Soil movement left (shakerated/power harrowed) on a headland due to bale traffic and no Till on the right!
Won't be no tilling osr again if we grow it that's for sure.
Soil movement left (shakerated/power harrowed) on a headland due to bale traffic and no Till on the right!
Won't be no tilling osr again if we grow it that's for sure.
Put 30kg of N on today to see if it makes a difference. That's the last input though now as enough is enough. No more pellets or fert so if there's a crop in December we'll kerb it as the BG is coming through fast now. Total spend so far with all inputs, machinery labour etc is £26.73/acre.
The good thing about the no till though is we can travel without any issues after the 120mm of rain we've had in September you could hardly see where the sprayers been.
How are you getting on with the sprayer, iirc you went from a Bateman to trailed?? I'm planning the same in the future, chopping out an old 2500lt 24m SP to a 3/4/5000lts 30m trailed, never used one before, been SP for the last 23 years but moving to a new position in the new year where I have to pay the bills and all machinery needs updating.
Has it not? Will you join in if I start a thread?I think we ought to start a thread to discuss this. Don't think it's been done before.
Put 30kg of N on today to see if it makes a difference. That's the last input though now as enough is enough. No more pellets or fert so if there's a crop in December we'll kerb it as the BG is coming through fast now. Total spend so far with all inputs, machinery labour etc is £26.73/acre.
The good thing about the no till though is we can travel without any issues after the 120mm of rain we've had in September you could hardly see where the sprayers been.
Has it not? Will you join in if I start a thread?
What are your thoughts on the SP vs trailed debate thenYes, but I won't post much as I am not an overly verbose person.
What are your thoughts on the SP vs trailed debate then
not temped to take out the volunteers ?
I'm just under £40 in now on mine but its had pre em herbicide and graminicide and looking well set up now
Can't see the point really as it's food for the slugs. It's mainly barley volunteers where the ground was lightly moved due to the flat crop at harvest. The no tilled stuff is still quite clean so I think we can wait till December before doing anything. I'm hoping the kerb will be the only herbicide used.
How are you getting on with the sprayer, iirc you went from a Bateman to trailed?? I'm planning the same in the future, chopping out an old 2500lt 24m SP to a 3/4/5000lts 30m trailed, never used one before, been SP for the last 23 years but moving to a new position in the new year where I have to pay the bills and all machinery needs updating.
as long as they don't get away i guess but IME they can soon get on top of the OSR and steal all the N - also its a bit of a missed chance to sort some grass weeds ?