Direct beet drill

scholland

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Location
ze3
Right time to own up......
We dd some fodder beet,this field was swedes last year.
I'm pretty pleased so far, yes some spacings aren't 100% right but i hope ok. First time growing beet so steep learning curve!
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David_A

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BASE UK Member
Location
Fife
Right time to own up......
We dd some fodder beet,this field was swedes last year.
I'm pretty pleased so far, yes some spacings aren't 100% right but i hope ok. First time growing beet so steep learning curve! View attachment 679276View attachment 679278
How did this crop perform?
Thinking of using 750a to sow fodder beet into grass next year. Is the spacing that crucial for a crop that will be grazed?
 

scholland

Member
Location
ze3
How did this crop perform?
Thinking of using 750a to sow fodder beet into grass next year. Is the spacing that crucial for a crop that will be grazed?
Hi @David_A crop did well, measuring at 18 ton of roots dm/ha. Hope to start eating it in the new year. Spacing only critical to leave the plants space to grow decent bulbs, get your seed rate right and it should be ok. I think I may try dd into grass this year too but unsure at the moment. Let us know how you get on.
 

David_A

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BASE UK Member
Location
Fife
Hi @David_A crop did well, measuring at 18 ton of roots dm/ha. Hope to start eating it in the new year. Spacing only critical to leave the plants space to grow decent bulbs, get your seed rate right and it should be ok. I think I may try dd into grass this year too but unsure at the moment. Let us know how you get on.
Thanks for that.
 

Farmersboy

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Location
South Lancashire
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First day out with the new toy. It has one Dale drill coulter set to run about five inches deep then the rubber roller, the wavy disc is set at about three inches deep. Then the standard Matco units. Working here on medium/ heavy loam that was cover cropped with oat and bean mix overwinter. It has been lightly Triple Pressed once and rolled to incorporate a light application of poultry manure. The next field will be straight into terminated cover, lighter sandy loam and no poultry manure. To answer an earlier question, it came from a farm on the Carr land near Doncaster
 

flip0207

New Member
Location
Germany
View attachment 788370 First day out with the new toy. It has one Dale drill coulter set to run about five inches deep then the rubber roller, the wavy disc is set at about three inches deep. Then the standard Matco units. Working here on medium/ heavy loam that was cover cropped with oat and bean mix overwinter. It has been lightly Triple Pressed once and rolled to incorporate a light application of poultry manure. The next field will be straight into terminated cover, lighter sandy loam and no poultry manure. To answer an earlier question, it came from a farm on the Carr land near Doncaster

How did the sugar beet develop? Your machine looks quite interesting. We used the same drill for drilling sugar beets, but since we grow diverse cover crop mixes und reduced tillage in spring, we need help from a farmer with a modern drill with disc coulters designed for minimum tillage. I'd like to drill sugar beets with our old machine again. But there are some modifications necessary to drill into cover crop residues, even after light passes with a short disc and a power harrow. I think our biggest problem is the heavy soil.
 

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