- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
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- Thread starter Wilberforce
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SilliamWhale
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Sounds odd to say but since I've been no tilliing I've never had wheat go flat. Ever
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
The Cynics would say this is because No-til yields are less. Which may or may not be the case. But the reality probably is because No-til crops are anchored by their roots much better.
There was some research a few years ago which showed that wheat crops lodging is mostly caused by weak anchoring of the roots due to the soils surfaces not being firm enough, caused by over use of cultivations.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Maybe yields much lower, so less weight to go down....
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We very rarely see any root lodging on heavy clay.
SilliamWhale
Member
No I do wonder if it puts more into the roots early on
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Unsure. Potentially roots exploiting existing soil fissures. But the whole soil strength and resilience. I'll take a guess that you don't see much bulldozing either, where the combine pulls the plant out by the root rather than get a clean cut?
Don't get me wrong, if I could reconcile it working here with the last two years winter weather, I'd be right on it. Works fine in spring here.
