DD on livestock farm

[steveR]

Think was @scholland ??

Spot on, thank you. I was going to look back in a search...

 

[scholland]

I think strip till into grass is the best option.
I can't justify a strip tiller so made our own version which we then follow with the Moore.
Worked fine and we will repeat. Mostly into barley stubble this year though.

 

[d-wales]

I think strip till into grass is the best option.
I can't justify a strip tiller so made our own version which we then follow with the Moore.
Worked fine and we will repeat. Mostly into barley stubble this year though.

Look like normal beet to me

Technical question, what is a strip tiller? And how is it different to a Moore.
Also do you bulk up the seed with anything?
When we did the swedes we put a water bucket full of fert in with the seed. Would i need the same with beet seed. Was thinking either prilled lime or maybe slug pellets

 

[Dave6170]

Direct drilled some Italian ryegrass, will slugs attack it? They hammered rape I direct drilled last year

 

[richy]

You need to get pellets on asap slugs will destroy grass seeds

 

[Dave6170]

Could I mix them in with the fertiliser?

 

[hally]

Could I mix them in with the fertiliser?

Yep best way

 

[Lewis]

DD some Winfred rape into burnt off grass ley , drilled 28th may and started to poke through after 7 days.

Just wondering when best time to get some slurry or muck on?

Let it germinate and get going a bit more or crack on

And muck ,slurry or both ? Won't get anything from a bag..!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

DD some Winfred rape into burnt off grass ley , drilled 28th may and started to poke through after 7 days.

Just wondering when best time to get some slurry or muck on?

Let it germinate and get going a bit more or crack on

And muck ,slurry or both ? Won't get anything from a bag..!

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Best time , before you drill or before it germinates

 

[scholland]

This year's dd beet

 

[DanM]

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Was that put in with the Moore unidrill?!

 

[scholland]

Was that put in with the Moore unidrill?!

Ye, better bits were beet last year, thinner areas are into long term grass

 

[DanM]

Ye, better bits were beet last year, thinner areas are into long term grass

Very impressive! I’ve just bought a secondhand 3m Moore and this is one of the things I’d like to try with it!