alone as they won't be deer fenced. fingers crossed
 
If I get a chance I'll post some pics of the corn/sunflower holding crops tomorrow. Day olds arrived today.......lots of them!!
 
Just to say rabbits will eat triticale but not extensively if they can aviod it. theres a field with a corner that is unshootable or gasable....due to houses etc farmers lost a bit to them there! but if you keep the pressure off while it gets going it will race away and they don't eat too much
 
Ours went in Monday and tuesday last week 30th and 31st of May up 2 inches today 9th june and will catch up with all the early drilled stuff in a week or two. We had not had rain for about 12 weeks and got some over the weekend before we drilled:Dcould not be better.

Mark
 
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