Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
With the latest PGRO advice for spring bean populations (50-55 established plants IIRC) the seed rate is going to be pretty high.
Normally we drill Wizards at around 180 kg/ha, and even then we were told by Sulky that 9kph was too fast. On another thread someone had calculated a rough seed rate approaching or even exceeding 300 kg/ha.
What I would like to know is whether this kind of seed rate is actually going to be possible through the SR's Sulky metering mechanism without going at some ridiculously slow forward speed?
My plan was to drill the beans with the Claydon and the spring barley / wheat with the Mzuri because of the fert placement. May have to scrub that plan though.
Normally we drill Wizards at around 180 kg/ha, and even then we were told by Sulky that 9kph was too fast. On another thread someone had calculated a rough seed rate approaching or even exceeding 300 kg/ha.
What I would like to know is whether this kind of seed rate is actually going to be possible through the SR's Sulky metering mechanism without going at some ridiculously slow forward speed?
My plan was to drill the beans with the Claydon and the spring barley / wheat with the Mzuri because of the fert placement. May have to scrub that plan though.