Beans drilling depth

[Andrew K]

Is there not a bean chute or something recommended on a Vaddy?

 

[jonnyjon]

That's good! Vaddy will go 8 inches if you want takes a hell of a grunt to drag it! Just keep an eye on the coulters at 10k . If they are a bit smaller you should be safe but happy drilling and hope they go well!

8" with a rapid ???

 

[fudge]

8" with a rapid ???

Yes I have definitely seen pea men doing this on our farm! I am afraid history didn’t record the operators comment to me.

 

[Brisel]

Why 8"? What a waste of hp and steel IMO. Hardly appropriate for spring beans in March! Corvids will nip the tops off anyway - better to have them up & away by sowing them 2-3" so they emerge with some vigour left in them.

 

[fudge]

Why 8"? What a waste of hp and steel IMO. Hardly appropriate for spring beans in March! Corvids will nip the tops off anyway - better to have them up & away by sowing them 2-3" so they emerge with some vigour left in them.

Don’t ask me. Each to their own. These guys had grown hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. How they set their drill was their business.

 

[yellow belly]

Deeper drilling will bring more weed seeds up and delay emergence
Beans are slow enough at breaking the surface any way

 

[Hindsight]

Why 8"? What a waste of hp and steel IMO. Hardly appropriate for spring beans in March! Corvids will nip the tops off anyway - better to have them up & away by sowing them 2-3" so they emerge with some vigour left in them.

Vining pea programme - so drilled deep to get into moisture. Standard practice in dry May. presume Fudge is up in North Lincs so be the Birds Eye boys.

 

[Hindsight]

Don’t ask me. Each to their own. These guys had grown hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. How they set their drill was their business.

Vining pease? Birds Eye?

 

[fudge]

Vining peas yes.

 

[jonnyjon]

I have a rapid, anyone who thinks one will drill 8" is on the disco biscuits

 

[Fish]

And anyone who tries to drill peas, or even s beans 8” deep, has to be a complete idiot.

 

[Exfarmer]

Why 8"? What a waste of hp and steel IMO. Hardly appropriate for spring beans in March! Corvids will nip the tops off anyway - better to have them up & away by sowing them 2-3" so they emerge with some vigour left in them.

The reason Corvids take the tops off , is they are trying to pull the bean out. if they succeed they will keep going at a phenomenal rate. They must be in deep enough.