Drilling forage rape

[jg123]

Lots of other people seem to drill OSR with subsoil type legs, mounted a seeder with 8 outlets over 3m on a tuplid vario (Like a sumo trio) to drill forage rape. Is there any need to use the legs or just run with the discs, light land, not made any mess with harvest yet, no excessive compaction. Will be grazed over winter and then into spring barley or maize. Will Using the legs just burn diesel and wear metal? Just drop legs in tramlines? Just wondering why so much is drilled on a subsoiler / shakerator type machine. We used to shakerate stubble and then combi drill, brilliant results but seemed overkill and expensive so trying a change

 

[Brisel]

Deep cultivations should only be used to fix a compaction problem. For many, they are a rotational opportunity to fix tight layers & oilseed rape is a lazy rooting crop, very sensitive to compaction. If your soil is in good order, why burn extra energy? The best piece of underused steel on the farm is the spade.

 

[jg123]

That was my thoughts, but as so many seeders are set up on subsoilers they seem to be used to drill regardless. Id rather subsoil in the spring if needed after winter grazing and any mess made driving bales etc into the fields

 

[Trying]

I have for the last two year only had the discs in with no legs. All good here and will carry on doing the same.