Horsch Cultro

[Clive]

Very impressed with this today - 12m at 20kph which is near 60 ac a hour and using less than 0.5L /ha of fuel

my aim is to reduce or even remove our dependancy on glyphosate to make our no till system work here using tools like this Cultro, the Curu and Transformer in crop instead all at 12m on our CTF system

surprisingly dry out there, wasn’t expecting that so if we don’t get much overnight i reckon the drill will be going tomorrow

 

[Welderloon]

Did you think it worked better being dry or would it be better if crop conditions were slightly more damp @Clive ?

 

[teslacoils]

It's a lot of £££ looking tin compared to a tub of roundup.

 

[Andy26]

Are you really not going to spray that with Glyphosate as well?

Looks great for mulching up cover crops, will it really kill them, I imagine a lot would regrow?

 

[redsloe]

surprisingly dry out there, wasn’t expecting that so if we don’t get much overnight i reckon the drill will be going tomorrow

Well?

Barely able to walk crops here.

 

[Iben]

Are you really not going to spray that with Glyphosate as well?

Looks great for mulching up cover crops, will it really kill them, I imagine a lot would regrow?

Depends on what was in the cc mix I presume. If winter doesn't kill any regrowth then a spring herbicide will do the job fine.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I can't see that replacing roundup

 

[fudge]

Shame you can't get a 12 meter carrier. Oh hang on a minute......

 

[Clive]

Shame you can't get a 12 meter carrier. Oh hang on a minute......

……. and the 400 plus hp / fuel you need to pull it at half the speed of this ?

we have a 6m carrier but moves more soil that we usual want to when we do use it

 

[Clive]

I can't see that replacing roundup

we did a split field last year and could not tell any difference and so no less yield - that was just using the cultro to destroy cover vs glyphosate but plan this year is to evaluate the complete horsch hybrid system of tube seeder and inter row hoe so mechanical weeding at several different timings

 

[Clive]

Well?

Barely able to walk crops here.

had another shower so decided to wait - we could drill if desperate but i would rather be a little patient and wait for the better conditions forecast after the weekend here

 

[Clive]

Are you really not going to spray that with Glyphosate as well?

Looks great for mulching up cover crops, will it really kill them, I imagine a lot would regrow?

we will see - the cultro is just the first part of the system though

 

[Clive]

It's a lot of £££ looking tin compared to a tub of roundup.

0.5L/ha of fuel

20kph at 12 m is near 60ac per hour. - 400ac a day without trying hard !

but key is potential access to premium markets for glyphosate / free grains that could double my output price

 

[teslacoils]

0.5L/ha of fuel

20kph at 12 m is near 60ac per hour. - 400ac a day without trying hard !

but key is potential access to premium markets for glyphosate / free grains that could double my output price

How much is a new one?

 

[Clive]

How much is a new one?

no idea - haven’t asked ……… yet

 

[e3120]

0.5L/ha of fuel

20kph at 12 m is near 60ac per hour. - 400ac a day without trying hard !

but key is potential access to premium markets for glyphosate / free grains that could double my output price

Are these glypho - free premiums expected to have any longer lifespan than assured premiums? Do you feel comfortable with a path towards restricted market access for perfectly legal in/out of crop glyphosate applications?

Not having a go, just trying to resist divide and conquer.

 

[Daniel]

I can see it terminating larger cereals and radishes etc in cover crops, but not small post harvest volunteers?

 

[Flatlander]

0.5L/ha of fuel

20kph at 12 m is near 60ac per hour. - 400ac a day without trying hard !

but key is potential access to premium markets for glyphosate / free grains that could double my output price

Hope you have better luck than here with gly free grain. Used to be a premium for oats not desiccated with RU but it died a death. Neighbour was selling non gmo produced milk to a cheese plant for a premium but the consumer didn’t want to pay that little extra fir the cheese.

 

[alomy75]

I can see it terminating larger cereals and radishes etc in cover crops, but not small post harvest volunteers?

Makes a mockery of getting the right droplet size out of a sprayer to get a good kill! But it does look nice and shiny so must be worth it

 

[Nitrams]

0.5L/ha of fuel

20kph at 12 m is near 60ac per hour. - 400ac a day without trying hard !

but key is potential access to premium markets for glyphosate / free grains that could double my output price

Does this market exist or are you developing one?