Row Spacing - Grass

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Northern Ireland
Afternoon,

I am building a new tine drill, I've got a design in mind but I'm quite undecided on what row spacing to go for.

This drill will be predominantly doing grass work, with a mixture of some wholecrop cereals.

I have looked at as much research as possible but haven't found anything conclusive as to what the best row spacing is for grass. All studies tend to see what is better for the larger spacings, e.g. 10cm, 20cm, 30cm; and they all unanimously agree that the narrow spacing provides the best results with the least weeds in grass.

I would like to build the drill with a 12.5cm spacing, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with going narrower on grass, and if it is of any advantage? I'm trying to avoid double/cross drilling where possible.

Thank you.
 

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