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drilled 3 weeks ago with the amazone primera, had fym, one half was subsoiled the other dd into the stubble.
To me you have two options when travelling across land to get to where you want to be.Another great thread from what I can read. ( only just found it )
Only jumped back to 2017 for reading the last 10 or so pages
Will read the others as and when I can.
Good to see some really interesting info.
If I’d not had 4inch of rain in the last 48hrs I’d dig some holes but I won’t bother as I need my feet to put electric fence spikes still today
(Probably most of the time )so looks like I’ve got serious compaction in most fields as I can’t push nothing in by hand.
This is really informative thread along with. @Kiwi Pete holistic grazing thread
It all goes hand in hand.
@Kiwi Pete have you got a manure spreader yet ?
I have a small barrel spreader which kind of works well with my field sizes either across or up and down With full loads one end to the other then empty but I have to travel across my prime ground I also mow this what I cal prime ground too.
What ever I do this will create compaction but then again it’s muck on the ground but it needs to be done sadly
Just got some triticale seed to try for the 1st time. Like the idea of its vigorous grown habits both above and below ground.It might be just very tight ground now. Maybe try a crop of kasnyno triticale it will do 4t as second cereal and the massive root structure could benefit the rotation, it's also take-all tolerant so can drill early even where wheat volunteers have been thick in the stubble. Triticale is a natural subsoiler, expect £10t less than wheat when selling but no fungicide, less nitrogen
It's growing!View attachment 719070
drilled 3 weeks ago with the amazone primera, had fym, one half was subsoiled the other dd into the stubble.
It's growing!
Yes, I did a bit of a mixture this year some DD into stubble some subsoiler then drilled some and some with a subsoiler drill. When I get time I will dig up some plants from each bit and do a side by side comparison.I'm guessing the sub-soiled plot is to the right?
Is the plough to make the tracks spin and create a little till
he should have brought a triton drill could drill wheat in to that and still get 15T/Ha