Drilling anyone?

[SilliamWhale]

All my beans have been no tilled in. Conditions have been amazing.

Decided not to drill barley yet. Would like to see a little more warmth so it can get up and go

 

[Flat 10]

All my beans have been no tilled in. Conditions have been amazing.

Decided not to drill barley yet. Would like to see a little more warmth so it can get up and go

You could watch our spring barley grow yesterday, I was amazed, warm enough here.

 

[SilliamWhale]

You could watch our spring barley grow yesterday, I was amazed, warm enough here.

Yeah things are motoring. I think would like to see a little more warmth at night. May change my mind in 2 days!!

 

[Flat 10]

Yeah things are motoring. I think would like to see a little more warmth at night. May change my mind in 2 days!!

Yes the nights are cold Hence I was so surprised at growth during the day.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Is this autumn worked stubbles you're trying to drill??

Yes, when we walked them a week ago they looked like they would drill perfectly but with the wind that we had it has left the top set to hard for the rapid to drill constantly at the right depth across the field.
Tried the cultipress but not enough tines, power harrow looks like the perfect job, just going to loose the moisture but we will worry about that when we finish drilling the barley

Perfect conditions for a direct drill but we have to make do with what we have

 

[Hereward]

Yes, when we walked them a week ago they looked like they would drill perfectly but with the wind that we had it has left the top set to hard for the rapid to drill constantly at the right depth across the field.
Tried the cultipress but not enough tines, power harrow looks like the perfect job, just going to loose the moisture but we will worry about that when we finish drilling the barley

Sprayed off autumn worked ground yesterday, I was amazed how the tractor travelled, the ground did seem hard, I'm planning on going straight in with a KV tine drill. You have me worried if a Rapid won't work! Surely the system discs or agrila tines loosed the ground?

 

[Mr Charisma]

Sprayed off autumn worked ground yesterday, I was amazed how the tractor travelled, the ground did seem hard, I'm planning on going straight in with a KV tine drill. You have me worried if a Rapid won't work! Surely the system discs or agrila tines loosed the ground?

Drill just rode out on the red marl, we have a weaving tine drill and I don't think it leave a fine enough job looking at how the tines on cultivators worked. But this is our land yours might be diferent

 

[Mr Charisma]

But to be honest @Hereward it's a better problem to have than to muddle into tacky slop, soon nip over with the power harrow and then the rapid will fly ?

 

[Flat 10]

Sprayed off autumn worked ground yesterday, I was amazed how the tractor travelled, the ground did seem hard, I'm planning on going straight in with a KV tine drill. You have me worried if a Rapid won't work! Surely the system discs or agrila tines loosed the ground?

Seen several using PHs in front of tine drills. To me that just begs Q why not use a combi?

 

[Hereward]

Seen several using PHs in front of tine drills. To me that just begs Q why not use a combi?

My KV TS is 5m wide and usually drill at 10kph, it will drill into ground that a conventional suffolk coulter drill will not penetrate. Power harrows do so much damage to the soil although they do make a fantastic tilth!

 

[Mr Charisma]

Seen several using PHs in front of tine drills. To me that just begs Q why not use a combi?

I think combi drills can bring there own troubles, we have one but I hate it with a passion, to much weight on the packer in my opinion, power harrow on its own is a light machine which doesn't cause tractive compaction. Although it's very dry on top its still very tender underneath, tender enough that a 4 m combi loaded up could do a lot of untold damage, it didn't work for us in 2013 and I doubt it would now

 

[Cowcorn]

Seen several using PHs in front of tine drills. To me that just begs Q why not use a combi?

Now , Now dont be asking awkward questions !!!! You know that the combi is the invention of the Devil .

 

[teslacoils]

Staying patient. I like to see the roundup working first.

 

[4course]

Staying patient. I like to see the roundup working first.

I wish I had your patience as its drying up too fast and would prefer to see a shower or two on the horizon but with a lot to do not to mention the virus causing problems in the diversifications

 

[Brisel]

24-48 hours is fine for glyphosate to translocate unless it's for perennials or anything with a big root system e.g. couch grass

 

[DrWazzock]

Sprayed off some ground that was lifted in the autumn for OSR which failed. It has weathered down but is a bit rough in places. Will power harrow it before drilling to level it and create some tilth. Then unidrill. The drill alone finds it too hard going and doesn’t create enough tilth on the heavy areas so struggles with seed coverage. A combi would be too heavy here.

 

[MrNoo]

Just buzzing through some heavy ground (was cultivated in the Autumn) with the Inverta, will give it a day or two and then in with the combi, hope the plan works!

 

[DrWazzock]

Ploughing the ex beet land and a grass ley.
I have sometimes paraplowed and powerharrowed ex beet land with very good results but this year it’s too blocky and I want the tops buried before they spread disease.

 

[DrWazzock]

Late direct drilled wheat has been a disaster here where there is even the smallest amount of clay. Either drowned out or capped over. Won’t ever be trying that again. Been ok on the sand though.
Moral of the story: plough heavy land early and dry. Let the weather break it down.

 

[DrWazzock]

24-48 hours is fine for glyphosate to translocate unless it's for perennials or anything with a big root system e.g. couch grass

sprayed off yesterday. Starting drilling barley next week. Fast pass with power harrow where necessary then drill. Getting some base fertiliser on it today.