Fields like that best done before dawn, imho.
Drilling anyone?
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Fields like that best done before dawn, imho.
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Chin up. Some of us who did manage to get going in early October are now writing off fields. I've pulled the plug on 60ac this morning. It's just rotted. Small consulation is that it rained enough after drilling to stop me applying the pre ems.
That's been the thin margin between success and failure here.
Some that we put in with only 2" of rain before emergence is OK.
Other bits we put in with 3" before emergence not looking too happy.
4" or more before emergence means having to patch quite a lot of it up, in due course.
Unfortunately, it was quite impossible to suss all this out at the time, weather forecasts being as they are.
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Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Next field after beet going well. Headlands probably not so much, even after the tender ministrations of an ancient Bomford Superflow!
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- Lincolnshire
Is that the field you posted looking quite wet a few days ago?
Daniel
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I think I posted the waterlogged headlands, either here or on Twitter? The headlands are still squelchy.
GeorgeK
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Have you tried putting the transport wheels down a touch to help it stay afloat, takes a bit of adjusting as you go along but would let it travel? We've drilled some very wet patches like this that would have been impossible otherwise. Ours is only a 3m though so the wheels take the weight quite evenly across the whole width, don't know if it would be the same on a wider machine. You might have to adjust the seed on/off switch.
Finished another field this morning, stubble ploughed yesterday and combi drilled. Lightish land, gone in well considering, it is 2nd wheat that was going to be spring barley but will have enough of that elsewhere.
Took the spring tines over to a block of land, rape stubble that had been run through with lds subsoiler about 9inches deep. Dry on top but a sticky mess underneath about 3" down so going to plough and combi it hopefully.
Took the spring tines over to a block of land, rape stubble that had been run through with lds subsoiler about 9inches deep. Dry on top but a sticky mess underneath about 3" down so going to plough and combi it hopefully.
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- Bedfordshire
Drilled some WW 4 weeks ago. Still not up properly. Daren't go and look anymore. Not a lot I can do anyway, except treat for slugs on quad.
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
My neighbour has a wheeled JD 8 series on the plough and a JD 8370rt on a 3 metre lely combi drill, trying to get wheat in on some heavier land after spuds.
What's that, 800hp to get a 3 metre drill going?
Making me feel quite good with a mere 160hp cultivation pass and 180hp on the drill!
What's that, 800hp to get a 3 metre drill going?
Making me feel quite good with a mere 160hp cultivation pass and 180hp on the drill!
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- Limousin, France
Oats today, sown 12/10/19
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- Essex
Back at work thanks to Andrew Guest who supplied me with a maxipacker and a few parts to make it fit in place of the original standard packer.
fortunately there was enough clearance between it and the drill for everything to fit together.
fortunately there was enough clearance between it and the drill for everything to fit together.
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- Essex
dusk again.
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- Limousin, France
The Wheat DD Aitchison 28/10/19
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- south norfolk, uk
Daniel
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When they were new and shiny, about 104hp (less now I'd think!) putting in 7mtrs
That may have had some other cultivation since the previous crop?!
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- south norfolk, uk
Yes true! Didn't read the whole post properly
Ploughed with 85hp and harrowed with 62hp....
Not too far out!