Green tramlines

[Castlemaine]

I know wheats are nearly 4 weeks away but , my tramlines this year are very green , don’t have high clearance sprayer or row crop tyres to round up now and no dryer on farm , what does everyone else do ? Just mix the whites in the rest of the dry wheat?

 

[Boysground]

I have a friend who drives his tractor down the tramlines before harvest to flatten the green plants. He has no dryer and not a huge area

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[serf]

Is it a poss to go down with sprayer and turn off all the jets apart from behind wheels

 

[Steevo]

I find they quickly disappear when the main crop is fit and have never caused too big an issue.

 

[tr250]

I know wheats are nearly 4 weeks away but , my tramlines this year are very green , don’t have high clearance sprayer or row crop tyres to round up now and no dryer on farm , what does everyone else do ? Just mix the whites in the rest of the dry wheat?

My agronomist told me years ago before all the glyphosate issues that the most beneficial part of spraying the crop off is that you run the green in the tramlines down

 

[Castlemaine]

Is it a poss to go down with sprayer and turn off all the jets apart from behind wheels

Yep, have thought of that , might make some V crop divider to go on front linkage to push crop away from wheels

 

[robs1]

If the forecast is right everything will be fit before we get some dry weather

 

[Brisel]

Yep, have thought of that , might make some V crop divider to go on front linkage to push crop away from wheels

Why? Just run them down.

 

[principal skinner]

I always worry about them but never have a problem, they all mix in and sweat out.

 

[DaveGrohl]

I find they quickly disappear when the main crop is fit and have never caused too big an issue.

Says the man living in Gloucestershire. You wanna come up here

 

[TM_94]

Have never really found it a massive issue, blow some air through it in the shed soon shrivels the green up and sorts it out

 

[MrNoo]

Find it when combining fields with footpaths through them here, I top them as they moan if sprayed off and by the time we're cutting they green up and head. I cut them and they soon dry down in the heap, not had any issues. Obviously topping them again pre harvest would be the answer

 

[collywol]

Just a thought , block another coulter off on the drill and make the tramline wider and save the seed ,if it causes problems

 

[David.]

Find it when combining fields with footpaths through them here, I top them as they moan if sprayed off and by the time we're cutting they green up and head. I cut them and they soon dry down in the heap, not had any issues. Obviously topping them again pre harvest would be the answer

Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

 

[MrNoo]

Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

Yes, also have some Spring Barley that I cut a strip out and that's looking great, no fungicide etc.

 

[Brisel]

Have you noticed how green and healthy the regrowth is?
I was topping headland this week and a patch of wheat that got topped end of May is in rude health, despite no fungicide program, wonder what tale the combine would tell, and if anyone has ever dared do a proper trial...

Tried a scientific and replicated trial involving employing rabbits to graze a winter wheat crop heavily over winter

I will let you know the result but previous experiments usually have less disease, less lodging but less yield as resources are diverted to regrowth.

 

[Sam Partridge]

Just a thought , block another coulter off on the drill and make the tramline wider and save the seed ,if it causes problems

I do this, 6 rows for each wheel cut off, our drill set up means it does save seed but if you have an accord type drill with a distributor head you won't save seed

 

[Longneck]

I have not found any problem with this in the 5 years since i stopped putting tramlines in and just running on the crop. In a lot of cases if they are really green i find the combine knife doesnt even cut them and they just get left in the field.

 

[David.]

Ah, but rabbits are relentless sapping crops energy 24/7 for months, one topping may be different?
The patch of which I speak was at boot stage when first topped, ear numbers now look perfectly normal.

 

[Castlemaine]

Might be a solution