Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

Daniel

Member

Location

Mildenhall, Suffolk

• Dec 2, 2016

• #1,341

Last bit of wheat being drilled for the year, straight in behind the beet harvester:

 

E_B

Member

Location

Norfolk

• Dec 4, 2016

• #1,342

Pleased with Belfry hybrid barley straight into maize stubble. Easy working land though. Mzuri drilled, 84kg/ha, about a week into October.

Lilli wheat into grass, 200kg/ha mid September, Mzuri drilled. Reasonable enough mostly considering the hammering it took from slugs in the beginning. Next time we'll spray it off sooner after the last cut of silage (for us usually August), and spray it again before drilling. Try and get less residue and grass regrowth. Atlantis working well. Also use DAP to get it away quicker, pre-bait for slugs which we didn't this time, and probably have slightly higher coulter pressure. Will also use Avadex next year as on heavier ground with more BG history.

 

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Ruston3w

Member

Location

south suffolk

• Dec 4, 2016

• #1,343

As per late drilled cover crop thread, beet land drilled oct26th, 80kg spring barley off the heap and 80kg winter beans off someone else's heap. We drilled the barley just deep enough to cover most then drilled beans at around 3" with simtech, ran simba aqueel roll with rake tines over the lot.If it hadn't been so hard there would have been less disturbance but, if you scratch around , very little got moved the second pass other than where the tee slot is. Will it do any good by end March?

 

Shutesy

Moderator

Arable Farmer

Location

Essex/Herts Border

• Dec 8, 2016

• #1,344

Couple of update pics from this Autumn:
Volume W Barley sown @ 84kg/ha on 23rd Sept into twice raked S Barley stubble. 2x 4kg/ha Sluxx applied post drilling.


JB Diego sown @ 175kg/ha on 5 Oct into a small field that had been left fallow.

JB Diego sown @ 175kg/ha on 5 Oct into raked S Bean stubble. 5kg/ha of Sluxx applied post drilling.

JB Diego sown at 190kg/ha on 7 Oct into twice raked W Wheat stubble. 5kg/ha of Sluxx applied post drilling.

 

E_B

Member

Location

Norfolk

• Dec 9, 2016

• #1,345

Happy enough with the wheat after beans on heavy ground, taken earlier in the week when perhaps the weather wasn't particularly conducive to crop walking... Drilled with the Mzuri.

 

Fish

Member

Location

North yorkshire

• Dec 13, 2016

• #1,346

Something a bit different,
Beans drilled in mid October into paired rows.
Wizard @ 120kg/ha

 

Andrew K

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Essex

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,347

Fish said:

View attachment 439216 View attachment 439210 Something a bit different,
Beans drilled in mid October into paired rows.
Wizard @ 120kg/ha

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A Sumo Versadrill?

 

Fish

Member

Location

North yorkshire

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,348

Andrew K said:

A Sumo Versadrill?

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750a

 

Louis Mc

Member

Location

Meath, Ireland

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,349

Fish said:

View attachment 439216 View attachment 439210 Something a bit different,
Beans drilled in mid October into paired rows.
Wizard @ 120kg/ha

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What's theory behind paired rows?

 

Fish

Member

Location

North yorkshire

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,350

Edge effect, and also to allow air to move through the crop to help reduce disease.

 

Will Blackburn

Member

Location

Cheshire

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,351

Tundra Beans drilled early October @180kg/ha. 750a, after wheat with some FYM added prior to drilling, first time growing beans ever.

 

martian

DD Moderator

BASE UK Member

Location

N Herts

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,352

Strictly speaking, ahem, the FYM was put on the wheat, I imagine.

 

Will Blackburn

Member

Location

Cheshire

• Dec 17, 2016

• #1,353

martian said:

Strictly speaking, ahem, the FYM was put on the wheat, I imagine.

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Thought a bit of available phosphate in combination with replacing the removed straw would be just the job, was due to go into grass, but I missed the window.

 

E_B

Member

Location

Norfolk

• Dec 20, 2016

• #1,354

Tundra beans last week on some sticky stuff:

Wizard on some lighter ground:

Both 185 kg/ha, drilled with a Mzuri.

 

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willy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Rutland

• Dec 20, 2016

• #1,355

Here is some updates on the drilling on the green pics, the only complaint I have had is about the smell of rotting cabbage.

 

mikep

Member

Location

Arse end of Surrey, UK

• Dec 22, 2016

• #1,356

Interesting watching heritage wheat grow. It's obvious now how varied the individual constituents of a landrace are below is the heritage showing differing growth some are running on whilst others are staying low and keeping their heads down. Compared to a modern variety drilled a week before are different animals and much more go to them.
Heritage.

Nelson

 

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SilliamWhale

Member

Location

Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Jan 12, 2017

• #1,357

wheat into beans. Looking ok. Had no pre em so a little broadleaf and meadowgrass about.

second picture is w barley tower into wheat stubble.

Nothing exciting just out soil sampling!

 

martian

DD Moderator

BASE UK Member

Location

N Herts

• Jan 12, 2017

• #1,358

I knew Wales was quite hilly, but had no idea it was that steep.

Nice looking crops though

 

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willy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Rutland

• Jan 12, 2017

• #1,359

martian said:

I knew Wales was quite hilly, but had no idea it was that steep.

Nice looking crops though

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I think maybe he's done the photos like that so the antipideon members and us equally only have to kink our heads halfway each. Otherwise it's not fair that they have to stand on their heads!!!

 

mikep

Member

Location

Arse end of Surrey, UK

• Jan 17, 2017

• #1,360

Here's a couple for older Welsh farmers to reminisce about.
Hen Gymro into oat stubble thawing out in the early sun