Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

CornishTone

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BASIS

Location

Cornwall

• Apr 14, 2020

• #2,081

Spring oats drilled with Sumo DTS after a grazed cover crop vs p/p-h. Both up and away...

Planted less that 48hrs apart.

No rain to speak of for 3 weeks here but I don’t think that’s a concern at the moment but, slightly different moisture profile after the Sumo (right) compared to p/p-h (left).

(I dare not mention this in The Drought thread but, I think the p/p-h might dry out first in the unlikely event that it doesn’t rain at some point)

Just as a point of interest, winter wheat established with p/p-h vs

Winter wheat drilled with the DTS.

 

cb387

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Arable Farmer

Location

Cotswolds

• Apr 14, 2020

• #2,082

Planet SB drilled 24.3.20. Previous cover crop of oats, vetch, phacelia didnt come to much in the wet autumn.

First year with JD750. Soil was pretty capped following the heavy rain. 0.5mm on Sunday didnt go far

 

Fish

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Location

North yorkshire

• Apr 14, 2020

• #2,083

last field of 19/20 drilling season, linseed.
We call this field, school, as the village school is only a few meters away, but the old boys call it ‘the floods’, it’s very high mag clay.
Since our switch to no till in 2015, this is the one field where I thought we would struggle, but that hasn’t been the case and while it will never be called the ‘desert ‘ it is definitely the field formally known as the ‘floods’

 

matthewizod

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Arable Farmer

Location

Chipping norton

• Apr 14, 2020

• #2,084

Glad we never moved this ground considering how hard it was, small amount if moisture underneath..

 

Fish

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Location

North yorkshire

• Apr 17, 2020

• #2,085

Top photo, Costello wheat drilled first week in Jan. This field is looking ok now,

but in February I was sure it was knackered, as it seemed to spend the whole of the month underwater, how some of it survived I'll never know, but it did.
This field has been no till for five years, with the tramlines fixed, it's now play spot the tramline.

Lower photo, Spring barley starting to show in one of the failed rape fields.

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• Apr 23, 2020

• #2,086

Elyann oats sown 31/3/20. Growth stages vary from 2 leaves to 3 tillers. Very few ungerminated seeds left in the clay patches, thankfully.

 

cquick

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BASE UK Member

Location

Foothills of the Quantocks

• Apr 24, 2020

• #2,087

Peas now up in the row. For once our thin soils have paid off this winter, albeit with some tremendously forward wheat. Flag leaf (!) is just peeking out. Variety is Graham.

 

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sjt01

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Mixed Farmer

Location

North Norfolk

• Apr 25, 2020

• #2,088

Putting maize into the MGA cover crop trial today. Good moisture under most plots, radish stalks causing a problem slading up.

 

Manny

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

In the middle.

• Apr 25, 2020

• #2,089

A few shots from yesterday and today. Spring barley planted with a mzuri 12/4/20

Same field one into the sun other away from the sun.
Spring triticale planted 15/4/20

And last is linseed planted 17/4/20 just poking through.

 

redsloe

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Location

Cornwall

• May 3, 2020

• #2,090

Why didn't I redrill a bit more.?

W barley on the left.
S barley on the right.

 

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Fish

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Location

North yorkshire

• May 3, 2020

• #2,091

A few photos taken today (3/5) peas, linseed, s barley and beans, although we've only had around 4mm in the last 7 weeks, most crops appear to be growing ok.
Photo 6 is interesting, the shot is taken looking up the headland and standing on the headland tramline, which is very difficult to spot. This field has not had any form of cultivation for 5 years, not even the straw rake and the headland has always been the headland for years, yep looks like it's bugge*d I'll have to get the subsoiler out.

 

MakinBacon

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Mixed Farmer

Location

North Cornwall

• May 3, 2020

• #2,092

Start of a foray into more Direct drilling. Home saved spring beans straight into Winter Wheat stubble. Grazed with sheep overwinter, drilled 4th April with Horsch CO with metcalfe points

 

CornishTone

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BASIS

Location

Cornwall

• May 7, 2020

• #2,093

Spring oats sown with the DTS up and away vs

P-p/h.

Not a huge difference apart from the cost of establishment.

DTS winter wheat..

Is romping away vs

P-p/h but, it’s getting there.

 

Rihards

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Location

Latvia

• May 9, 2020

• #2,094

First sunlight for sb quench after spring rape

 

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ccp contracting

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Location

Kent / Surrey border, UK

• May 11, 2020

• #2,095

Elyann oats Claydon drilled into untouched stubble on 23/3/20 .

 

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Villagefarmer

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Arable Farmer

Location

East Yorkshire

• May 12, 2020

• #2,096

Heres a few images I took a week ago. First pic is Laureate, second is Extase, third is Spotlight and the bottom picture Spring beans .

 

CornishTone

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BASIS

Location

Cornwall

• May 13, 2020

• #2,097

Graham wheat DTS drilled last week of Oct...

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• May 13, 2020

• #2,098

Planet spring barley Claydon drilled in late March

 

E_B

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Location

Norfolk

• May 13, 2020

• #2,099

Drilling bird feed mix (with plenty of sunflowers) next to Lynx spring beans today.

 

cquick

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BASE UK Member

Location

Foothills of the Quantocks

• May 14, 2020

• #2,100

Direct drilling our hectare of pumpkins into standing rye.