Recent content by Crf450

Being new to dd was wondering why everyone is removing oat straw, I chopped ours this year, for the first time as it wasn't required for stock, and note that the wheat following is poorest on farm but I put this down to delayed drilling and rain after dry spell activating pre em and post em...

Thanks for info, with only 60ac to drill I hope a low forward speed will reduce disturbance to acceptable levels. Will also experiment with tine angle. I'm still planning on broadcasting untreated seed for a couple of tramlines to see if cc will hide it enough from the birds, will probably only...

Pics show in order drill on first trial, coulter arrangements and then finally a demo strip using the knife coulter on three legs to see quality of slot closure and soil disturbance. This is the knife I plan to use for drilling SW into black oat vetch cover crop in a replication of agrovista...

Sorry to repeat post, didn't appear at first, new to this lark, will try to do better, :)

I couldn't agree more,and the time saved by dd, I use for drainage works, moving from strip till to no till this spring, mole tunnels should help with surface drainage and they're appearing all over the farm. I am also now very fussy about soil conditions before travelling over it.

Couldn't agree more, I now use the time I had spent ploughing sorting the drainage, then the hedge cutting whilst ground conditions are dry. Moving this spring from strip till to no till so hoping water logging not going to be a problem, mole tunnels should help as they're appearing all over the...

Worms at work. Surface of dd land appears wetter for 24/48hrs after rain, however after surface water has gone the land is able to support traffic, previously when we ploughed, water ponded below the surface resulting in plough depth ruts. Drainage appears to be improving as the years pass, and...

Hello, I've been experimenting with strip till drilling for 3yrs. Have made many mistakes, but with enough success to push on, couldn't afford new equipment so have home built drill and stubble rake. Aim is to move from original plough combi drill via min till, strip till to no till, and a pipe...