Do any of you windrow combinable peas??

[Pilatus]

As above, or is it too risky to
windrow combinable peas before ready for combining(while they are standing).
As in a wet year one ends up with a swath of mushy peas!!!

 

[Adeptandy]

What is this standing Pea you talk of

 

[Derky]

Had exactly the same conversation last week. They do it in the US swath them at 30% moisture. With diquat gone it could be an answer

 

[renewablejohn]

Can remember in my youth having to fork combinable peas onto a tripod where they where left to dry and then forking them into the combine. Must admit always used to get a very clean dry sample with zero losses as tripod erected on a wagon sheet and sweepings all went through the combine. Massey 780 at the time.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Yes ive always wanted to, there are no swathers around here though, not that i know of anyway that could cut it for us. Small acerage wouldnt warrant buying one either or a draper header to pick them up .
Otherwise i would havd a go.

 

[Honest john]

I have combined peas plenty of times without Diquat, and you can use Gly 360 if not for seed if crop is weedy.

 

[Derky]

Yes ive always wanted to, there are no swathers around here though, not that i know of anyway that could cut it for us. Small acerage wouldnt warrant buying one either or a draper header to pick them up .
Otherwise i would havd a go.

Where you based? We will try it next year. Have the swather.

 

[ratchet spanner]

Where you based? We will try it next year. Have the swather.

When we ran a shelbourne mentor swather 20 yrs ago, we swathed peas in front of forage harvester for whole crop as the direct cut headers on the foragers were not as good then as they are now,

 

[Pilatus]

I think it would need a swather that leaves a wide swath, so that when swath gets wet the swath would hopefully dry quicker than a narrow dense one, which could be a real
problem in a wet season.
I wonder if their is a swather made as above in North America or other country?

 

[glasshouse]

I think it would need a swather that leaves a wide swath, so that when swath gets wet the swath would hopefully dry quicker than a narrow dense one, which could be a real
problem in a wet season.
I wonder if their is a swather made as above in North America or other country?

I have swathed organic peas
It worked

 

[glasshouse]

I think it would need a swather that leaves a wide swath, so that when swath gets wet the swath would hopefully dry quicker than a narrow dense one, which could be a real
problem in a wet season.
I wonder if their is a swather made as above in North America or other country?

Macdon

 

[Bury the Trash]

Where you based? We will try it next year. Have the swather.

Approx 200 or so miles from Bucks

 

[Derky]

Approx 200 or so miles from Bucks

I wont be popping in then. Portsmouth is our limit.

 

[Pilatus]

I see that Wisbech dealer BP combine harvesters are now agents for "Honey Bee" tractor mounted swathers.

 

[Pilatus]

Slightly off topic. I have seen an interesting article on the "Agricology" website about growing Barley and Peas together. The foreign video mentioned about growing barley and peas together is worth a watch,is there way to translate the video to English.

 

[radar]

Have seen old film of Charles Sharpe & co of Sleaford swathing peas with a reverse drive tractor I guess in the 60's.

 

[Fuzzy]

Slightly off topic. I have seen an interesting article on the "Agricology" website about growing Barley and Peas together. The foreign video mentioned about growing barley and peas together is worth a watch,is there way to translate the video to English.

I have grown Barley and Beans which worked out good, i tried Oats and Peas but the Oats dominated the Peas too much and shaded them out. Also Peas and Spring oilseed rape......which helped keep the peas off the ground. I have swathed Winter Beans......just because the swather was parked up here for a while and we had big losses at swathing and also high losses when picking up the swath.

 

[Brisel]

Slightly off topic. I have seen an interesting article on the "Agricology" website about growing Barley and Peas together. The foreign video mentioned about growing barley and peas together is worth a watch,is there way to translate the video to English.

Was that for combining or silage?

 

[Pilatus]

Was that for combining or silage?

The German video mentioned in the appendix of the article on Growing Peas with Compainion Crops, shows the Peas/Barley mix being combined,and further on in the video being separated ( cleaner or gravity separator??), also the guy shows a sample of the separated peas and barley. If only I spoke German to learn more from the video