- Location
- norfolk
That soil ?On a slightly different scale....
And certainly not to rub people's noses in it
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Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Literally the other side of the hedge , the neighbours have mauled in after beet with a lightweight drill outfit to rival ours.......
4mtr weaving drill on a 4mtr power harrow on a tracked jd 360hp tractor.
The soil doesn't look like ours.
Weight.
At the wrong time.
Kills the land.
(To be fair that is the kindest bit of our field)
Stubble has sat untouched since harvest. I ploughed and pressed this morning and once over with a markstig harrow on a little tractor.
We just keep plodding on.
Friend 3miles up the road was struggling in a similar situation with front press on the drill tractor bunging up if let right down. Had to "carry" it to keep moving. Plough and power harrow combi. Obviously bigger outfits but not huge stuff.
- Location
- East meath/dublin
No its very possible to have excellent crops from December drilling if conditions are good and ground is dry . I drilled wheat till Christmas eve back in 91 after spuds and old lea ground . But you must remember seed dressings were effective against wireworm and leather jackets and Crows had to be very hungry to eat the seed as it had repellant properties .
- Location
- norfolk
I followed the cultivator in the field this morning and it was tacky behind but by the time id got the loader and seed moved it had hazed a treat and went in well. Shame its back to square one tomorrow,
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Yes thats why we got on. Rain again in the early hrs.
serri
Member
- Location
- leicestershire
I seeded 40 acres of arable with bad blackgrass down to grass 8 weeks ago and sprayed off 40 acres of long term ley to go into wheat, still hoping to get the wheat in but its too wet here to even think about ploughing it. I regularly plough out grass and drill wheat in late Nov/early Dec with no problems, apart from crows, and it usually yields fine.
Grass leys always plough up so much drier, the soil is open, dry and has great structure. I imagine that's what long term no-till soil is like, our ploughed out grass should be our best crop, but should it have been direct drilled and taken advantage of the structure.....
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
Having another go!
Is that today? We had 14mm rain last night here & it's raining now too. 20 miles south of you, as the crow flies. Are you happy with the slot closure?
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
The slots are closing well but I will admit if it was the 1st October I probably wouldn’t be doing it.
- Location
- S Yorkshire
- Location
- East Sussex
Had 70mm in 7 days here, the bit of wheat I forced in the day before all that started doesn’t look in a good place now 
What model of Horsch is that drill? Looks to be doing a reasonable job considering?
grainboy
Member
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Think it should do, conditions look reasonable, not sticking to the tyre.
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
8m Avatar. It’s coping well considering we had rain last night.
Tompkins
Member
- Location
- NE Somerset
Ploughed the middle of a 32 acre field on Wednesday, one wet patch but generally not too bad. Plan was to drill yesterday but too wet, plan B was to drill today, again too wet, wet tomorrow, off to Agritechnica on Sunday. Oh well......