- Location
- Hereford
Anyone used one of these .....are they any good ?
Kongslide Germinator
- Thread starter Hfd Cattle
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- Location
- Hereford
Think it might be Kongskilde !!
alomy75
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We have one for preparing beet land. Smaller tines than a triple k and many more of them. Rubbish if lots of straw and really need a semi loose surface to go at as they’re not very strong at all. Having said that; they produce an excellent tilth. We only cultivate for beet now; discaerator in autumn, vaderstad nz in spring followed by pass with the germinator. I’d prefer just the germinator but it can’t deal with the straw.
Western promise
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Take a look at this one very strong & will do you a great job. Lots of people use it for sugar beet http://toucanfarmmachinery.co.uk/seed-bed-cultivator/seed-bed-cultivator-2.html
No the tines are very much shorter and straighter. I like ours on overwintered ploughing for beet. Unless well weathered not a heavy land tool.
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
We were looking to buy one a few years back then realised it wasn't man enough for our heavy land.so we bought a top tilth similar machine but twice as strong
ollie989898
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Cripes I've spent some time on a toptilth, excellent machine, need some ponies to make it go fast enough though.
I should say 2 passes with a germinator may not be as visually appealing as 1 with the maschio but here generally results in better beet establishment. If it’s dry I sometimes roll in front of the first pass or in between passes. I have a 4m but would like a 5m as it would allow me to work sections behind the wheels deeper.
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
I’ve got one ,it does a good job on light ground.
Yes. Cue the you could drag a bedstead across that and have a seedbed chat……. My land certainly has more body than that. The new germinator pro is next level
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
Ours is a 4m.can pull it steady with our 6465.but can really make it move with the 6499 .if it's first pass can still be limited by power. Haven't used the power harrows much since buying it and getting better seed beds
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
On that land it looks the perfect cultivator and cheaper to run than a power harrow
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
Working last week on some heavy land that was ploughed last October.
Are you an onion grower?
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
Nope,just wheat and barley.
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
We have a 3mtr mounted one. Good for sugarbeet/spring work.
But 70hp 2wd really isn't enough! On the 85hp 4wd you can really motor along, doing a cracking job.
But 70hp 2wd really isn't enough! On the 85hp 4wd you can really motor along, doing a cracking job.
- Location
- Hereford
........so am I right in saying the ground has to be fairly kind for one ?
Most of our ground is heavy..ish.
I was wondering what it would be like after potatoes for putting in a temporary grass seed on or would the haulm block it up . I.e. Would it need ploughing first ?
Most of our ground is heavy..ish.
I was wondering what it would be like after potatoes for putting in a temporary grass seed on or would the haulm block it up . I.e. Would it need ploughing first ?
alomy75
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If it’s potato land it will work fine but in that scenario it would act like a buck rake I think. I’d suggest a triple k or a vaderstad nz with the following Harrow to do that task in one pass; something with more room in.