Wheat drilling

Boysground

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Wiltshire
Your land must be pretty free draining. Claydoned stubbles travelled well with the quad and slug pelleter on a trailer but anywhere we subsoiled headlands where muck heaps were was like a pudding. I can't think my chalk can be much different from yours since you're not far away.

This takes some pulling when wet;
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Photo taken in August 2016 in DD osr, not yesterday!

That is some of my lower chalk there are few stones in it, I was surprised that it had drained so quickly as it can be very sticky. Have found some spraying so I think I will try the drill on Thursday.

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Devon James

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Location
Devon
Ph was 6.8 in this field about 1" down. Ive said before i feel there is a very acidic top few mm in no till from rain/ fert etc. And its the plant of undisturbed bare ground isnt it?

Not too worried about it. Tends to peak about november and dissapate away. As growth starts going again moss gets competed out
Do you use ground limestone when you need to alter pH Will or bagged lime?
 

bobk

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Location
stafford
Your land must be pretty free draining. Claydoned stubbles travelled well with the quad and slug pelleter on a trailer but anywhere we subsoiled headlands where muck heaps were was like a pudding. I can't think my chalk can be much different from yours since you're not far away.

This takes some pulling when wet;
View attachment 727970
Photo taken in August 2016 in DD osr, not yesterday!

Mount it on the quad then .
 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Mount it on the quad then .

You having a giraffe? The pelleter is over 1m tall and weighs 40kg empty! Honda racks are made of tin which is why I bought a trailer in the first place. With plenty of ballast the quad pulls it up steep hills at 15kph which is fast enough. It can take 100kg of pellets in the hopper which will do 50 acres on 1 fill.
 

bobk

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Location
stafford
You having a giraffe? The pelleter is over 1m tall and weighs 40kg empty! Honda racks are made of tin which is why I bought a trailer in the first place. With plenty of ballast the quad pulls it up steep hills at 15kph which is fast enough. It can take 100kg of pellets in the hopper which will do 50 acres on 1 fill.

Oh right , here all spreaders are mounted , pellets stored on the front for balance .
Sometimes they pick a bag or 2 up to refill .
But not wanting to teach granny to suck eggs . :)
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
I got fed up of welding up the frames and the smaller pelleter died. This one has had plenty of work. DD strip till’s “improved soil biology” has mostly been more slugs so far... Osr and wheat after osr gets 2 doses on average.
 
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cows r us

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BASE UK Member
Location
Buckinghamshire
I got fed up of welding up the frames and the smaller pelleter died. This one has had plenty of work. DD’s “improved soil biology” has mostly been more slugs so far... Osr and wheat after osr gets 2 doses on average.
Recon we are on frame number three on our old girl, and we don't grow osr. The last frame we put on is apparently much stronger... We shall see.
 

turbo

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Arable Farmer
Location
lincs
I have some that’s been in 8 days,how long before emergance can I safely add roundup to the pre em. I think we are about 3 days before it’s up
 

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