Pimp my system

[fendtfan]

Having tried inter row hoeing last year to reduce blackgrass iin claydon drilled cereals I am considering my options in light of Claydons terrablade.Last year I removed the folowing harrow and paddles from my 4.8m hybrid drill and operated it using a shift of AB line on RTK signal with 7inch A hoes between the rows.This drilling season I fitted a fert kit on the drill using a second accord spider and meetering system to apply 100kg/ha of TSP into the seeded bands(Pity we cant use DAP!!) That got me thinking if I build a specific hoe rear mounted and working on a RTK guided tractor should i incorporate a method of applying urea onto the cropped rows. Two jobs at once,? targeted application?, enviromental impact?,reduced fert rates? OR waste of time and effort? I would value your opinions

 

[SilliamWhale]

Why cant you use dap?

Are you short of soil P?

I doubt you would save on urea because it pretty much feels the amount of sun and rain dictates how efficiently we use our urea each year

 

[Tractor Boy]

Why cant you use dap?

Are you short of soil P?

I doubt you would save on urea because it pretty much feels the amount of sun and rain dictates how efficiently we use our urea each year

Because we are in an nvz and going by the rules that means no autumn N to cereals.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Because we are in an nvz and going by the rules that means no autumn N to cereals.

Ah I see. Anyway I don't think that hoeing and adding fert at the same time will make a radical difference to yield

 

[fendtfan]

Thank you tractor boy

 

[Clive]

Having tried inter row hoeing last year to reduce blackgrass iin claydon drilled cereals I am considering my options in light of Claydons terrablade.Last year I removed the folowing harrow and paddles from my 4.8m hybrid drill and operated it using a shift of AB line on RTK signal with 7inch A hoes between the rows.This drilling season I fitted a fert kit on the drill using a second accord spider and meetering system to apply 100kg/ha of TSP into the seeded bands(Pity we cant use DAP!!) That got me thinking if I build a specific hoe rear mounted and working on a RTK guided tractor should i incorporate a method of applying urea onto the cropped rows. Two jobs at once,? targeted application?, enviromental impact?,reduced fert rates? OR waste of time and effort? I would value your opinions

how about spoked wheels and cultan if you are going to do that ? super cheap AS then and much lower rates of N to achieve the same yield

I would love to do it but its not practical for me unfortunately

what happened to @Knockie ? hes the man to talk to about this ?

 

[Fuzzy]

Having tried inter row hoeing last year to reduce blackgrass iin claydon drilled cereals I am considering my options in light of Claydons terrablade.Last year I removed the folowing harrow and paddles from my 4.8m hybrid drill and operated it using a shift of AB line on RTK signal with 7inch A hoes between the rows.This drilling season I fitted a fert kit on the drill using a second accord spider and meetering system to apply 100kg/ha of TSP into the seeded bands(Pity we cant use DAP!!) That got me thinking if I build a specific hoe rear mounted and working on a RTK guided tractor should i incorporate a method of applying urea onto the cropped rows. Two jobs at once,? targeted application?, enviromental impact?,reduced fert rates? OR waste of time and effort? I would value your opinions

Was it effective at reducing blackgrass? Did it need doing more than once?

 

[Fuzzy]

Having tried inter row hoeing last year to reduce blackgrass iin claydon drilled cereals I am considering my options in light of Claydons terrablade.Last year I removed the folowing harrow and paddles from my 4.8m hybrid drill and operated it using a shift of AB line on RTK signal with 7inch A hoes between the rows.This drilling season I fitted a fert kit on the drill using a second accord spider and meetering system to apply 100kg/ha of TSP into the seeded bands(Pity we cant use DAP!!) That got me thinking if I build a specific hoe rear mounted and working on a RTK guided tractor should i incorporate a method of applying urea onto the cropped rows. Two jobs at once,? targeted application?, enviromental impact?,reduced fert rates? OR waste of time and effort? I would value your opinions

Sounds like a good idea, but how about adding a spray tank to target blackgrass growing withinin the crop band.
maybe use it for other pesticides as well. I'm guessing in most situations you could halve the chemical bill !!

 

[fendtfan]

Was it effective at reducing blackgrass? Did it need doing more than once?

Yes very effective at uprooting blackgrass and killing it after failure of Atlantis to offer any control and limited effect from residuals. One well timed pass is probably sufficient. As for band spraying on the rows what would you use when their effect is so limited

 

[BigBarl]

you want one of these:

http://www.gothiaredskap.se/index.php/en/system-cameleon-en/functions/fertilizer

there is one in Suffolk somewhere working.

 

[fendtfan]

Yes not far from me. on organic farm (also the importer to the Uk) so using the shift on the toolbar for hoeing but obviously not the fertiliser function

 

[Shropshire Farmer]

Seen this looks like a good option for hoeing, front tank for sowing and then just use the tool bar to inter row hoe.