Horsch OSR and fert fan speed

[CAF]

Just wondering would anyone have a fan speed setting for mixing osr and dap in the same pipe. The osr and slug pellet mix will be about 5.5kg/ha in the 1st hopper and the DAP will be going on at about 90-100kg/ha in the second side of the hopper ( Partner FT2200) Book is fairly vague..... was using it at 4300rpm for spring crops with barley @180kg and DAP at 185kg/ha. Also does the rape distributes evenly when mix with DAP. Thanks

 

[Alistair Nelson]

We ran ours own at just under 3000 but that was 3.2kg/Ha Rape and 50 KG DAP at 4.8m wide through 10 coulters

 

[CAF]

Thanks Alistair... haven’t decided if I will block off coulters yet. In the past would have always sown every second or third coulter. But think 3000 is good starting point.

 

[Farmer Bob]

We ran ours at 3200. That's sowing 4.5kg/ha seed and 214kg/ha polysulphate/DAP blend. We had tried blocking off every other coulter but found that it didn't work as there was too much air pressure and fert wouldn't come out distribution head. Horsch man was there too and couldn't get it to work either. Maybe a lower rate would have been fine, interested to know how others get on with this.

 

[CAF]

Was that a pressurised hopper Bob?

 

[Farmer Bob]

Yes it was pressurised.