What is the crop on the Kilbeggan road?

Oh_Noes

Or maybe it's not a crop, I don't know anything about these things but am very curious because it's just this bright yellow field that looks really cool as you're driving past.

There's a field on the left on the way from Tullamore to Kilbeggan, just after the hill with the church and on the way to the roundabout onto the motorway.

The red circle in this image is approximately where the field is, though it wasn't yellow at the time and unfortunately Google maps hasn't made Tullamore high-res yet.

monkeynuz

Does it look like this?

If it does, then it is Oil seed rape, just don't ever try and walk through it, it is as tangly as hell, they should have it along all roads as a safety barrier!

Oh_Noes

monkeynuz wrote: »

Does it look like this?

If it does, then it is Oil seed rape, just don't ever try and walk through it, it is as tangly as hell, they should have it along all roads as a safety barrier!

Yes I think that's it! Myself and the person I was travelling with both suspected it might be but neither of us had seen it before.

I hope more people take to growing this as it really looks fantastic on a bright day when it's in full bloom.

Techno_Toaster

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Or maybe it's not a crop, I don't know anything about these things but am very curious because it's just this bright yellow field that looks really cool as you're driving past.

There's a field on the left on the way from Tullamore to Kilbeggan, just after the hill with the church and on the way to the roundabout onto the motorway.

The red circle in this image is approximately where the field is, though it wasn't yellow at the time and unfortunately Google maps hasn't made Tullamore high-res yet.

Yup its rape seed or oil seed rape

monkeynuz

Techno_Toaster wrote: »

Yup its rape seed or oil seed rape

Yep, same difference just permutations of the same thing, there are others but I can't be bothered to name them, most people know it as oilseed rape.

Kent Brockman

Theres a field full of it on the Portarlington road on the rhs heading out of town (around Anaharvey), saw 3 cars pulled in and people taking photos on sunday.

Dusty87

3 cars pulled in and people taking photos

Its just rape:rolleyes::p

Harrier1980

That is spring oilseed rape or Brassica napus L.
The winter variety is more common. Tends to be grown as a break crop in cereal rotations especially after the demise of sugar beet.