Direct drilling sugar beet

[ih1455xl]

Just in case anyone here still has enough enthusiasm to think about reduced tillage beet I thought I'd post a couple of pics of my last go with Kverneland culti-strip/kleine strip-tilled beet. We'll have a bit of a break and if miss them that badly we can always have another go......or not.

Any more pics of the set up

 

[Ruston3w]

Any more pics of the set up

Any more pics of the set up

The Cultistrip was their demonstrator, we tried it on some wild bird seed plots and again the next autumn for beet, it sat around and I got tempted thinking I'd give "reduced tillage" or whatever you want to call it our best shot.
The KV points and wings were so awful my blood pressure is going up thinking about them...... we only did a little block when we tried it so didn't find out the wearing parts only did 15acres/set on some sharp land, they were over £100 /leg! I had some fun with profiles and now buy sets of half -leg, wing and point for around £45 which do 50-80 acres . Other than the kv legs the rest is absolutely brilliant, really nice to adjust, almost never blocks, even where we used it on DD wild bird cover with the stocks seeder.

 

[Daniel]

Here’s a thread of our trial for this season.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1509137400580263941

 

[Will 1594]

Daniel ,on monday i drilled ours ,direct into a stale seed bed ,had oil raddish in ,
mulch drill . With discs cut into it nice , rock hard on top but nice and moist underneath ,was a steady day at 5 k , then rolled the really mean bits , had maximun pressure on drill its gone in well

 

[Daniel]

Daniel ,on monday i drilled ours ,direct into a stale seed bed ,had oil raddish in ,
mulch drill . With discs cut into it nice , rock hard on top but nice and moist underneath ,was a steady day at 5 k , then rolled the really mean bits , had maximun pressure on drill its gone in well

You’re on sand if I recall? I don’t think we could go direct on some of our heavier stuff without a tine through first.

 

[Will 1594]

You’re on sand if I recall? I don’t think we could go direct on some of our heavier stuff without a tine through first.

Not sand in this one ,we have some sand ,and some really mean stuff , this field ,he has never dared grow beet in it , but have set itnup,well beans wheat , well worked and oil radish and sprayed off , its in good order ,
it has two pits in it for clay to marl the sand in other fields , will go dig a spit out tomshow you what it like