Running a weeder through S Beans

[radar]

Had a look at my spring beans this morning and there is a lot of backgrass emerged at 1 lf stage. Past experience means I know Fusilade etc unlikely to work. Anyone been brave enough to run an Einbock weeder through them? Enough plants so could afford to loose some.
Have done this with spring cereals successfully in the past but beans might be a different beast.

 

[Fish]

Check out some of John Pawsey's vids on you tube, you can be quite brutal with them under the right conditions.

 

[robbie]

I done it when I was at college many moons ago. Little Massey 4235 and 6m einbock harrow. We done wheat and springs with it on the organic part of the farm.

We'd do it at a nice steady speed of about 7-8kmh and go over it twice at 90 degrees to the previous pass on a nice sunny day so the weeds would wilt away quickly.
It looked brutal on the little beans but it never hurt them and after a day or two you wouldn't know you'd been through them.

 

[Brisel]

@Raynard

 

[Hindsight]

Had a look at my spring beans this morning and there is a lot of backgrass emerged at 1 lf stage. Past experience means I know Fusilade etc unlikely to work. Anyone been brave enough to run an Einbock weeder through them? Enough plants so could afford to loose some.
Have done this with spring cereals successfully in the past but beans might be a different beast.

Seen Spring Beans harrowed with Einbock on the black at Thorney. Worked well. Target there not blackgrass but broadleaved weeds - small.

Did some maize in 2014 with EInbock. Failed rape which had Kerb, was full of blackgrass. Glyphosate then cultivate and replaced with maize late May, despite nicosulfuron still full of blackgrass, so Einbock at 3 leaf stage blackgrass - did good job. Since been Spring Barley and now cleaned up.

I would say be OK with the Einbock this next few days - while dry will tidy up the seedling blackgrass.

 

[Badshot]

Needs doing when the weeeds are small or the roots hold too well.
Mate used to do his every year.

 

[ih1455xl]

We used to do it regularly when we ploughed did all the winter crops in early spring don't have any more problems with black grass since going direct

 

[radar]

On with it now - blackgrass worse than I initially thought so worthwhile doing. Frightened to look backwards though, as beans although still anchored, are getting some stick, but not as much as the blackgrass!

 

[Flat 10]

Photos please. Seen winters done with heavy harrows regularly

 

[radar]

Photos please. Seen winters done with heavy harrows regularly

Ok but probably not today - away!

 

[radar]

Survived the Einbock well!

 

[radar]

Only problem is having created a "bean" smell the amount of bean weevil damage has increased.