Blackgrass ears 2024

[Pan mixer]

Do I get a prize?

1st year of a ley. Will be mowing soon for silage.

 

[HarryB97]

Same here in a new ley. No idea why it heads so early in the first year of a ley!

 

[Wigeon]

Same here. Whole fields look black!

 

[Wigeon]

Same here in a new ley. No idea why it heads so early in the first year of a ley!

Probably knows the ley is being done to get rid of it, and is sticking two fingers up. Clever old weed.

 

[yellow belly]

early planting of the ley and no herbicide leads to early bg

most other early planted crops have bg sprays that take out most of the early germinators

 

[snarling bee]

No prizes I'm afraid.

 

[robs1]

Do I get a prize?

1st year of a ley. Will be mowing soon for silage.

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Don't cut it untill it has set seed but that seed isn't viable it will die then if you cut too soon it will regrow and drop viable seed before you do second cut

 

[Gil582]

Don't cut it untill it has set seed but that seed isn't viable it will die then if you cut too soon it will regrow and drop viable seed before you do second cut

At what point is that roughly ?

 

[robs1]

At what point is that roughly ?

Usually we cut for haylage between the 20 th may and the 7 June, the later you go the more risk of some viable seed but it does work well. Usually we use westerwold for one year but have allowed it to seed last year so keeping it for a second year, looks good atm

 

[Gil582]

Many thanks, few acres of herbal ley here with patches at a similar stage to pan mixers

 

[ollie989898]

I've seen a new ley that was drilled on the levels swamped out by blackgrass. Scary. I was told that some parts of the levels were amongst the first in the country to see properly resistant blackgrass originally? Makes sense given that it likes wet land.

 

[Brisel]

I've been drilling barley into fields with blackgrass in ear for over a week. All sprayed off, thankfully! Hope 4 l/ha 360 glyphosate plus water conditioner kills it!

 

[yellow belly]

To check if bg has a seed that is filling get the seed between thumb nail and forefinger and squeeze you can tell if the seed has filled
If it’s empty you feel nothing
It’s like wheat Just a lot smaller
Same with any grass seed

 

[Jon 3085]

Sprayed this wheat/black grass off this morning,will not be planting wheat here again

 

[Pan mixer]

Sprayed this wheat/black grass off this morning,will not be planting wheat here again View attachment 1178047View attachment 1178048

Going to mow it next?

 

[chickens and wheat]

Swan vesta

 

[Jon 3085]

Going to mow it next?

No too wet

 

[CPF]

Don't cut it untill it has set seed but that seed isn't viable it will die then if you cut too soon it will regrow and drop viable seed before you do second cut

If you wait for the optimal timing then it peas down for 2 weeks you are back to square one .
I would cut early if there was a break in the weather rather than chance it.

 

[robs1]

If you wait for the optimal timing then it peas down for 2 weeks you are back to square one .
I would cut early if there was a break in the weather rather than chance it.

Yes obviously a close eye on the weather is needed,

 

[Jon 3085]

Glyphosate doing it’s thing,pity black grass sprays don’t work as well