Drilling now

[Brisel]

Anyone drilling again now? I see a few drills running on lighter ground locally. We're doing game covers then will switch to spring barley tomorrow. The topsoil is damp but would go. Go down 3" and it is still quite fragile underneath.

 

[JCfarmer]

Going to start on Tuesday and should be done by friday

 

[Chae1]

Anyone drilling again now? I see a few drills running on lighter ground locally. We're doing game covers then will switch to spring barley tomorrow. The topsoil is damp but would go. Go down 3" and it is still quite fragile underneath.

Started yesterday.

 

[Fish]

Next week, still too wet here.

 

[JCfarmer]

Busy spraying forward wheat and sowing fert along with usual livestock jobs at the moment

 

[MrNoo]

Wheat to spray and 3 ploughing matches to attend but should hopefully get going early mid next week, all sprayed off yesterday. WHat I drilled in the last dry spell is up nicely, one cock up that I will take a pic to add to the drill cock up section but still plenty soft underneath when I spread some fert on it, some is too wet for fert spreading (ploughed ground)

 

[Boysground]

Done 50ac of barley this afternoon. Mixture of clay cap and chalk. Ploughed a couple of weeks ago and just run over with a cultipress today. It’s nice to drilling depth but looks damp under. On proper chalk tomorrow so will have dust flying.

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[Wombat]

Stuff drilled 1st March just coming through, really glad I drilled it and didn’t roll

 

[Brisel]

Stuff drilled 1st March just coming through, really glad I drilled it and didn’t roll

Nothing to stop you rolling it once it has at least 3-4 leaves but before stem extension. Good move

 

[Wombat]

Nothing to stop you rolling it once it has at least 3-4 leaves but before stem extension. Good move

Yeah the forecast didn’t look great and I am glad I didn’t as it’s heavy clay that went in fine and would have rolled well but set like concrete with all the rain.

 

[Will 1594]

Last field today low disturbance subsoiler , pass with shakerator , then left all winter , pulled kkk through it Saturday. And 550 seeds m

 

[Brisel]

I went to see the neighbour’s drill too @tw15

 

[John]

I spent 3 yrs driving a fw60 auto a few years go she was a beast. What sort of drill is that?

 

[DrWazzock]

Drilling the beet tomorrow.

Different approach this year. Paraplowed the wheat stubbles in the autumn. One high speed very shallow pass with power Harrow today which produced a very nice tilth on the heavy and the sand. Firm but fissured underneath.

Drill beet tomorrow all being well when it has dried off.

Same approach with the Spring barley after stubble turnips. Paraplowed last week. Quick pass with power Harrow, then drill. Not so sure of wisdom of paraplowing when it's wetter underneath in the spring but the sheep and a loader or three had packed it down. Worked alright last year.

 

[Flat 10]

Drilling the beet tomorrow.

Different approach this year. Paraplowed the wheat stubbles in the autumn. One high speed very shallow pass with power Harrow today which produced a very nice tilth on the heavy and the sand. Firm but fissured underneath.

Drill beet tomorrow all being well when it has dried off.

Same approach with the Spring barley after stubble turnips. Paraplowed last week. Quick pass with power Harrow, then drill. Not so sure of wisdom of paraplowing when it's wetter underneath in the spring but the sheep and a loader or three had packed it down. Worked alright last year.

Surely even if its not doing as much good as in the autumn its still doing some good.

 

[John Slejpner]

Brisel and others

how many horses would you reckon your 6m Claydon actually needs in medium soil assuming front tines set fairly shallow (say 25mm deeper than A share) ?

I have 210 on a 3m hybrid and was guilty sometimes of drilling too fast...added 2 legs to make drill 3.43m and tractor still playing with it.
Now wondering about 4m or even 4.8 ...

12 years ago i had 180 hp on a 3.45 V-drill and needed all available, but soil was more raw back then, plus i was running front tine too deep (probably).

 

[Pilatus]

I spent 3 yrs driving a fw60 auto a few years go she was a beast. What sort of drill is that?

Drill and cart look a bit like an old Canadian “Flexi-Coil” but know doubt @Brisel will be along soon to tell us what it is.

 

[Flat 10]

Brisel and others

how many horses would you reckon your 6m Claydon actually needs in medium soil assuming front tines set fairly shallow (say 25mm deeper than A share) ?

I have 210 on a 3m hybrid and was guilty sometimes of drilling too fast...added 2 legs to make drill 3.43m and tractor still playing with it.
Now wondering about 4m or even 4.8 ...

12 years ago i had 180 hp on a 3.45 V-drill and needed all available, but soil was more raw back then, plus i was running front tine too deep (probably).

I think @Flintstone has a 210 or 215 on a 4.8m.......

 

[Brisel]

Drill and cart look a bit like an old Canadian “Flexi-Coil” but know doubt @Brisel will be along soon to tell us what it is.

I can't remember. I think so. @tw15 will tell us

 

[Flintstone]

You called?!

Yep, I have a JD 6215R and bought a 4m Hybrid. Upgraded to 4.8 with no extra performance hassle.

It’s no problem for the JD, but does make it work hard on steep hills.

Chuffed with my wheats this year again. It’s an epic set up. I wouldn’t change it for anything.