2023-04-18. sow +11 days, 56 degree-days_base3, 15mm rainfall. EMERGENCE It is difficult to put a number on it, but it is definitely >0%. The majority of the field is still bare soil, but there are also many areas with rows of visible cotyledons (BBCH09). A few digs found plants in various stages of development. All…
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EARLY CHECK (2023-04-14, sow +7 days, 30 degree-days_base3, 15mm rain) Some signs of life. Unfortunately, some of that life is mice. The further “up the hill” (i.e to the west/ towards the trial site) I went, the more life there was. I would guess that the median growth stage was BBCH02-03 (pellet swollen, on the…
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SUMMARY: SOIL PREPARATION: The field was ploughed in Autumn 2022, and harrowed twice prior to sowing (5 and 6 April). No autumn 2022 harrowing was done as by the time I realised that this was something that I should ask for, it was way too wet. FERTILISATION: ProBeta (15-3.6-8-+), broadcast 5 April 2023. The actual…
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