That one to me seems like not such a smart idea. You've got all of the seed sitting amongst all of the straw and chaff, never going to work as well. Take advantage of clean soil and two weeks extra growth by broadcasting into standing crop.
Yes only really a labour/small fuel saving I suppose. The other problem is you would have to wait minimum 1 week to know if it's a success or not, which leaves it late if you need to go in and drill it properly. At least by broadcasting into standing crop you should know the day you Harvest if it has been a success or not.
this is not autocasting, with that the seeds just get dumped into a mess of straw and chaff and everything is drying out ...this is about dropping seeds into a standing crop that gives a micro climate that is conducive to germination and growth .... you need to adjust the seed rate upwards a bit but it should be a pretty reliable method of doing it and will give you an extra three weeks or so of growth at the most important time of the year
It would be a great way of doing it but do we run the Risk of have a mat of green at the bottom of crops if hatvest is delayed or crops get lodged?
Does some of the ferric sulphate not sit in the wheat ears and end up in wheat in shed. Farmer I worked for as student put stubble turnips and slug pellets into standing crop and you could see slug pellets in wheat sample!
Is that off your slug pelleter? Was it one disc for the whole 21m? How is the distribution?
No, this is just a dall patch I did by hand last Friday I knew there was rain coming. Hoping to try the slug pelleter today but it is very windy. I'm sorry now I didn't do more
Whats the grass seed in the middle of the photo Louis??
