hope you don't get any strong winds,hail or heavy rain then
Not sure it really helps that much
It’s certainly no match for a hail storm - nothing is !
hope you don't get any strong winds,hail or heavy rain then
hope you don't get any strong winds,hail or heavy rain then
Might even pay to get the neighbour to harvest it with his super duper extended bed header. The seed saved over and above my old bed would probably pay for the combining.
I was never convinced pod stick did much, but the extended header is a must for harvesting without loss of seed and maintaining speed of harvesting.
If you don't have one pay someone who has.
£35/acre to combine, £311/ton?? Is a machine losing 113kg/acre?
Decisions to use it or not must be based on the whole job??
Those with extended headers or can lift the reel right over the top might see little benefit of sealant.
Those with uniform crops over the fields might see little benefit in glyphosate.
Surely its case by case.
If I had any OSR I’d pod stick now and then close the door, never seen the benefit in spraying Glyphosate on OSR, if it’s that green it will need 3 weeks to do any good imho [emoji41]
We had same dilemma as you, used to swath ours and pick it up with draper header on our old mf 36, went really well, but if it turns wet once swathed then it's a nightmare, especially the two swaths that's turned on, we changed the combine and cut direct now, also use an extension and it's a must imo, especially if it's lodged at all. We would of got someone else too cut it if we hadn't changed combine, but if you do cut it then you definitely want to get a side knife, would think it would be murder without one.I find with natural senescence that some areas have shed while some areas are still green and those green areas don't half put the moisture up in the heap.
I had to get rid of the old East German swather and draper last year for a variety of reasons (they were on last legs and took acres of room to store and abut a fortnight to get ready) but was sad to see it go. It did such a good tidy job. The only drawback was heavy rain after swathing which nearly pushed the swath down into the worms some years and left the underside like manure. Direct cutting this year but grew a semi dwarf, dk sequel. Looks OK but as usual I could fall at the last fence with harvesting problems. Might even pay to get the neighbour to harvest it with his super duper extended bed header. The seed saved over and above my old bed would probably pay for the combining.
I hate going through with the sprayer but it's the ideal time to get any perennial grass weeds with glyphosate.
Don't know whether it's worth getting a side knife or just tramp it down with a pole. Side knives drop a fair bit on the floor.
I wonder if the availability (or not) of a high-clearance self-propelled sprayer is influencing the decision making and reasoning process for some. It understandably affects the decision.
The OSR crop here is the tail that tries to wag the dog. High clearance sprayer, drill small seed kit, combine bed mods, drying and storage problems.Might be easier just ditching the crop and keeping it simple here.