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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 6897142" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>I have just paraplowed hard overwintered stubbles ready to drill some kale. Frankly it looks a bigger mess now than before I started so will have to roll it before drilling, and will have lost more moisture but it was so hard I couldn’t think direct drilling would have worked .... but it might have done so I have left a bit undisturbed as an expwriment.</p><p>I also have ploughed harrowed and rolled land to drill the kale into which has lost most of its moisture but might be some rain coming so drilling it today. The drill will do a much neater job on the intensively cultivated land but not sure the end result will be any better than direct drilling. We shall see though.</p><p>I have got my spring crops reasonably well established by various means but I feel at a crossroads and in a muddle about the best approach long term.</p><p>Conventional cultivation’s always seems a neater job with a more even stand of plants with less roundup used. But it does come at a price in terms of time, diesel and moisture loss.</p><p>Direct drilling can possibly work but needs much more careful management , has much smaller drilling windows of opportunity, can’t cope with chopped straw despite what anybody says, and can lead to drowned plants much more readily than the plough system.</p><p>I am going to produce some decision making flowcharts when I get time in advance of summer. Lie in a darkened room and think it through carefully so it isn’t another cluster deck next autumn and spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 6897142, member: 2119"] I have just paraplowed hard overwintered stubbles ready to drill some kale. Frankly it looks a bigger mess now than before I started so will have to roll it before drilling, and will have lost more moisture but it was so hard I couldn’t think direct drilling would have worked .... but it might have done so I have left a bit undisturbed as an expwriment. I also have ploughed harrowed and rolled land to drill the kale into which has lost most of its moisture but might be some rain coming so drilling it today. The drill will do a much neater job on the intensively cultivated land but not sure the end result will be any better than direct drilling. We shall see though. I have got my spring crops reasonably well established by various means but I feel at a crossroads and in a muddle about the best approach long term. Conventional cultivation’s always seems a neater job with a more even stand of plants with less roundup used. But it does come at a price in terms of time, diesel and moisture loss. Direct drilling can possibly work but needs much more careful management , has much smaller drilling windows of opportunity, can’t cope with chopped straw despite what anybody says, and can lead to drowned plants much more readily than the plough system. I am going to produce some decision making flowcharts when I get time in advance of summer. Lie in a darkened room and think it through carefully so it isn’t another cluster deck next autumn and spring. [/QUOTE]
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