Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

[Fish]

what drill was that drilled with ?

It’s just an old co running Metcalfe openers.

 

[Wombat]

Well this is about the most miserable of the bits we farm, it’s a 3 acre corner of the field a few posts ago with the long shadow. It’s mg index is 9.3 (north of 1500ppm) and it’s basically undrillable after the middle of Oct but looks very well. The constant wet is starting to seal a few bit off as it does with these types of clay but very happy overall when added to the earlier photos of the same field.

 

[Wombat]

Sunday morning wander

Gleam

More gleam

Saki

The pictures above drilled Oct maybe a bit thick but better thick if winter had been a bit rubbish.

Bit of last years skyscraper that needed using up, maybe a little less vigour and 4 days later on Oct make a difference when it’s cold wet clay

nov drilled beans, crows have spent most of winter pulling the heads off them but not too bad, maybe half an acre that’s rubbish in 2 fields but seen they are resprouting which is good.

 

[Fish]

Iooking good, beans look to be about the right plant stand, should be good for 5.5/6t Ha.

 

[Wombat]

Thanks, some spots are a bit thicker, some thinner so i think thats about average. Haven't grown beans in a while.

 

[willy]

Skyscraper drilled with Claydon direct into osr stubble 12th october

 

[Fuzzy]

Skyscraper drilled with Claydon direct into osr stubble 12th october

Did you use a rake or anything prior to drilling?

 

[willy]

Did you use a rake or anything prior to drilling?

Yes mzuri rezult

 

[Two Tone]

Not sure about this No-till malarkey. Apart from the blocked coulter, where the heck am I going wrong?

Extase Drilled with a Weaving GD end September.

 

[clbarclay]

Hey, you can't go showing them all pictures of notill winter crops actually looking good during winter.

 

[Devon James]

Memento winter barley. First cereal after osr

 

[ollie989898]

Memento winter barley. First cereal after osr

All your crops always look such a picture.

 

[YELROM]

All your crops always look such a picture.

Or he only posts the good ones

 

[JLLM]

Orwell, drilled 10/10/21

 

[alomy75]

KWS Kerrin one 1st year one 2nd year dd both following beans

 

[Wombat]

Bottom of the field of gleam a few pages back, dad was out checking water status today

 

[Case290]

Weaving big disc winter barley direct into cover crop of mustard and chopped straw
claydon + rolled into lightly harrowed and rolled but v wet mush. Happy with both supprised with both as the disc drilling was v bad hair pinning claydon stuff was so wet and not very good seed bed.

 

[Fish]

A couple of shots from today.
mid October drilled mountain.
Osr starting to accelerate away.

 

[Lowland1]

A bit left of centre Tenderstem broccoli into wheat stubble

 

[Pilatus]

A bit left of centre Tenderstem broccoli into wheat stubbleView attachment 1020808View attachment 1020809View attachment 1020811View attachment 1020810View attachment 1020812

Will field be irrigated in the near future?
Where will the harvested/ packed broccoli end up ?
When supplying supermarkets do you pack into, "their logoed bags", or is the Broccoli etc packed in supermarket logoed bags nearer point of sale.?
Many thanks for posting ,nice to see some sun shining,. (at these bleak times for mankind)