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Growing my own barley and oats

  • 05-01-2010 4:37am
    #1
    masse5455
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    Hey. Im thinking of growing my own crop of oats for the ewes and a crop a barley . I have good free draining land id say it should grow a good crop. The main reason i want to grow is for the straw its scarce enough were i an in galway. i just want some advice on when the best time to sow, spray , seed , pH thanks 4 advice.


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  • #2
    motorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭motorman


    T presume your not part of teagasc then?? They will tell you all that.
    Do you want to sow winter or spring varieties??


  • #3
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Going by the weatherman from NZ we will not get any dry weather until October next year apart from a dry 2 weeks end of June start of July. Not great for the harvest in 2010.


  • #4
    adne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭adne


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Going by the weatherman from NZ we will not get any dry weather until October next year apart from a dry 2 weeks end of June start of July.

    That Guy got the current cold spell radically wrong


  • #5
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    adne wrote: »
    That Guy got the current cold spell radically wrong
    He was fairly spot on last summer. The forecast that he gave for December is that it would stop raining around mid Dec and we would get a bit of rain again around the end of Dec, which is what happened. I didn't hear any forecast from him for Jan 2010.


  • #6
    adne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭adne


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    He was fairly spot on last summer. The forecast that he gave for December is that it would stop raining around mid Dec and we would get a bit of rain again around the end of Dec, which is what happened. I didn't hear any forecast from him for Jan 2010.


    He predicted that there would be 3 - 4 cold days after Stephens day and that then the weather would turn mild and more or less rain until the end of Jan.....

    He did not forsee the longest cold snap this country has experienced in 50 years......


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  • #7
    masse5455
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭masse5455


    Ive heard about that nz lad perdictions alright. But it will be only a 4 acre field of oats and a 6 acre for barley and i just want to chance it i mite undersow grasseeds with both crop so if it does piss rain i can make silage of it. Just want to no do any of ye grow your own crops and how ye manage them.


  • #8
    D.Watson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭D.Watson


    Thought he was giving a cold first week then on to rain and back to cold for end of Jan. Anyway I think he's there or therabouts with his forecasting and have a lot more time for him than Met Eireann. Hope he's wrong with that summer forecast though!!

    I'd try the bit of oats, we always grow some here.
    This year's seed is home saved and seems grand just hope the frost hasn't checked it too much.
    Main thing with oats would be to go with two goes of growth regulator and keep it standing. No big diease pressure with it and you'll have plenty of straw.


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