Power Harrow / Drilling on frost ?

[Rich Beach]

Any recommendations ? Any experience ?

 

[Brisel]

Expect a lumpy seedbed if the surface is still frozen. Just because it's hard on top doesn't mean it's good to go underneath! What was it like underneath?

It will get very sticky as it thaws, so you'll need to stop for a couple of hours at least.

 

[Bob lincs]

If you think your going to sneak one last round in before the frost comes out, Don’t it will be s sticky mess in minutes .

 

[MrNoo]

Dont seem to get on well in a frost here, even more sticky as it thaws, no frost this morn, sun and some wind, we actually have some drying occurring!!! Freshley ploughed land slightly too sticky here but land ploughed a month ago is drilling ok.

 

[nick...]

Drilled some wheat years ago into frozen ground.went ok but power Harrow throwing out lots of sparks which were very noticeable in the dark.all came up ok but very very stick and soggy when ground thawed.no wheel marks though
Nick...

 

[Andrew K]

A good frost will let most of the disc drills out to play, we buried alot of wheat with a Rapid drill in winter of 2000 when it was too frozen for a Tineseeder.
From memory we put on 300kg/ha and tried to bury the seed at least 1.5" deep.
The Rapid was useless most of the autumn until the frosts came.

 

[Rich Beach]

Thanks for the comments. Put my KRM RTi drill on today & will wait for a decent frost to patch drill a few areas.

 

[Simon Chiles]

A good frost will let most of the disc drills out to play, we buried alot of wheat with a Rapid drill in winter of 2000 when it was too frozen for a Tineseeder.
From memory we put on 300kg/ha and tried to bury the seed at least 1.5" deep.
The Rapid was useless most of the autumn until the frosts came.

I’ve drilled hundreds of acres in the frost with the 750. It goes in well but unfortunately, unless it stays dry for a long time after seeding, it’s often not very successful. The combination of cold and wet soil normally finishes it off.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Would be nice to get a good frost instead of this plus 2c business!

 

[MrNoo]

Would be nice to get a good frost instead of this plus 2c business!

Lol, lovely frost when I went to bed, up at 4.30 to get started, opened the door and 2c, no frost...!!

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Lol, lovely frost when I went to bed, up at 4.30 to get started, opened the door and 2c, no frost...!!

same here! Well except the 4.30 bit, but very annoying non the less!