Potato planting 2018

[Sonoftheheir]

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Will need a few days to dry before the bedtiller gets going.

Have you got a candle in the cab?

Burning the candle at both ends hey?

 

[ridger]

Washed away tonight again

 

[AndrewB]

Have you got a candle in the cab?

Burning the candle at both ends hey?

Spare pot for auto reset, (old style ridgers) .

 

[kiwi pom]

Being upside down everyone's digging here, although 110mm of rain over the weekend seems to have put the brakes on
Brother tells me planting progress is slow in sunny Cheshire.

 

[Scragger]

Planted about 100ac in Herefordshire, piddled down with rain all night so fecked it for today! Looks more promising going forward after today...., hopefully!

 

[Iben]

11mm last night, so give it a miss today. Forecast looks good for the next week, so should finish it then.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Slow going on some more bodied land today.

Planters all around.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Who’s finished then? We’ve got about 75% done.

 

[TJB]

Who’s finished then? We’ve got about 75% done.

we have finished our own (60ha) has taken us 14 days on and off, been a funny old year...
started on the 18th of April and finished on the 9th of may,
last year we had them all in by the 8th of April

now have another 40ha to do on contract for a neighbour.....

 

[Trying]

Who’s finished then? We’ve got about 75% done.

All done on Tuesday. Only five weeks later than last year. Not going to be over run with large ones this year. Had to leave a bit cus if wet holes. Can do without the hassle come harvest time. I’m putting my estimate up a little on the starting price come November.

 

[simmy_bull]

I got on tremendously well planting taties today.










Drove for about six runs in @TripleSix ’s cab!!

@Nearly you missed out on an ice cream

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Been very stop start here, trying to fit all the other jobs in. I don’t think I’ve done more than 6 hours planting in any one day as yet.

Only Dad and myself to plant 80 acres. Doesn’t sound much, but with grading,spraying etc etc it’s been a struggle.

 

[TripleSix]

We're 135ac through our own 150ac

Been and popped 35ac in for someone else across 3 fields, another 20 to put in there too now.

 

[Honest john]

He in the west of Fenland on bodied fenland.

It’s still very wet. One field in, 650 wheels on planter tractor.
Pulled out of a light field yesterday as it’s not holding a tractor yet.
Heavy drained fields not guite fit yet. Undrained fields no go.

 

[TJB]

Flying along today.....

 

[Colin]

About 50% done here, rest is salads planted with a cup planter so slow going hopefully be done in 2weeks. 250 acres total

 

[patrick4]

Finished on may 10 after a marathon run of 10 days.120 acres sowed.same finish date as 2017 with a later start.glad its over

 

[Iben]

About 50% done here, rest is salads planted with a cup planter so slow going hopefully be done in 2weeks. 250 acres total

Salads in a cup planter is soul destroying. Would you consider a s/h belt planter for them to speed up?

First planted peer should be through end of the week, so not actually that far behind last year amazingly.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

We got on the last field yesterday, quite a heavy field and it was actually too dry. Too many clods so needed a bit of rain on it. Not sure if we’ve had too much now though

 

[chipchap]

Planting Fontane in Shropshire this week