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DD Vetch for seed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Chiles" data-source="post: 1550688" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I know the feeling only too well! I've had crops like this and sometimes all you end up with is half a tonne of mush that I ended tipping in a hedge.</p><p>However I have also had crops that I had completely given up on and a couple of days later the sun has come out, a drying breeze has picked up and I've had them.</p><p></p><p>When they are flat they do need sun on them as, as you say, they will wrap around the table auger. Removing the flight fingers may help but sun is the key.</p><p>As with flat peas you will probably need lifters to lift them out of the dirt. It would also pay to have a side knife, preferably one that goes all the way down to the table knife. You need to lift them up over the knife and try and keep as much dirt out of them as possible to prevent clogging the concave with mud.</p><p>Otherwise I'd go with a slow drum and reasonably wide concave, fan about the same as wheat, sieves slightly wider than wheat as a start. You'll also need a good header reverser, they never look much going in but when you reverse the header a mountain will appear from nowhere.</p><p>Good luck, don't give up. My motto is...all those that persevere succeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Chiles, post: 1550688, member: 1233"] I know the feeling only too well! I've had crops like this and sometimes all you end up with is half a tonne of mush that I ended tipping in a hedge. However I have also had crops that I had completely given up on and a couple of days later the sun has come out, a drying breeze has picked up and I've had them. When they are flat they do need sun on them as, as you say, they will wrap around the table auger. Removing the flight fingers may help but sun is the key. As with flat peas you will probably need lifters to lift them out of the dirt. It would also pay to have a side knife, preferably one that goes all the way down to the table knife. You need to lift them up over the knife and try and keep as much dirt out of them as possible to prevent clogging the concave with mud. Otherwise I'd go with a slow drum and reasonably wide concave, fan about the same as wheat, sieves slightly wider than wheat as a start. You'll also need a good header reverser, they never look much going in but when you reverse the header a mountain will appear from nowhere. Good luck, don't give up. My motto is...all those that persevere succeed. [/QUOTE]
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