Broadcasting setting for Kuhn

[Try to succeed]

Apologies if this is deemed to be in the wrong section, couldn’t decide if here or machinery was best...
I’ve got a Kuhn Axis 40.1 and wondered if anyone has spread wheat and what settings they went with? I have the settings from the app but would like some confidence knowing they’re correct. Can’t tray test as everywhere is sodden. Hoping for a window and then get some acres covered this way before drill will/won’t travel. Also, anyone else broadcast any yet??

 

[MrNoo]

Did think this morning as an option but put the Combi on instead, certainly the way to get ground covered quickly but need something lightweight to pull a set of harrows or suchlike over it and my lightest option weighs 7t, do have a MF35 but think that would be up to its belly in short order even duel'd up

 

[Clive]

If we haven’t got what’s left to do in by December I think we may well go this route so thread bookmarked just in case !

 

[Pilatus]

Off topic .Which causes wheat seed to rot " QUICKER" rather than germinate , soil temp or waterlogged soil?
I guess no easy answer.

 

[Try to succeed]

Did think this morning as an option but put the Combi on instead, certainly the way to get ground covered quickly but need something lightweight to pull a set of harrows or suchlike over it and my lightest option weighs 7t, do have a MF35 but think that would be up to its belly in short order even duel'd up

I’ve got an old deutz agriprima I’d use for light harrow work on duals but it’s currently in bits in workshop with no prospect of being fixed for months so I’ll be relying on my puma! I’d rather a few wheelings than spring barley though!

 

[Try to succeed]

If we haven’t got what’s left to do in by December I think we may well go this route so thread bookmarked just in case !

What’s left to do? How would you incorporate with the system you farm with? Weather looking catchy at best for the foreseeable

 

[AlfM]

Hundreds if not thousands of acres round here been put in with spreaders followed by an NZ. Neighbour had our Kuhn 40.1 H-EMC spreader and put all his wheat in using the standard settings on the app. It’s not up yet enough to tell whether it’s even or not but neither is the wheat we drilled conventionally at the same time.

 

[Clive]

What’s left to do? How would you incorporate with the system you farm with? Weather looking catchy at best for the foreseeable

about 40-50%

Only cultivator we have is a carrier so if it comes to it that’s what we will have to use I guess

not given up on drilling yet though - it’s been drying well so far this week, if we don’t get much the next few days I think we will be on next week

 

[DanniAgro]

Off topic .Which causes wheat seed to rot " QUICKER" rather than germinate , soil temp or waterlogged soil?
I guess no easy answer.

Waterlogging gets my vote - when one of my fields floods, the plants can live for several days under water if it's freezing but die very quickly if it's warm.

 

[Sprayer 1]

Will you do any shallow cultivation to the stubble before spreading and when you say harrow it , would that be with a set of chain harrows?

 

[Try to succeed]

about 40-50%

Only cultivator we have is a carrier so if it comes to it that’s what we will have to use I guess

not given up on drilling yet though - it’s been drying well so far this week, if we don’t get much the next few days I think we will be on next week

Hope you don’t see the forecast I’ve just seen!

 

[Try to succeed]

Will you do any shallow cultivation to the stubble before spreading and when you say harrow it , would that be with a set of chain harrows?

Was this for me? If I broadcast it’ll be on ridged trio-ing followed by pig tail tines. Hope the seed will go in the troughs and get plenty covered!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Dressed seed? Needs to be covered or you could end up in a fair bit of bother with your quality assurance if you get inspected

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

Seen plenty of wheat broadcast in previous years. Set the spreader to 24M but drive at 12M to ensure good coverage, and up seedrates by 20-25%.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Also surely if it’s dry enough to travel with a tractor and spinner then some kind of cultivator then surely you can drill it, if not then better off keeping seed in the bag

 

[Brisel]

Off topic .Which causes wheat seed to rot " QUICKER" rather than germinate , soil temp or waterlogged soil?
I guess no easy answer.

Prolonged submersion in mild water will make it rot quicker. Being wet is one thing. A long soaking is another. The rotting process slows when temperatures are lower but not by much.

 

[Try to succeed]

Also surely if it’s dry enough to travel with a tractor and spinner then some kind of cultivator then surely you can drill it, if not then better off keeping seed in the bag

Not here. Heavy land usually drilled with a 6m freeflow on challenger. This scuffs headlands and will cap them in the wet, whereas broadcast and harrowed in with a lighter tractor won’t decimate headlands. Fortunately i decided to only dress half my wheat sun it was turning wet so have a pile of undressed to use if I do go down this route.