Green tramlines

Castlemaine · Jul 12, 2023

I know wheats are nearly 4 weeks away but , my tramlines this year are very green , don’t have high clearance sprayer or row crop tyres to round up now and no dryer on farm , what does everyone else do ? Just mix the whites in the rest of the dry wheat?

Boysground · Jul 12, 2023

I have a friend who drives his tractor down the tramlines before harvest to flatten the green plants. He has no dryer and not a huge area

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serf · Jul 12, 2023

Is it a poss to go down with sprayer and turn off all the jets apart from behind wheels

Steevo · Jul 12, 2023

I find they quickly disappear when the main crop is fit and have never caused too big an issue.

tr250 · Jul 12, 2023

Castlemaine said:
I know wheats are nearly 4 weeks away but , my tramlines this year are very green , don’t have high clearance sprayer or row crop tyres to round up now and no dryer on farm , what does everyone else do ? Just mix the whites in the rest of the dry wheat?

My agronomist told me years ago before all the glyphosate issues that the most beneficial part of spraying the crop off is that you run the green in the tramlines down

Castlemaine · Jul 12, 2023

serf said:
Is it a poss to go down with sprayer and turn off all the jets apart from behind wheels

Yep, have thought of that , might make some V crop divider to go on front linkage to push crop away from wheels

robs1 · Jul 12, 2023

If the forecast is right everything will be fit before we get some dry weather

Brisel · Jul 12, 2023

Castlemaine said:
Yep, have thought of that , might make some V crop divider to go on front linkage to push crop away from wheels

Why? Just run them down.

principal skinner · Jul 13, 2023

I always worry about them but never have a problem, they all mix in and sweat out.

DaveGrohl · Jul 13, 2023

Steevo said:
I find they quickly disappear when the main crop is fit and have never caused too big an issue.

Says the man living in Gloucestershire. You wanna come up here

TM_94 · Jul 14, 2023

Have never really found it a massive issue, blow some air through it in the shed soon shrivels the green up and sorts it out

MrNoo · Jul 14, 2023

Find it when combining fields with footpaths through them here, I top them as they moan if sprayed off and by the time we're cutting they green up and head. I cut them and they soon dry down in the heap, not had any issues. Obviously topping them again pre harvest would be the answer

collywol · Jul 14, 2023

Just a thought , block another coulter off on the drill and make the tramline wider and save the seed ,if it causes problems

David. · Jul 14, 2023

MrNoo said:
Find it when combining fields with footpaths through them here, I top them as they moan if sprayed off and by the time we're cutting they green up and head. I cut them and they soon dry down in the heap, not had any issues. Obviously topping them again pre harvest would be the answer

Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

MrNoo · Jul 15, 2023

David. said:
Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

Yes, also have some Spring Barley that I cut a strip out and that's looking great, no fungicide etc.

Brisel · Jul 15, 2023

David. said:
Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

Tried a scientific and replicated trial involving employing rabbits to graze a winter wheat crop heavily over winter

I will let you know the result but previous experiments usually have less disease, less lodging but less yield as resources are diverted to regrowth.

Sam Partridge · Jul 15, 2023

collywol said:
Just a thought , block another coulter off on the drill and make the tramline wider and save the seed ,if it causes problems

I do this, 6 rows for each wheel cut off, our drill set up means it does save seed but if you have an accord type drill with a distributor head you won't save seed

Longneck · Jul 15, 2023

I have not found any problem with this in the 5 years since i stopped putting tramlines in and just running on the crop. In a lot of cases if they are really green i find the combine knife doesnt even cut them and they just get left in the field.

David. · Jul 15, 2023

Ah, but rabbits are relentless sapping crops energy 24/7 for months, one topping may be different?
The patch of which I speak was at boot stage when first topped, ear numbers now look perfectly normal.

Castlemaine · Jul 15, 2023

Might be a solution

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