- Location
- Herefordshire
I think it's when the pod has slightly split open and you can see the beans inside.
Harvesting Spring Beans
- Thread starter Zippy768
- Start date
Honest john
Member
- Location
- Fenland
The high wind will blow many into returns you will have to trust me us on this.
Honest john
Member
- Location
- Fenland
If the tops bent over and 18% they should harvest I would think.
mine were from showing in the pod to green pod, bloody season.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
They were very tall, over 5 ft. The top bent over during all the high winds a few weeks ago.
Pods arent split at all yet. Beans will chew very easily
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
In the 100 yards I did, I managed to get whole, unthrashed pods, with 3 beans in, in the trailer!
.Obviously I have some tinkering to do
Too wet?In the 100 yards I did, I managed to get whole, unthrashed pods, with 3 beans in, in the trailer!
Obviously I have some tinkering to do
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
The plant?
It was a dry and sunny afternoon. I don't think they are really fit yet
As already said.In the 100 yards I did, I managed to get whole, unthrashed pods, with 3 beans in, in the trailer!
Obviously I have some tinkering to do
Drum slowish, but not so slow it can stall, I usually went at about 650 I think, concave nearly wide open, fan needs to be flat out.
You should only see rubbish in the returns.
Sieves need to be pretty wide open, if not actually fully open.
Fat hen etc is the pita for getting in the sample, bugger all you can do for that except have the holey auger covers which let lots drop out.
Go as fast as you dare, don't be scared .
I was cutting at 10kmh and had 98% engine load on a cr9080 cutting mine, 30 foot header.
Honest john
Member
- Location
- Fenland
If you can get 10K header losses should be low.
We had these late emerged short plants that would fold under the header if you went two two fast.
I sprayed off with Spotlight as want to save Some for seed Where as Gly 360 may have worked better.
Wouldn’t have worried me using glyphosate....
two-cylinder
Member
- Location
- Cambridge
We find it best to use a hoop divider in crop.
Also prefer to harvest weed seeds and remove with the dresser, rather than leave in field with grated auger covers.
Also prefer to harvest weed seeds and remove with the dresser, rather than leave in field with grated auger covers.
Wuffler
Member
- Location
- Northumberland
Haha, this! The only trouble this year is they have podded quite low down the stem. It's going to be a fine line as to whether I turn my header into a scythe or a plough!
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
They are still 17.5%!! Do they even get below 16%??
In east Anglia in august they do
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Sounds promising then......In east Anglia in august they do
Sorry couldn’t help any more?
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Is that suitably clean?
Looks pretty good to me! What %?
ollie989898
Member
That looks pretty much like many bean samples I have seen in the past.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Oh.
I've been buggering around trying to get it cleaner.
How many crack grains would one expect?
15.6%