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Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club |
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Field Crops - for Glider Pilots |
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SPRING BARLEY |
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Spring barley is sown between February and End March. It will appear similar to winter barley in colour and texture but will typically be around 3 weeks later in maturing. This means that spring sown cereal crops are usually available for gliders until late May before becoming too tall for landing. |
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Early August |
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The more forward crops are changing colour already but some crops still are green. Spring barley will be ready for harvest in around 1-2 weeks in the east midlands. |
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Mid July |
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The more forward crops are changing colour already but many crops
still are green. Spring barley is normally harvested around 3 weeks after
winter sown barley |
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Late June |
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Spring barley fields will appear as light green colour. Now too tall for safe landing but the spring cereal crop varies greatly this year in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself. |
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Mid June |
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Spring barley fields will appear as light green colour. Most crops are now too tall for safe landing but the spring cereal crop varies greatly in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself. The right hand image is too tall for landing but the left hand image is probably OK. |
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Early June |
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The crop is now fully emerged and will appear as green tint to the field. The spring cereal crop varies greatly this year in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself. The right hand image is almost too tall for landing but the left hand image is almost certainly OK. |
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Late April |
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Sorry no aerial photo |
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The crop is now fully emerged and will appear as green tint to the field but with soil still visible trough the tramlines indicating short crop as seen here at around 15cm. |
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Early April |
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Most of the crop area is now sown and newly emerged with only a slight green sheen when seen from the air |
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Late March |
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Crop is still very short. Most of the crop is now sown but much has yet to emerge so fields are still brown |
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Mid March |
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Sorry no aerial photo |
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Crop is still very short |
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