- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Used Fine screened sawdust in the past, mix it up well,
Bulking out small seed in a SimTech (or other drills for that matter)
- Thread starter neilo
- Start date
- Location
- West Country
Calciprills. Especially if drilling into decaying sprayed off pasture.
Any Asian or Indian supermarkets nearby Neil? They usually have rice in 20kg bags. Or go to Costco/Booker and get a few bags... A friendly "local" shop should be able to help out as they will have an account. Or even and Indian takeaway??
Just checked Costco and they are 21 quid for a 20kg bag. so your 1.25/kg isn't bad.
Just checked Costco and they are 21 quid for a 20kg bag. so your 1.25/kg isn't bad.
I was going to suggest lamb creep pellets as being fairly small, I have used similiar in the past to bulk up, but like the idea of rice I have to say...
SilliamWhale
Member
Blackgrass
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
The Indian in Montgomery closed a couple of years ago.
We were warned about it by a few locals when we moved here. Apparently it was best avoided as the folks working there were.......Indian.? A shame really as it was good food.
The Indian in Montgomery closed a couple of years ago.
We were warned about it by a few locals when we moved here. Apparently it was best avoided as the folks working there were.......Indian.? A shame really as it was good food.
I love Montgomery as a small Border Town, but maybe stuck in the 40s....??
Aitchison is simple chain wheel drive to the gearbox, so cheap to alter gearing, I guess Simtec the same?
small seeds will separate in grain they don't so much in prg seed especially if you don't put very much in the hopper at a time.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I drill a mix of mustard & barley with a Simtech for wild bird seed strips every year. They don’t settle out and the drill manages to establish an evenly mixed crop.
use barley then, its easy enough to kill in swede and turnip use grain thats been dried down from high moisture, kept for a few years ....etc
- Location
- South Lanarkshire
Remember years ago used to get oat husks to mix in with rape seed and sowed. Through the moore worked fine
Funny that this thread has popped up....
I have some patching to do where the dreaded fleabeetle has decimated the seedlings in game cover. So I popped into an Indian supermarket yesterday, and asked for the cheapest rice they had. Young guy came over and asked what I wanted it for, which made him chuckle when I explained. 12 quid for 20kg bag... I wish the seed was as cheap!!
I have some patching to do where the dreaded fleabeetle has decimated the seedlings in game cover. So I popped into an Indian supermarket yesterday, and asked for the cheapest rice they had. Young guy came over and asked what I wanted it for, which made him chuckle when I explained. 12 quid for 20kg bag... I wish the seed was as cheap!!
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
be careful, if it comes wet weather the rice will grow ??Funny that this thread has popped up....
I have some patching to do where the dreaded fleabeetle has decimated the seedlings in game cover. So I popped into an Indian supermarket yesterday, and asked for the cheapest rice they had. Young guy came over and asked what I wanted it for, which made him chuckle when I explained. 12 quid for 20kg bag... I wish the seed was as cheap!!
s'OK, I'll get some Chinese Pherasants in that case....
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Funny that this thread has popped up....
I have some patching to do where the dreaded fleabeetle has decimated the seedlings in game cover. So I popped into an Indian supermarket yesterday, and asked for the cheapest rice they had. Young guy came over and asked what I wanted it for, which made him chuckle when I explained. 12 quid for 20kg bag... I wish the seed was as cheap!!
That is cheap. I guess that's one advantage of living in an ethnically diverse area. We only have Polish shops here.
Pistonbroke
Member
How much polishing do you do to need a specialist shopThat is cheap. I guess that's one advantage of living in an ethnically diverse area. We only have Polish shops here.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Those ‘specialist’ shops only offer French polishing I understand. ?
@neilo could've given reasons before possibly ? .....but anyhow it could just be down to cost,maybe because the option isa fair bit dearer...the reason (s)why he doesn't or rather didn't get an air drill version