- Location
- Worcestershire
What a twerp. .i think he must of sped up after I left then. I shouldn’t have left. Funny how he blamed the drill. Yes lots on the headland 2 but all ready know about that and was expecting it but not all over the field.
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- Thread starter Cutlerstom
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Yes I did last year.
Done it at two different angles though and was quite a high seed rate.
Really took well, amazingly so.
Best established grass I've done for a long time.
When I had a gd on demo we were finding a lip of soil was forming where the smaller disc met the larger one. The seeds then dropped down onto this lip and were flicked out of the trench. Slowing down to circa 6-7kmhr really helped, but did not stop it completely
Do you know what hole you set the discs at? I set mine at the lightest first but the disc weren’t really in the ground so went for the 3rd from shallow. Will need a lot of rain to get going!
Were the discs touching?
I think it was that hole I used, any less and as you say they weren't touching.
Really pleased with it.
Thanks for that
We found exactly the same in damp conditions this year. Apparently there is a modification available to help overcome seed being flicked out as the disc turns. Some sort of flap to hold the seed it the slot.
What are the beans into grass looking like now?
I'll get a pic when I'm up that way.
But all the beans direct into grass look a treat.
Thanks would be good to see how they perform before I try I'm very keen but my agronomist has had a couple of disasters so is sceptical.
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Convert a Horsch, you'll never look back again...
- Location
- Chipping Norton
I'll bet it doesn't yield as you expect....
Ruston3w
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- Location
- south suffolk
I thought about it as the SimTech replaced a really straight Co4 but I couldn't convince myself wide rows were a good idea for very thin land spring barley. Also rubbish for drilling sandy banks where we have cultivated.
I sure do miss being able to fill the hopper up and get a good bit done like we could with the Co though.
They're groin height already in places.
Taller on average than the field next door, which was spring wheat stubble.
I think it's because it's virgin bean ground.
Clover looks happy enough.
Potentially, but that's likely to be due to verticilium wilt rather than the drill.
Be interesting as one field is pretty much virgin rape ground, the rest has had it a lot in the last 40 years.
They look good how many seeds did you aim for. Do you think they need to be any thicker?
Edit. You may have said but what was the ley was it cut or grazed and how long had it been down
- Location
- Chipping Norton
I was referring to the hair-pinning, nothing else.....
- Location
- Chipping Norton
You can use some wider Dutch points if you're really concerned about the row width, or up the seed rate.