Would any of you think that "IF" ,there was a way that chaff could be blown in to a trailer pulled behind the combine, (the straw being baled),that it would help to reduce blackgrass seed bank problem in the soil. I know it is a very theoretical idea, but nothing like trying to think out of the box,to premote new ideas for discussion.
Collecting chaff from combine idea ?
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Colin
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- Perthshire
Not theoretical at all, just get googling, I hink there was something in Canada.
McLeod system?.
AndrewB
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- Kincardineshire
Chaff cart, did three harvests on farm in western Australia, we towed chaff carts, basically 4t silage trailers with dolly on fixed drawbar, all material from sieves was blown in, straw was chopped or baled. Chaff was burnt in the winter before next crop. Reason was for resistant ryegrass.
Stoxs
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- Andover , Hampshire
reading this got me thinking
why not a crimper type unit to crush seeds so they wont grow?
very fine chopper chew em up?
be alot easyer than a trailer on the arse all day and will put material back on the soil!
why not a crimper type unit to crush seeds so they wont grow?
very fine chopper chew em up?
be alot easyer than a trailer on the arse all day and will put material back on the soil!
mushnt grummmble
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so you can sell all your sh!t over to some beef/dairy farmer
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
This does exist. Saw it on a caterpillar combine in WA. Basically crushed the seeds to stop germination.
Makes more weight to go the field
. Would rather chop the straw ,does more good to the ground. Collecting the weed seeds does make sense and then burn them in a pile .Dave
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- Lake District
All have already been done in one form or another.
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
How many seeds actually go through the combine? I'd be surprised if at least half didn't drop before the field was even ripe.
stealthobject
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You need a way to 'catch' the chaff from the combine and 'toss' it into a tipper/trailer. Something like Pottinger Mex 5/6 but with different head to catch chaff from combine instead of cutting stalks. Some type of hopper that receives the chaff from the combine and tosses it into a trailer/tipper.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Don't know about chaff but years ago dad had a old dania combine and that had a couple of hessian bags on the side to collect small seed
Must have helped
Must have helped