2024 done and dusted. And I don’t have a single photo from harvest: Christian fixed the harvest, GDL fixed the delivery, and I was busy fixing trial data. Any photos on this post are old ones. Harvest date was 6 November. Delivery date was, in the end 13 and 14 November. There was a lot…
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14 August 2024. Sow +118 days. INSECTS Formal monitoring has ended. With the worst insect threat behind us, it can be said that 2024 was an OK year. Beet fly / miner came early and has hung around, but the pressure has not been problematic. Black bean aphids came and went without meeting spraying thresholds.…
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3 July 2024. Sow +76 days. A lot has been happening… CROP DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITIONS The crop is looking good (see page feature image). It varies over the field, but I’d say there is around 80% canopy coverage and some of the roots are starting to reach 300-400g weight. There are still a lot of…
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2024 is the first year with an ALS-tolerant “Smart” variety on Ädelholm. The major driving factor for the change from the conventional variety system was that it would make preparation for the 2024 Summer Meeting (4 June 2024) much easier. And it has been easier. Basically, there has been no worry about the weeds –…
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(2024-05-02, sow +14 days, 78 degree-days_base 3, 17.2 mm rain) EMERGENCE On 26 April, 8 days after sowing, we saw a lot of radicles. On 26 April, 8 days after sowing, we saw the start of a lot of radicles, but not much more (Photo). Two days later, it was possible to fine shoots pushing…
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(2024-04-18, sow +0 days, 0 degree-days_base3, 0 mm rain) The clock has started. Sowing was complete on 18 April, with the first seed planted at ca. kl14. 18 April is 11 days later than sowing 2023, which wasn’t particularly early either. That means the potential for the crop is definitely reduced. We usually say 1%…
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AUTUMN PLOUGH The plough was out late 19 December. Speaking of ploughing, from when the sugar beet field from 2023 was ploughed, we got the feedback that it was an absolute mess after harvest. We knew this would happen given the soil moisture conditions, but it was a cost we decided to pay. The only…
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The field was lifted 14 November, with an expected delivery date of 22 November. There was a lot of rain in the forecast for 15 November – ca. 40mm – which was to be followed by a small cold period of -2C for a few hours. The gut said cover the clamp. The rule-of-thumb guides…
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Harvest: 2023-11-14. Published: 2023-11-27. Updated 2023-12-21. A big thanks to the team from Björnstorp & Svenstorp who fought traffic and mud to harvest the crop in what is also a crazy busy time for them. It was approximately 6.5 hours of harvest, at 1.05 ha/hour. Timing As seems to always be the case, there were…
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2023-09-03 Probably not the last time I’ll say that (- you learn from your mistakes – ) in the context of Ädelholm, but definitely the first time I’ve heard my daughter say it. Wise beyond her 7 years. The specific mistake was that one of the bolters I had pulled earlier in the season seemed…
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