Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

[cquick]

Why are you drilling peas into the rye? Is it for an intercrop?

The rye was just a cover crop after maize, sprayed it off a couple of days before drilling

 

[Jsmith2211]

The rye was just a cover crop after maize, sprayed it off a couple of days before drilling

Bit of a shame, good crop of rye like that should've taken it to harvest! Ours all failed...

 

[cquick]

Bit of a shame, good crop of rye like that should've taken it to harvest! Ours all failed...

I considered it, but the compaction this spring would have been too much.

If you're near the Taunton area I've got some similar rye in front of maize for sale, drop me a PM!

 

[Fish]

N2 going on Extase,
Year 8 no till, 6 year old permanent t line.

 

[Hindsight]

I considered it, but the compaction this spring would have been too much.

If you're near the Taunton area I've got some similar rye in front of maize for sale, drop me a PM!

Being nosey - is the land in an NVZ area? Just that you are planting a pulse crop following an application of slurry.

 

[cquick]

Being nosey - is the land in an NVZ area? Just that you are planting a pulse crop following an application of slurry.

It is not, thankfully.
Also the slurry was long enough ago that I'd consider it an application to a cover crop for grazing, than the peas themselves.

 

[Wombat]

14yr olds first bit of drilling on Easter Sunday , dad sat in the copilot seat to be honest very pleased as it was straight into stubble and it’s not the nicest bit of soil

 

[ollie989898]

14yr olds first bit of drilling on Easter Sunday , dad sat in the copilot seat to be honest very pleased as it was straight into stubble and it’s not the nicest but of soil

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That'll motor, hope you get some sunshine on it.

 

[Nailuj]

Notilled winter barley at stage 37/39. We'll see how this one liked - 4 ° C yesterday night...

 

[Renaultman]

The very last field I drilled, Dawsum as a 2nd wheat, I can't believe it went on at 250kg/ha.
A bit patchy but really happy with how healthy the plants look.
Drilled on 07/10/23.
On a day when we couldn't have cultivated.
Just taking advantage of that slightly drier bit at the top.

 

[Jsmith2211]

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The very last field I drilled, Dawsum as a 2nd wheat, I can't believe it went on at 250kg/ha.
A bit patchy but really happy with how healthy the plants look.
Drilled on 07/10/23.
On a day when we couldn't have cultivated.
Just taking advantage of that slightly drier bit at the top.

Was a year for higher than high seedrates I think, especially for DD. Problem is you dont know till after the fact! Just finished putting some oats and the pea and barley in, we've gone for a quite high seedrate there so hoping that works out

 

[Wombat]

Was a year for higher than high seedrates I think, especially for DD. Problem is you dont know till after the fact! Just finished putting some oats and the pea and barley in, we've gone for a quite high seedrate there so hoping that works out

I wouldn’t even bother drilling clay at less than 250kg in a normal year. I have total failure from some drilled at 275kg