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Lets hope Fazor is doing its job then. Certainly seems wise leaving them the full term! Do you have the possibility of sifting the glassy tubers out? They use salt baths for fries processing but I learned for consumption i.e. fish & chips you need a clay bath? We calculate DM in grams per kg...

@Sonoftheheir @Honest john Exactly I meant either Dahlman's and Multisep or just Dalhmans (most do) or double Multisep which I believe you can get on (some) Grimme machines? I bumped into a farmer today who lifts his Agria green. He says when you spray them off the secondary tubers start...

Hi @Honest john and @Sonoftheheir Those Agria's will be processed directly by the factory. Secondary tubers, especially with Agria, will start leaking water in storage and you get pockets of crop which starts to rot. Last year some farmers had to have pumps in their underground ducts from the...

All in all we had about 130mm since it started raining late August. That is enough for now but it won't solve our moisture deficiency of nearly 300mm. Raining as I write this. Further South it is drier though so you can see the problems shifting. Late planted greenish crops are profiting a...

Was the advice from our local crop care company o_O. I can ask them about it if you like.

They say it should be applied on a dry crop and needs a minimum of 8-10 hours drying. Adding a wetter halves the drying time though. The plant needs to remain growing for 2 weeks to get a decent uptake. That is the big problem here. Also daylight temperatures and air humidity need to be right...

Depends which area you are in Holland. Locally in the polders we had 70-100mm during the last week. In the Southwest and Northeast they only had 40mm so it varies. All in all it is moist enough for the short term but will need to rain a lot to help refill water levels back to normal. I can...

Sadly your experiences are not out of the ordinary. Secondary growth is terrible to say the least in Holland. Irrigated or not, all crops are suffering tremendously. All regions, all varieties. Markies, Fontane (which it shouldn't bother but does). Have a look on Twitter and search for doorwas...

Actually, processing plants are putting out letters to their contracts NOT to spray them but let them grow as they expect a severe shortage.

I am sure there are some good looking crops but you need a magnifying glass to find them! By now all crops will have suffered some damage. Especially after a week of 30c+ temperatures. The areas which cannot be irrigated have the biggest problems but even after 6-7 times irrigating crops are not...

Hello Mark, Sorry for the late reply. Somehow the forum decided it would stop sending me email notifications. Yes the machine is still available. It is located in Wroclaw, Poland. The town has its own airport and a quick connection with Whizz Air or Ryanair. Company selling it is...

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Every time Gary!

John, I think there's a bit of damage in the low spots where the ridges are flooded and tubers will rot. Some guys went in very early about a month ago they had similar issues. Things going far from easy... Even if it rains 15mm you see water in between the ridges. Makes you wonder if it has...

Potato Harvester: Grimme - GT 170 Category: Potato Harvester Manufacturer: Grimme Price: £127000 Condition: Used Description: 2017 Grimme GT 170 fitted with dual Multi Sep unit and picking off platform. Hydraulic wheel drive. Perfect UK machine! Has lifted one season (500 acres). Owner...