Out of interest, what method/type of harrow did you use, to cover the seed?The 120 ha we did 2 or 3 weeks ago looks like some of the best wheat on the farm. All done in 1.5 days ( in daylight). In other news I have 3 expensive drills that sow seed in rows.
Out of interest, what method/type of harrow did you use, to cover the seed?
Yes but they wont listen to you , a 'deranged peasant '.....The broadcast and nz’ed wheat looks much better than drilled with vaddy.
Last season’s broadcast yielded the same as drilled.
The old vaddy will now last forever.
New regime : get good seedbed when dry, leave 6 weeks, spray off, broadcast off heap, nz, herbicide peri emergence, roll in spring.. Capital cost / repairs for as far as I can see, a few cultivator points, simple old tractor (s).
nature is a wondrous thing .wheat ears let their ripe ready to germinate seeds drop on to uncultivated land (though over a period to catch the weather), the reason we make seedbeds is to try and enhance nature or defeat its weeds and diseases,its not rocket science yet some folks insist on reinventing the wheel,Yes but they wont listen to you , a 'deranged peasant '.....
I suppose the point to labour is that instead of using as a fire brigade tactic , one could do it in good time in good conditions, .....faster
course a big negative can be bird damage. bit of that going on here on the shallower buried seeds but will strengthen against that from now on as the second leaf comes and roots develop... but oats not looking too bad, considering its rained a lot of the time since they were sown..ph covered and the side cheeks need maintenance apart from that ....
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What I've done with w bean s ( few years ago now) is spread them on the ( clean) stubble and just ploughed them in .My wheat that I spun on is looking good now. Definitely the right call!
Thinking of spinning the beans on and spring timing them in as well now? ground has been subsoiled and lays ok but too wet for the sprinter.
Put less in at a time?We tried spinning some oats on but they kept bridging in the hopper.
Depends on your crow situation and how many beans will be shallow enough for them to pull out? We broadcast and ploughed ours in this year. Nice soft soil for them, preferential to smeared slots full of waterMy wheat that I spun on is looking good now. Definitely the right call!
Thinking of spinning the beans on and spring timing them in as well now? ground has been subsoiled and lays ok but too wet for the sprinter.
What I've done with w bean s ( few years ago now) is spread them on the ( clean) stubble and just ploughed them in .
Was an accepted way if doing it in the past.
Plough not too deep though about 5, 6 or 7 inches max if you can.
I never even cultivated over after either . ( contractor used to cut them )
Obviously try to do a good ploughing job.
Depends on your crow situation and how many beans will be shallow enough for them to pull out? We broadcast and ploughed ours in this year. Nice soft soil for them, preferential to smeared slots full of water