Hungry ones... Herself informed me today that a rodent has eaten into a 10kg bag of slug pellets !! Hard buggers down here over the Border
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A Novice and his Aitchison Grassfarmer.
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Hungry ones... Herself informed me today that a rodent has eaten into a 10kg bag of slug pellets !! Hard buggers down here over the Border
What powder can be used as a deterrent? Cannot find anything here online...
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- Derbyshire
You can always take the trays off and slide them under the foam meters as a quick and easy rodent repellent. But like KP says, don't forget to take them out when you start drilling ?No afraid not they sound very handy though. Unless they are there and I just haven't seen it yet
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- Location
- Akaroa.. New Zealand
have heard of a few rollers eaten over a long lunch break on a drill most older drills where people have drilled with op seed dressings never have any probs with foam getting attacked
A Box drills are bit behind the times surely anyway, blown is more accurate steadier up hill and down dale and consistent in humpy bumpy and Tis a right caper keeping a small amount if small seeds over outlets at the end of a job.
For Over winter storage, why not hoist him up in under the roof, on a chain block up to steel beam/ rafters , keeps mice out and saves shed space as hes in the sheep shed but above their 'eads ...thats what I do with me old fiona, anyway ....else they chew on the plastic meter wheels on him as well and they ain't cheap even if you can get them.
For Over winter storage, why not hoist him up in under the roof, on a chain block up to steel beam/ rafters , keeps mice out and saves shed space as hes in the sheep shed but above their 'eads
...thats what I do with me old fiona, anyway ....else they chew on the plastic meter wheels on him as well and they ain't cheap even if you can get them.
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That's the sort of stories I've heard as well. Eaten overnight especially.
I'm a bit annoyed about the rodent stopper option though. I'd have had one if I'd known it was a thing.
- Location
- Cornwall
Like the look of the 4.8m... that'd go nice behind the 7810 !!
What kind of money are we talking for one of these ?
What kind of money are we talking for one of these ?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Other way around; these are far more accurate drills than any airseeders I've used, for their width.A Box drills are bit behind the times surely anyway, blown is more accurate steadier up hill and down dale and consistent in humpy bumpy and Tis a right caper keeping a small amount if small seeds over outlets at the end of a job.
For Over winter storage, why not hoist him up in under the roof, on a chain block up to steel beam/ rafters , keeps mice out and saves shed space as hes in the sheep shed but above their 'eads
The downside is the smaller the drill, the more overlap/underlap you can generate with pilot error.
That's why these use the foam meter system, they are much less affected by vibration than other meter systems in use.
A pressurised manifold means air leakage through the seed is inevitable -unless you keep backing off the blower speed as the seed level in the bin decreases - one of the best investments you can make is a spare bag of every type of seed you sow to rollover, you only buy the seed once and it keeps the rate constant at the end of the drilling job
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- Montgomeryshire
I don't think it is an option on the SimTech, only on the (recent) Aitchison, where they buy the seeder units from.
As above, I have never had a problem, yet anyway (although there's a bit of seed barley sitting in it currently....).
I did replace all the foams on my old drill, which was secondhand when I bought it and some were misshapen/worn. Soaked them in a bit of petrol to dissolve the glue, cleaned the plastic discs and glued new foams on. A bit of a faff, and you wouldn't want to have to do it when you need to go drilling today, but foams were only about a fiver each iirc.
A Box drills are bit behind the times surely anyway, blown is more accurate steadier up hill and down dale and consistent in humpy bumpy and Tis a right caper keeping a small amount if small seeds over outlets at the end of a job.
For Over winter storage, why not hoist him up in under the roof, on a chain block up to steel beam/ rafters , keeps mice out and saves shed space as hes in the sheep shed but above their 'eads
IKWYM about keeping seed in the the wee mini hoppers insde the main hopper. I accept that the easiest method is to have a bit more seed in the hopper!! I would say that the foam metering is about as accurate as anything going and simple to boot...
Got a pair of old Fionas here that are off to the scrappy once they open, if you want some bits.
Pilot error... whats that...?
I intend putting a pair of markers on the wee drill, just to give me a clearer mark to drive on. Maybe the autosteer will sort this! (Which I don't actually have....yet!)Agree totally about the seed "surplus" idea, it always comes in somewhere.
Which model?
Spare bag of ordinary grass mix , yes I agree good thing to do ,you only need to buy that spare bag once so to speak ( even with grass seed at 60 to 70 quid / acre
)But I'm referring to the likes of Timothy, lucerne clovers etc solo small seeds .
Not that the way I do it with that size seed is relivant here because I'm into broadcasting at next to zero depth.
Some sort of inert medium would be ideal, (that's what I've done with luc. In the past, using poor to nill germination but dry old grass seed mixed with it ) to bulk up in the hopper, and sowing heavier rates is always more reliable whatever method used.
Btw Pete , you're not Elvis are you by any chance ?
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- Owaka, New Zealand
I always put the baleforks on the FEL and crowd them so that the tips of the forks line up with the boot-mark I'm following.Pilot error... whats that...?
Agree totally about the seed "surplus" idea, it always comes in somewhere.
Makes a hell of a difference to overlap!
Yeah, just mix your rollover seed from last year into the brew, and put a bag away in the freezer for next year.
I did a HEAP of contracting and 98% of farmers buy just enough seed for their area, bloody nervewracking.
I was convinced that seed and gate-chains must be the most expensive farming inputs around....
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Rice is goodSpare bag of ordinary grass mix , yes I agree good thing to do ,you only need to buy that spare bag once so to speak ( even with grass seed at 60 to 70 quid / acre
But I'm referring to the likes of Timothy, lucerne clovers etc solo small seeds .
Not that the way I do it with that size seed is relivant here because I'm into broadcasting at next to zero depth.
Some sort of inert medium would be ideal, (that's what I've done with luc. In the past, using poor to nill germination but dry old grass seed mixed with it ) to bulk up in the hopper, and sowing heavier rates is always more reliable whatever method used.
Btw Pete , you're not Elvis are you by any chance ?
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- Cornwall
The 480 ap would suit me !
Aha. Big old beast that! https://www.reesegroup.co.nz/files/resources/Brochure/7713_Reese_Seedmatic_AirproSeries_FA.pdf
I wonder if any came to the UK?
Spare bag of ordinary grass mix , yes I agree good thing to do ,you only need to buy that spare bag once so to speak ( even with grass seed at 60 to 70 quid / acre
But I'm referring to the likes of Timothy, lucerne clovers etc solo small seeds .
Not that the way I do it with that size seed is relivant here because I'm into broadcasting at next to zero depth.
Some sort of inert medium would be ideal, (that's what I've done with luc. In the past, using poor to nill germination but dry old grass seed mixed with it ) to bulk up in the hopper, and sowing heavier rates is always more reliable whatever method used.
Btw Pete , you're not Elvis are you by any chance ?
Very true on ultra low seed rates being an issue. My little 1m 6 row Logic Spider drill* was much better with a sacrificial bulking material, and yes, I have used cheap rice from the store cupboard in the past! Not sure about in the GF, might need to pop to Costco for a 20kg bag!
Must remember to get an advertise it tfor sale his weekend!!!
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- Cornwall
Have always vowed never to go narrower than what I currently run..
Started way back with a 3m mf30. Then 4m accord, and currently 4.8m KRM..
I like the 4.8 a lot.. fits into the 24m system beautifully..
I always put the baleforks on the FEL and crowd them so that the tips of the forks line up with the boot-mark I'm following.
Makes a hell of a difference to overlap!
Yeah, just mix your rollover seed from last year into the brew, and put a bag away in the freezer for next year.
I did a HEAP of contracting and 98% of farmers buy just enough seed for their area, bloody nervewracking.
I was convinced that seed and gate-chains must be the most expensive farming inputs around....
Tight wad farmers hey?
I've got a FEL on the Kubota, so will have to have a look next time....