- Location
- Ceredigion
4 weeks , mines up after 5 days . To dry or to deep ?
Stubble Turnips Through Vicon Spinner
- Thread starter Jerry
- Start date
Sowed April , t'was a bit dry
- Location
- Ceredigion
Ok , 2 times diameter is ideal depth . Small seed dont have much food in reserve, will die before the break through
I couldn't see how deep they were , cos I couldn't see them , needs some yellow dye on
- Location
- Ceredigion
I used to tie the spouts up on my air drill and blow it out on top, then just run over with a roller , seeder rake , turn the tines right back with the wheels up so the tines a just stroking the ground , makes me cringe when I see people raking the soil to hell with an air seeder ,then they wonder why its slow emergening
They've grown , will do me .
I've not done anything with it on the funr setting but something still is in my head about multiplying by 3 to get the settings but I could be wrong @Farma Parma
- Location
- Ceredigion
Yes was a general comment realy . Farmer picked some grass seed up yesterday, sowing with a vicon and just over with a roller
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Can’t you just do a static calibration?
In my Vicon to do that you have to remove all the vanes to fit the calibration hopper.
I’ve got one but never used it to be honest.
I’ve never had that asked before but my only concern would be that you’d need to keep mixing it in the hopper a bit as the small seeds will separate in any sort of hopper as the level drops, but I have a customer who has just down swedes with the Kv combi drill Mixing them with slug pellets..has come very well!
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
I’ve got a static calibration sheet kicking around somewhere if it’s any help. I know it’s a bit of a pain having to take the vanes off, but it’s probably a good investment of time.
- Location
- Northumberland
It works but got to mix in with cheap Italian or similar,but will only spread 10-12 feet ,not metres.I normally spread stubble turnips with the quad bike and by Bullock slug pelleter.
Doing two passes at an angle and it works OK.
But this year I need to put in nearly 70 acres worth of turnips and it would take an age with the quad bike and prob not be that accurate.
I do have a 2 year old Vicon RO-XL spinner that has a small seed kit on it but not spread tiny seeds with it. ( dont want to do a Top Gear and spread the lot in 10 seconds!!)
I have heard of some one local mixing the seed 50/50 with Tiger Sulphur prills:
Tiger 90CR Sulphur
<h3>Tiger 90CR<sup>®</sup> Sulphur Boosts Crop Performance</h3> Specifically formulated Tiger 90CR sulphur fertilizer (0-0-0-90) is designed to quickly degrade, disperse and convert to sulphate throughout the growing season. Research shows that Tiger 90CR sulphur converts to sulphate faster than...www.tigersul.com
That comes in 25kg bags and I would only need about 6 or 7 bags of it if I spread the seed at 2kg an acre into worked stubbles and then rolled after.
Any one tried anything similar or used a fert spinner for sowing turnips/fodder rape?
What sort of width would the seed spread to? Id probably do 10/12m or so I guess
- Location
- Northumberland
Had to read this again,"a firtlitzer against a wall if your fuccy" sounds like @Bald Rick s territory
I have done it every year with the ZAM and fertiliser and spreading to my wheel mark.the seed dont seem to sink to the bottom but I would get a shovel after every 5 or 6 acres and give the mix a bit of a twirl. I have seen the small seeds germinate on concrete, I am of the opinion that alot of seed is smothered so the lighest covering you can give it.I normally spread stubble turnips with the quad bike and by Bullock slug pelleter.
Doing two passes at an angle and it works OK.
But this year I need to put in nearly 70 acres worth of turnips and it would take an age with the quad bike and prob not be that accurate.
I do have a 2 year old Vicon RO-XL spinner that has a small seed kit on it but not spread tiny seeds with it. ( dont want to do a Top Gear and spread the lot in 10 seconds!!)
I have heard of some one local mixing the seed 50/50 with Tiger Sulphur prills:
Tiger 90CR Sulphur
<h3>Tiger 90CR<sup>®</sup> Sulphur Boosts Crop Performance</h3> Specifically formulated Tiger 90CR sulphur fertilizer (0-0-0-90) is designed to quickly degrade, disperse and convert to sulphate throughout the growing season. Research shows that Tiger 90CR sulphur converts to sulphate faster than...
That comes in 25kg bags and I would only need about 6 or 7 bags of it if I spread the seed at 2kg an acre into worked stubbles and then rolled after.
Any one tried anything similar or used a fert spinner for sowing turnips/fodder rape?
What sort of width would the seed spread to? Id probably do 10/12m or so I guess
Had to read this again,"a firtlitzer against a wall if your fuccy" sounds like @Bald Rick s territory
Took me right back to SE Asia
ISCO
Member
- Location
- North East
Sew some rape /ST/Kale mix last year with Amazon. Seed only set shutters at 3 drove about 6m and was fine.
To summarise it really doesn’t matter.....as long as somethings coming out when you enter the field and the last of something was still coming out as you left the field.....and there’s wheelings all over the field.
Now nip home and put Cambridge roller on.
Now nip home and put Cambridge roller on.
- Location
- northumberland
Sowed 20ac yesterday afternoon with the combi drill on rape setting, worked out spot on
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Lely centreliner does turnips to about 18mI normally spread stubble turnips with the quad bike and by Bullock slug pelleter.
Doing two passes at an angle and it works OK.
But this year I need to put in nearly 70 acres worth of turnips and it would take an age with the quad bike and prob not be that accurate.
I do have a 2 year old Vicon RO-XL spinner that has a small seed kit on it but not spread tiny seeds with it. ( dont want to do a Top Gear and spread the lot in 10 seconds!!)
I have heard of some one local mixing the seed 50/50 with Tiger Sulphur prills:
Tiger 90CR Sulphur
<h3>Tiger 90CR<sup>®</sup> Sulphur Boosts Crop Performance</h3> Specifically formulated Tiger 90CR sulphur fertilizer (0-0-0-90) is designed to quickly degrade, disperse and convert to sulphate throughout the growing season. Research shows that Tiger 90CR sulphur converts to sulphate faster than...
That comes in 25kg bags and I would only need about 6 or 7 bags of it if I spread the seed at 2kg an acre into worked stubbles and then rolled after.
Any one tried anything similar or used a fert spinner for sowing turnips/fodder rape?
What sort of width would the seed spread to? Id probably do 10/12m or so I guess