Also - 10 inch row spacings are fine. Mine are 12 inch and we don't see any yield reduction. (to caveat that, I suppose you could have a problem with a very thin canopy that hadn't tillered well)
If you buy a 3 inch borgualt point to begin with, this brings it down to 7" between the rows which...
I think you can get far too hung up on drill choice. For DD flexibility you want a disc drill and a tine drill ideally for different situations. But start with a tine if you are going to use just one.
I started by buying an old moore unidrill and adapting our existing Horsch sprinter with...
OK thanks, much appreciated
Drill is a horsch sprinter although we also have a Wevaing GD.
Gut feeling would be to use the sprinter if drilling into stubble+chopped straw although seed will be in 30cm rows with narrow DD points on - too open for grass I think. Could put 5" borgualt goose feet...
Thanks Ollie.
I am thinking:
1 Combine wheat, chop straw
2 Straw rake, to get chit of volunteers, wait 2 weeks
3 spray off volunteers with low dose glyphosate
4 broadcast herbal ley mix (grasses, clovers, herbs, chicory) seed with drill out of the ground to get even coverage of seed (nervous...
Consumer trends will force change ultimately, and rightly so. See link from today's press:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/people-who-eat-organic-25-per-cent-less-likely-to-get-cancer-gpdbl82sp
Rolling is your first defence. We roll at 90 degrees to line of drilling, and then with line of drilling. At 90 degrees, rolls press into the rows. I believe a 90 degree criss cross pattern prevents slug movement more than 2 passes at shallow angles.
We always put Sluxx on after OSR at 5kg/ha...
We direct drill cover crops (some with wheat and other cereals as part of the mix) direct into stubble + chopped straw + chicken muck. Chicken muck gets the crop off to a good start and have never had problems with scorch.
Drills: Moore - Unidrill 4m
Category: Drills Manufacturer: Moore Price: £3500 Condition: Used
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Moore Unidrill 4m
Good working condition
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Flail Mower: AGCO - Logic ATV Mower
Category: Flail Mower Manufacturer: AGCO Price: Open to offers Condition: Used
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Logic Quad Bike Mower
One flat tyre
Works well but has not been started for a few years
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Small square baler: New Holland - Super Hayliner 276
Category: Small square baler Manufacturer: New Holland Price: £2500 Condition: Used
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New Holland Small Baler
Last used around 10 years ago, working well at that time, but unused since then.
One tyre has cracked side walls...
Front Weights: Ford - Ford
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Front end weights for Ford 7610
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Front Press & Trailed Press: Flexi - Coil - Flexi-Coil
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Furrow press FLEXI COIL
5ft working width
68 inches overall frame width
Some rust but in good working order
COMES...
This is really useful to hear you find the changeover simple. We run a 12 yr old self propelled and running costs are high. What make and model of sprayer do you have please - if it is simple to change over I will have a look at it. What size tractor is your sprayer on? Do you reckon you could...
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