Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
Yup I’ve got that t shirt
Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
Yup I’ve got that t shirt
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Rubble in
2” down out
2” down out
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Did some power harrowing to break the crust. Seemed to be working well. Two inches of iron over slop.
Then, it all got a bit exciting. One of my nicer fields, which I packed in ploughing mid September as it was too hard, felt my wrath. I spent a fair bit of time finding and cleaning drains, and digging the ditches, and while it wasn't pretty, I did this.
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- Location
- the brecks norfolk
All drilled up.... until September.
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Drilling beet in progress, 100ac to go. My daughter has been checking on her grandfathers self isolation.
- Location
- In the middle.
First field of barley in at home in great conditions, went to second field and dropped the mzuri into some marl and not quite so pretty. Pulled out and fetched the carrier, chop the crust up and the drill goes well. Looks like a quick pass over the marl areas but not to far in front of the drill.
I've been over some marl with the carrier and aim to drill it with the claydon but it will need a second pass. Its bloody hard on top in places.
- Location
- S.E
Stopped here now until we get some rain. Any ground that was worked is dry as a bone. Only linseed to go though.
Hopefully the crops we have planted in the last 2 weeks will have enough moisture to keep them going.
Hopefully the crops we have planted in the last 2 weeks will have enough moisture to keep them going.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
Hmmm did the quad track cope with the plough
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Must admit that my quadtrack has never even used it's 3 point hitch, let alone it's pto.
- Location
- norfolk
So it begins ?
Days of thunder
Member
They have been irrigating potatoes opposite my farm to try and dig them it didn’t look very successful!
What type of rear packer does your Carrier have? I've been using mine to roll cloddier fields with the discs up. Seed to soil contact has been great.
Given up, here - shan't do any more until September.
Last time we had this frustrating combination of 50+" of winter rainfall happily seeing off all the autumn plantings immediately then to be followed by drought on the springs was in 1974/75.
Yields then turned out to be in the range 35-55% of the previous year (1974).
For example - WB was 7t/ha and 4t/ha and SO 5.5t/ha and 2t/ha.
I'm expecting a similar differential this time.
edit - of course, even 1975's yields, at 1975's prices, turned out to be quite profitable.
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Fiveospades
Member
- Location
- Norfolk Broads
Always there is a smart as
- Location
- Lincolnshire
direct drilled on some clay today, unidrill. Actually wasn’t too bad. Used up some seed. Will see how it compares to ploughed land.
The steel packer. Did you run over with the carrier first as well?
Occasionally, on heavier ground just to reduce clod size
I need to create some tilth for the seed, the carrier is a must before the claydon and I will also run the power harrow over one 25 acre field at least were the carrier struggled to cut in.
Pleased to see that, I've set up to have a go with the Unidrill Saturday ?