Broadcast wheat

[robin banks]

Just wondering how did the broadcast wheat work out for people. There was a thread in the autumn from memory. Are results satisfactory. In comparison to other methods. Obviously most methods were not great with the rain this winter

 

[bankrupt]

Looked OK before the drought set in.

 

[DRC]

Looked OK before the drought set in.

Run us through what you did, before and after, as looking at that why would you do anything else

 

[7610 super q]

Looked OK before the drought set in.

How has it ended up in neat rows ?

 

[rob1]

when I first sarted growing corn I broadcast and harrowed in, works well and can do large acreages, shame it doesnt work in a DD situation

 

[bankrupt]

Broadcast from a 511 drill, set deep (no spouts) straight on the plough - ends up with all the seed in the ridges.

Anything drilled at the time quickly drowned.

 

[snarling bee]

Several did it round here last autumn. It is best to decide early enough and get on with it rather than wait until you've had even more rain after everything else fails.
One of the best bits round here was put in with a Triton (shock horror)

 

[bankrupt]

It is best to decide early enough and get on with it rather than wait until you've had even more rain.

Good point - our bit above was done 10th October, first day last autumn using our venerable last-ditch joke system, having just decided that our 3 more respectable conventional systems would all fail.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Broadcast from a 511 drill, set deep (no spouts) straight on the plough - ends up with all the seed in the ridges.

Anything drilled at the time quickly drowned.

That's certainly much more use than ornament.

Please keep us updated on the costs, yields & margin...

 

[glasshouse]

Why did you use the 511 as opposed to using a fert dpreader?

 

[bankrupt]

Why did you use the 511 as opposed to using a fert dpreader?

Because it's got four rows of stump-jump tines to pull down the ploughing and get all the wheel marks out.

 

[glasshouse]

Because it's got four rows of stump-jump tines to pull down the ploughing and get all the wheel marks out.

Wheat looks good
What would spring barley have looked like?

 

[snarling bee]

511 was/is a bl%%dy good drill.
Forerunner to a Triton!!

 

[PSQ]

511 was/is a bl%%dy good drill.
Forerunner to a Triton!!

Why have I never heard of a 511?!
@bankrupt have you got a picture of it?

 

[bankrupt]

What would spring barley have looked like?

Next field down we drilled with spring oats on March 28th and it's not all germinated yet because of the drought.

 

[glasshouse]

Why have I never heard of a 511?!
@bankrupt have you got a picture of it?

Its an australian drill

 

[Banana Bar]

Last time we had a 2019 type autumn ( about 20 yrs ago) we drilled 100s of acres with an ancient 511 behind a Case 1494 2wd.
I looked very hard for one this autumn but they are like hens teeth now.
Good friend still drills everything with one on very light land.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Presume you are all talking about an international 511? That's a really good youtube video to see one working.

Are these drills strong enough to DD into stubble?

 

[Farmer Roy]

Its an australian drill

no wonder it worked well then

 

[Farmer Roy]

We had a massive drought here from about 1915 - 1919
Apparently my Grandfather & Great Uncle ( who was not long home from WW1 serving in the Light Horse in Palestine ) decided that this was the year it was going to break, 1919.
Roy ( my grand father ) broadcast 900 acres of wheat by hand while Rex ( my great uncle ) followed him with horses dragging some harrows.
By all accounts, it was a roaring success.
But - they were very lucky & the hoped for rain fell at the right time. . .