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<blockquote data-quote="Derrick Hughes" data-source="post: 7769837" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>You have to have soil contact whatever you do ,so depends what you mean by uncultivated, if you do a good job of removing growth after you have sprayed ,then if you can get some soil by tine harrowing then in good growing conditions broadcasting will work ,, you can't broadcast behind a disc drill , biggest part of the seed won't fall in the slot and won't grow end of , , I drilled 40 acres Into silage ground last week , I could have broadcast on that easy enough , It had one pass with a tine harrow first set agresivly, only issue now is I will get more weed competition as I have opened the surface up more than if I had drilled straight in.</p><p>I get no problems getting a good cover of grass with the disc drill , grass cover depends on verities of grass more than anything else , we are a wettish livestock farm so need a good cover as well ,</p><p>You would be better going for a disc drill in your situation if you want low desturbance , just cross drill it if you want it a bit narrower spacing , I can't see you wanting to go to the expense of buying a close spaced disc drill , unless you go out contracting to cover the cost, you can't get a drill to suit all conditions, a Tyne drill has a wider window but won't drill as close if that's important to , sometimes you have to make the condition s suit the drill or just don't drill until conditions are right</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derrick Hughes, post: 7769837, member: 473"] You have to have soil contact whatever you do ,so depends what you mean by uncultivated, if you do a good job of removing growth after you have sprayed ,then if you can get some soil by tine harrowing then in good growing conditions broadcasting will work ,, you can't broadcast behind a disc drill , biggest part of the seed won't fall in the slot and won't grow end of , , I drilled 40 acres Into silage ground last week , I could have broadcast on that easy enough , It had one pass with a tine harrow first set agresivly, only issue now is I will get more weed competition as I have opened the surface up more than if I had drilled straight in. I get no problems getting a good cover of grass with the disc drill , grass cover depends on verities of grass more than anything else , we are a wettish livestock farm so need a good cover as well , You would be better going for a disc drill in your situation if you want low desturbance , just cross drill it if you want it a bit narrower spacing , I can't see you wanting to go to the expense of buying a close spaced disc drill , unless you go out contracting to cover the cost, you can't get a drill to suit all conditions, a Tyne drill has a wider window but won't drill as close if that's important to , sometimes you have to make the condition s suit the drill or just don't drill until conditions are right [/QUOTE]
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