Is that the end of drilling for you? Finished barley last Saturday, beans on Wednesday and oats yesterday here.
Spring drilling
- Thread starter willy
- Start date
What drill did you use?
Where is the Weaving GD?
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Yes, in so far that I don’t have any more seed. Could bang another 50 odd acres of patching in if I did.
But it is what it is and that’ll have to do.
Fish
Member
- Location
- North yorkshire
Running Mike’s 50mm openers this spring, they’re making a good job in the marginal conditions.
warksfarmer
Member
ran the triton through twice. First time to open it up and get some air in, then drilled the second time a couple of days later. It was easier than running a combination as it would have been extremely slow and there was another 12mm of rain coming.
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4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
Halleluhjah - give thanks
Eureka weve done it
Geronimo exuberance
Thank F---..my heartfelt thought
All combinables sown /resown as of 20 minutes ago . Into fairly reasonable seedbeds , those fields sown earlier are either chitted sprouted or emerging only the odd corner or patch not in production . lads bringing the gear home can hear the drill tractor going past the house as I write ,crate to share in the fridge , weekend off , in fact think I might whisk mrs 4 course away for a couple of days whilst in this state of euphoria.ho ho
Eureka weve done it
Geronimo exuberance
Thank F---..my heartfelt thought
All combinables sown /resown as of 20 minutes ago . Into fairly reasonable seedbeds , those fields sown earlier are either chitted sprouted or emerging only the odd corner or patch not in production . lads bringing the gear home can hear the drill tractor going past the house as I write ,crate to share in the fridge , weekend off , in fact think I might whisk mrs 4 course away for a couple of days whilst in this state of euphoria.ho ho
Well done for mentioning “the lads”, it’s all a team effort needing “a willing crew motivated by a good captain”.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I’ve been really shocked as to how well the Horsch with the Metcalfe tines has worked this Spring.
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
You’re lucky I’m near howden rain started just after3 and by half 4 had to pack in drilling
Fish
Member
- Location
- North yorkshire
It’s a good combination in the present conditions, our disc drill hasn’t done much this spring, 60 acres of Linseed on lighter ground, but that’s it, just to wet for a disc.
Why not the weaving for spring barley
Spencer
Member
- Location
- North West
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
The land needed something to loosen it more than the GD could do, especially for Spring Barley.
- Location
- Black Isle
Finished my own mid week. Onto contracting now, between 2 of us we have done 680 acres with roughly 300 to go. More than we have ever had left at this date by a long way, thank goodness we added an extra drill this spring!!
Finished Tuesday then.
- Location
- East yorks
Yeah but we got 62mm one morning in October in 3 hrs and you lads got about 10 so evens out
- Location
- leics/warks border
Finished beans on Friday (the ground that I hadn't abandoned because it was too wet) and barley at 10.30 last night, just as it was starting to rain.
I moved lambing to late April because March lambing clashed with the spring arable work
at least lambing outside you can just leave them to it for the day if need be.
I moved lambing to late April because March lambing clashed with the spring arable work
at least lambing outside you can just leave them to it for the day if need be.
Fish
Member
- Location
- North yorkshire
Down to just 4Ha of barley and 9 Ha of oats + 30 Ha of covers.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Well, the spring drilling window has closed well and good today.