Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

[Kildare]

It's a Kverneland Tineseeder with a DF2 front tank.

Its doing a very nice job for a simple machine. Do you ever have any problems useing it as a direct drill

 

[Badshot]

Its doing a very nice job for a simple machine. Do you ever have any problems useing it as a direct drill

It's not perfect by any means, I've only started using it last autumn as a direct drill due to the weather. Had cracking crops this year so doing the lot as a planned operation, just finished today.

Trash management is key, no long wheat stubbles, rake to spread straw and chaff about and patience for ground conditions to be right. I have modified the seed boots to improve placement.

 

[Kildare]

It's not perfect by any means, I've only started using it last autumn as a direct drill due to the weather. Had cracking crops this year so doing the lot as a planned operation, just finished today.

Trash management is key, no long wheat stubbles, rake to spread straw and chaff about and patience for ground conditions to be right. I have modified the seed boots to improve placement.

well done, cheap way of getting crop into the ground

 

[Badshot]

Crusoe into rape stubble, it's the second field I drilled this autumn as the first one was disced due to me being in too much of a rush with the muck spreader, too many big lumps for the drill.

 

[Badshot]

And this is the second wheat just planted yesterday, bit moist when rolled but finished it off nicely, sadly the whole field didn't get done as it got too sticky and it's rained overnight and is raining now.

 

[Hartwig]

Some pic here taken today, I have to say that this is the first "normal weather"-season after 3 wet autumns, so all crops went in rather good and it was the first time since starting DDing I was able (and brave enough) to follow the rule of thumb to do autumn-drilling 2 weeks earlier than conventional - at least the weather lastet 3 days long dry then to turn into wet for 2 weeks then which set me back to normal drilling dates. But most of the winter-barley got in early, that was most important !

The winter-barley after OSR, drilled 6th september into shallow rotovated stubbles :

Winter wheat after oats, drilled 20th september :

Winter wheat after wheat, drilled 21st september:

Wheat after beans, drilled 24th september:

All drilled with GEN-coulters and here you see the problem with the weaker tines of the Horsch CO: the coulters are moving aside as the blade is only on one side and I think in this view 2 coulters have matched in one row, leaving a double row (no, it`s not a tramline!) ...... !? So really looking forward for the new GEN 400-coulters for next year which will hopefully be better in some ways.

 

[SilliamWhale]

good to see you are having a decent run of it Hartwig as you've had a couple of tough years I've seen from the pics.

Ironically I guess it may have been ok with the moore this year (?) but I guess you need to get a bit of confidence back etc.

 

[BSH]

Glad you are having a better time of it Hartwig after some miserable years. All looks good.

 

[marco]

einstein sown 15sept into wheat stubble with 750A

 

[Hartwig]

Ironically I guess it may have been ok with the moore this year (?) but I guess you need to get a bit of confidence back etc.

Yeah, after osr and beans no problem for sure, but can`t see how to establish anything with the Moore in chopped wheat- or oat-straw, should have pulled the stripper out for that, which is a bit of a worry with wheat....
Was surprised today, where all the straw from wheat and oats is gone - seems the worms like the chopper rather than the stripper.....

 

[marco]

Yeah, after osr and beans no problem for sure, but can`t see how to establish anything with the Moore in chopped wheat- or oat-straw, should have pulled the stripper out for that, which is a bit of a worry with wheat....
Was surprised today, where all the straw from wheat and oats is gone - seems the worms like the chopper rather than the stripper.....

Isn't the 6th of september very early for barley/wheat? I wouldn't be able to go that early.

 

[Kaad]

Isn't the 6th of september very early for barley/wheat? I wouldn't be able to go that early.

I believe that we have colder weather in the northern Europe than you guys on the big island in the sea I tend to belive that we have even a bit warmer weather than Hartwig, while we are close to sea aswell, but more north than him. Hartwig, you crops look good!

 

[B&B Pig Man]

It's a Kverneland Tineseeder with a DF2 front tank.

Have you altered the Coulter spascings at all?
Or are they still at 12.5cm?

Yours is basically there same drill (Coulter wise etc) as my KRM - but mine would bung up in 5m in anything but shaved stubble.
I'm contemplating removing some tines to increase flow between them.

 

[Badshot]

No they are still at 12.5Cm spacing. I used to think the same as you until I tried it, if the stubble is attached it copes with a lot more than you would think. Shaving the stubble does help though in the overlap areas.

The reason they bung in high trash cultivated ground is because it's all loose and gets raked into a bloody great heap.

Give it a go somewhere, you might be surprised.

 

[B&B Pig Man]

No they are still at 12.5Cm spacing. I used to think the same as you until I tried it, if the stubble is attached it copes with a lot more than you would think. Shaving the stubble does help though in the overlap areas.

The reason they bung in high trash cultivated ground is because it's all loose and gets raked into a bloody great heap.

Give it a go somewhere, you might be surprised.

Thanks - will give it go - nothing to loose I guess.

 

[Hartwig]

I believe that we have colder weather in the northern Europe than you guys on the big island in the sea I tend to belive that we have even a bit warmer weather than Hartwig, while we are close to sea aswell, but more north than him. Hartwig, you crops look good!

I think you`re right re climate, even if it makes no sense to me that it can be warmer further north.....have the same feeling with Soren on Sealand compared to me....

Drilling dates in autumn can and probably should be really early if weather permitts, I guess the youth growth will be slower in DDed soils !? 6th september is early but not silly here, some more farmers drilled their wheat then but I was probably the only one with barley - a week later everybody would do without a doubt.

Asbjorn, how is it going with your Mzuri ?? How did your spring crops then ??

 

[Badshot]

Thanks - will give it go - nothing to loose I guess.

Absolutely.

The worst is you'll find it won't cope so you'll have top go back and do what you normally would cultivation wise.

 

[Badshot]

It's not all perfect though

This headland borders a neighbour, we have both got blackgrass trouble on these headlands, not sure if it started his side or mine but I need to do something with this. My mate offered his avadex spreader to do the patches, not sure though I'll have to have a chat with the agronomist next week.

Same field, got a patch about 3 acres or so that's very thin and a long way behind the rest, noticed the rolling wheelings are a bit better so I'm wondering if it germinated and died as it came VERY dry after planting. It'll be a crop but not like the rest, annoying but I can live with it.

 

[Northdowns Martin]

Gallant wheat DD into chopped linseed stubble. Seed rate 300/m2, drilled 1st oct using an 6m Amazone Primeria. Soil type is heavy gault clay.

 

[H.Jackson]

Some pic here taken today, I have to say that this is the first "normal weather"-season after 3 wet autumns, so all crops went in rather good and it was the first time since starting DDing I was able (and brave enough) to follow the rule of thumb to do autumn-drilling 2 weeks earlier than conventional - at least the weather lastet 3 days long dry then to turn into wet for 2 weeks then which set me back to normal drilling dates. But most of the winter-barley got in early, that was most important !

The winter-barley after OSR, drilled 6th september into shallow rotovated stubbles :
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Winter wheat after oats, drilled 20th september :
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Winter wheat after wheat, drilled 21st september:
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Wheat after beans, drilled 24th september:
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All drilled with GEN-coulters and here you see the problem with the weaker tines of the Horsch CO: the coulters are moving aside as the blade is only on one side and I think in this view 2 coulters have matched in one row, leaving a double row (no, it`s not a tramline!) ...... !? So really looking forward for the new GEN 400-coulters for next year which will hopefully be better in some ways.

This is some wheat sown after spring oats straw chopped with GEN 400 coulters so far very pleased with what is growing