Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

[Johndeere]

Thanks Alex they are looking good, drill is still available

Here are some spring barley from a demo in Berkshire drilled at 160kgs/ha

 

[Fuzzy]

Taking their soil with it. No thanks.

+ 1

 

[Jim Bullock]

Just a few photos of our Fuego Spring Beans drilled @300kg/ha using a Sumo DTS into some failed OSR ground.

Post drilling and rolling
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Taken today (17/4/15) now emerged.
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Looking good so far @Johndeere.
Already looks better than the OSR ever did last Autumn!

See you have got some pea and bean weevil damage already...sprayed all our winter beans twice and the early emerged spring beans today..Nice weather but good weevil weather..

 

[Shutesy]

See you have got some pea and bean weevil damage already...sprayed all our winter beans twice and the early emerged spring beans today..Nice weather but good weevil weather..

Yep spotted it yesterday, pics above were taken this evening whilst spraying for them. If this nice weather continues I can see me potentially having to spray it all again

 

[Shutesy]

Thanks Alex they are looking good, drill is still available

Here are some spring barley from a demo in Berkshire drilled at 160kgs/ha
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Was that ploughed or cultivated pre winter?

 

[SilliamWhale]

Some more from Scale towers. Beans coming through post stubble and fym. And a field of grass no tilled into last years barley stubble. Why didn't we no till years ago? Why doesnt everyone around me no till? I'll never understand why! Its so f**king great!

 

[marco]

Some more from Scale towers. Beans coming through post stubble and fym. And a field of grass no tilled into last years barley stubble. Why didn't we no till years ago? Why doesnt everyone around me no till? I'll never understand why! Its so fudgeing great!

nice one

 

[Clive]

Some more from Scale towers. Beans coming through post stubble and fym. And a field of grass no tilled into last years barley stubble. Why didn't we no till years ago? Why doesnt everyone around me no till? I'll never understand why! Its so fudgeing great!

how long ago were the beans drilled Will ?

 

[Badshot]

well, it's recovering incredibly well considering how wet it sat all winter, and how purple it was.
There is hope yet.

 

[SilliamWhale]

how long ago were the beans drilled Will ?

23rd march

 

[SilliamWhale]

And some rape. Looked crap as usual in winter. I haven't put anything on it since kerb in January. Mulling over a sclerotina spray but all osr inputs are expensive. And I'm tight and have never seen 5t/ha!

 

[Feldspar]

And some rape. Looked crap as usual in winter. I haven't put anything on it since kerb in January. Mulling over a sclerotina spray but all osr inputs are expensive. And I'm tight and have never seen 5t/ha!

Come on! Now you are taking the proverbial. I want a picture of it looking terrible overwinter otherwise I won't believe you. Looks a lot better than most rape around here.

 

[Dan Powell]

And some rape. Looked crap as usual in winter. I haven't put anything on it since kerb in January. Mulling over a sclerotina spray but all osr inputs are expensive. And I'm tight and have never seen 5t/ha!

Looks as good as any OSR you'll see! How is the rooting? I would expect a crop looking that good should do 4 or 5 t/ha.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Boys I promise you it won't yield that well. Its a bit thick and it was the cheapest I could find conventional variety.

Last year loads looked great and it yielded not even 1 1/4 t/ acre.

I know the picture looks nice but do flowers mean much?

 

[Johndeere]

Was that ploughed or cultivated pre winter?

Lightly cultivated for blackgrass chit

 

[Feldspar]

Boys I promise you it won't yield that well. Its a bit thick and it was the cheapest I could find conventional variety.

Last year loads looked great and it yielded not even 1 1/4 t/ acre.

I know the picture looks nice but do flowers mean much?

Better than huge bare patches!

 

[B&B Pig Man]

Beans growing nicely now!

 

[JDJ]

The dd Hereford wheat today. Second dose of slurry will go on in next week and last liquid fert soon after.
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DD Explicit osr will probably start flowering in a few days. Late compared to last year but normal for Denmark.

Because of the cold nights it hasn't been necessary to spray insecticide

 

[JDJ]

Pictures of the wheat, damm android app keeps crashing.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Remove the app and refit it.