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A Novice and his Aitchison Grassfarmer.
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<blockquote data-quote="steveR" data-source="post: 7149292" data-attributes="member: 66976"><p>Walking around today after the rain overnight, and checking the recent sowings with the wee Aitchison. </p><p></p><p>The first areas of Herbal Ley for the Severn Trent Water STEPS was drilled into SB stubble after baling. Dry as a desert and rather hard clay. The grasses seem to be poking through now as do the "herbs", but deffo missing moisture. The areas I cultivated are very similar, and were also waiting for the rain, so hopefully, it will make a crop before Winter... Too expensive to fail <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>The budget Bee and Bird STEPS mix (from Kevin Tregunna) was also drilled into mainly SB stubbles and some subsoiled/disced/rolled tramlines and headland. Much to my surprise, the DD looks waaay better after 3 weeks. Bone dry on top, but the Baker Boots were just deep enough to find the moisture. Happy with this and should get established well before winter.</p><p></p><p>The earlier IRG/Fodder rape DD'd into WB stubbles was a bit of a fail, but was no better where I had disced!! I suspect drought and probably some herbicide residues caused the problem. Wanted a chisel or mould board plough I reckon, on the year... </p><p></p><p>In all a reasonable first set of results and I am pretty pleased with the machine. I can see that I must not discount a tickle with a cultivator or light discing to get a bit of tilth in the heavier land in a dry time... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steveR, post: 7149292, member: 66976"] Walking around today after the rain overnight, and checking the recent sowings with the wee Aitchison. The first areas of Herbal Ley for the Severn Trent Water STEPS was drilled into SB stubble after baling. Dry as a desert and rather hard clay. The grasses seem to be poking through now as do the "herbs", but deffo missing moisture. The areas I cultivated are very similar, and were also waiting for the rain, so hopefully, it will make a crop before Winter... Too expensive to fail :) The budget Bee and Bird STEPS mix (from Kevin Tregunna) was also drilled into mainly SB stubbles and some subsoiled/disced/rolled tramlines and headland. Much to my surprise, the DD looks waaay better after 3 weeks. Bone dry on top, but the Baker Boots were just deep enough to find the moisture. Happy with this and should get established well before winter. The earlier IRG/Fodder rape DD'd into WB stubbles was a bit of a fail, but was no better where I had disced!! I suspect drought and probably some herbicide residues caused the problem. Wanted a chisel or mould board plough I reckon, on the year... In all a reasonable first set of results and I am pretty pleased with the machine. I can see that I must not discount a tickle with a cultivator or light discing to get a bit of tilth in the heavier land in a dry time... (y) [/QUOTE]
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