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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 7870485" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Interestingly, Harry Metcalfe of Harry’s Farm (YouTube fame) rolls after drilling with a Claydon. </p><p>He reckons his cereals establishment costs are a 1/4 of what they were when he used a plough based establishment technique.</p><p>But, IMO the Claydon moves far too much soil, hence needing a decent amount of horsepower to pull it and also IMO risks waking up too match Blackgrass. Especially so if any preparatory cultivations are performed.</p><p></p><p>I use a Weaving GD which I believe is the, if not one of the true DD drills that moves the least amount of soil between the coulters, therefore doesn’t disturb too much Blackgrass and uses much less fuel to pull it.</p><p>It also doesn’t require rolling after the drill, because the 22.5 degree angled discs are followed by a wheel that does the rolling in the right place, immediately behind the coulter.</p><p>Hence my own figures show an 1/8th of the fuel used compared to when using a plough based system.</p><p></p><p>So little soil between the rows is moved that I find that only 1/2 of the pre-em herbicides are necessary.</p><p>It’s just a matter of timing to get the system to work on any soil type. Which generally means drilling 2 weeks earlier in the Autumn, when soil conditions are good, and 2 weeks later in the Spring. </p><p>I’m not sure of the exact official soil types I farm here as shown in [USER=134478]@AT Aloss[/USER] shows in post 12, but probably most of them and il works on all of them if you get the timing right.</p><p>Also spreading Muck causes no problems at all and the drill will drill through it without problem.</p><p></p><p>The establishment financial cost savings are fantastic. Also the enormous time saving. Equally so the environmental benefits and CO2 savings.</p><p>If you move soil and you can smell that wonderful smell of the soil, the smell itself is actually the CO2 that your soil is releasing to the atmosphere of oxidising Organic matter. Both are bad and the last thing you want to lose!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Having held onto my Plough, Combi-drill, Rolls, various other cultivators, Floatation and Dual wheels, just in case DD didn’t work, I am now confident to sell the lot before everybody wakes up and wants to do the same!</p><p></p><p>PS, The other day, I did a back of fag-packet list of how many wins the system has shown me. It worked out at 9 wins. And I’m still trying to find the catch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 7870485, member: 44728"] Interestingly, Harry Metcalfe of Harry’s Farm (YouTube fame) rolls after drilling with a Claydon. He reckons his cereals establishment costs are a 1/4 of what they were when he used a plough based establishment technique. But, IMO the Claydon moves far too much soil, hence needing a decent amount of horsepower to pull it and also IMO risks waking up too match Blackgrass. Especially so if any preparatory cultivations are performed. I use a Weaving GD which I believe is the, if not one of the true DD drills that moves the least amount of soil between the coulters, therefore doesn’t disturb too much Blackgrass and uses much less fuel to pull it. It also doesn’t require rolling after the drill, because the 22.5 degree angled discs are followed by a wheel that does the rolling in the right place, immediately behind the coulter. Hence my own figures show an 1/8th of the fuel used compared to when using a plough based system. So little soil between the rows is moved that I find that only 1/2 of the pre-em herbicides are necessary. It’s just a matter of timing to get the system to work on any soil type. Which generally means drilling 2 weeks earlier in the Autumn, when soil conditions are good, and 2 weeks later in the Spring. I’m not sure of the exact official soil types I farm here as shown in [USER=134478]@AT Aloss[/USER] shows in post 12, but probably most of them and il works on all of them if you get the timing right. Also spreading Muck causes no problems at all and the drill will drill through it without problem. The establishment financial cost savings are fantastic. Also the enormous time saving. Equally so the environmental benefits and CO2 savings. If you move soil and you can smell that wonderful smell of the soil, the smell itself is actually the CO2 that your soil is releasing to the atmosphere of oxidising Organic matter. Both are bad and the last thing you want to lose! Having held onto my Plough, Combi-drill, Rolls, various other cultivators, Floatation and Dual wheels, just in case DD didn’t work, I am now confident to sell the lot before everybody wakes up and wants to do the same! PS, The other day, I did a back of fag-packet list of how many wins the system has shown me. It worked out at 9 wins. And I’m still trying to find the catch. [/QUOTE]
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