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How well does the spun on wheat look? Are fert spreaders accurate enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Feldspar" data-source="post: 7547839" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>I'll get some photos. There is one field, the last we did, that is a bit of a disaster, but that's really unrelated to this method because this field has a very serious drainage problem that we have been trying to cure for years. So striking that out, I'd say we've got some crops that could well yield in the 8-10t range. I'd be disappointed if they did less than 7.5t. Also did some winter barley, which is looking noticeably slightly worse than drilled winter barley that went in at the same time. I have a slight question over hare damage that might have altered the picture a bit.</p><p></p><p>We then bought a very old NZ as well to get spring seedbeds with, and I think probably we should have just gone straight to that rather than the Cultus (although Cultus did take out the tractor wheelings well). The latter left the odd line where the last tine went through creating a trench that then was covered with the star wheels / batter board things. Overall this is not much worse than some gaps on wide spaced drills, and overall the plant population is more uniform due to the broadcasting.</p><p></p><p>Overall I'm glad I did it, and would do it again, but would probably use an NZ. Because the tractor could run with v low pressures, unlike some of these mounted drills, we have a good plant even round the headlands, whereas I've seen some fields done late with mounted drills with more obvious wheelings and headland compaction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feldspar, post: 7547839, member: 386"] I'll get some photos. There is one field, the last we did, that is a bit of a disaster, but that's really unrelated to this method because this field has a very serious drainage problem that we have been trying to cure for years. So striking that out, I'd say we've got some crops that could well yield in the 8-10t range. I'd be disappointed if they did less than 7.5t. Also did some winter barley, which is looking noticeably slightly worse than drilled winter barley that went in at the same time. I have a slight question over hare damage that might have altered the picture a bit. We then bought a very old NZ as well to get spring seedbeds with, and I think probably we should have just gone straight to that rather than the Cultus (although Cultus did take out the tractor wheelings well). The latter left the odd line where the last tine went through creating a trench that then was covered with the star wheels / batter board things. Overall this is not much worse than some gaps on wide spaced drills, and overall the plant population is more uniform due to the broadcasting. Overall I'm glad I did it, and would do it again, but would probably use an NZ. Because the tractor could run with v low pressures, unlike some of these mounted drills, we have a good plant even round the headlands, whereas I've seen some fields done late with mounted drills with more obvious wheelings and headland compaction. [/QUOTE]
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