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Selectamatic's Farming Thread.
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Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
My father always called it "going back empty". I often had to do it with the combine in badly flattened crops.
Ray996
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- North Scotland
Plough like that up here in highlands all the time due to ploughing shallow ground and underlying slabs of rock which it disturbed wrecks the plow,can't plough uphill at all ,local estate tried it with large reversible and pulled up slabs size of a pool table then snapped 3 furrows off on one stone,so I end up doing field with trusty kv hydrein.
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
New Puritan
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- East Sussex
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Land as good as that you should grow some potatoes @Selectamatic
Just to top off the massive loss making enterprise with a bag of home grown chips...?!
No thanks, I had a go, it was not for me!
thought so. Been there, done that (fortunately only a small field)
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
I did some sowing earlier this week.
The ploughing had dried off well, so I put the power harrow though it. I know, before everyone jumps on me saying that a PH is overkill for my land, I don't have a decent springtine harrow on my hands, and truthfully, for the grassland ploughing the PH worked well.
From previous years experience, I know that this is funny soil, it will cap over if it has a heavy downpour, to try and stop this, I tried to do as rough of a job as possible with the Power Harrow, I set her on the slow speed, and pushed on as much as I could with the 1690, it worked out ok, with some clods mixed in with the finer stuff.
Sowed 75kg of Westminster Barley, and put 50kg of 20/10/10 down the spout as well. Seems to have gone in ok, buried well enough, hopefully out of reach of the crows.
As usual, I'm not going to roll it now, if I do, It is likely to cap if it rains on it.
I hope the bugger grows!!
The ploughing had dried off well, so I put the power harrow though it. I know, before everyone jumps on me saying that a PH is overkill for my land, I don't have a decent springtine harrow on my hands, and truthfully, for the grassland ploughing the PH worked well.
From previous years experience, I know that this is funny soil, it will cap over if it has a heavy downpour, to try and stop this, I tried to do as rough of a job as possible with the Power Harrow, I set her on the slow speed, and pushed on as much as I could with the 1690, it worked out ok, with some clods mixed in with the finer stuff.
Sowed 75kg of Westminster Barley, and put 50kg of 20/10/10 down the spout as well. Seems to have gone in ok, buried well enough, hopefully out of reach of the crows.
As usual, I'm not going to roll it now, if I do, It is likely to cap if it rains on it.
I hope the bugger grows!!
Ray996
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- North Scotland
Nice 1690 there ,I did some sowing earlier this week.
The ploughing had dried off well, so I put the power harrow though it. I know, before everyone jumps on me saying that a PH is overkill for my land, I don't have a decent springtine harrow on my hands, and truthfully, for the grassland ploughing the PH worked well.
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From previous years experience, I know that this is funny soil, it will cap over if it has a heavy downpour, to try and stop this, I tried to do as rough of a job as possible with the Power Harrow, I set her on the slow speed, and pushed on as much as I could with the 1690, it worked out ok, with some clods mixed in with the finer stuff.
Sowed 75kg of Westminster Barley, and put 50kg of 20/10/10 down the spout as well. Seems to have gone in ok, buried well enough, hopefully out of reach of the crows.
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As usual, I'm not going to roll it now, if I do, It is likely to cap if it rains on it.
I hope the bugger grows!!
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Thanks, I purchased it 11 years ago now (crikey, where has the time gone?!) with a knackered engine, It does us well these days.
Selectamatic
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It's bloody hot!
Went for walk around today, I'd not been to see my barley since i'd sown it, (a month ago yesterday) and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw!
When the warm weather has passed, and we get a rain shower to pull out the remainder of the weeds, I'll give it a spraying, some stingers and chickweed coming through, and a dock leaf or two.
Should I be cutting my hay in this glorious weather? It's only May, and have taken the decision to sit on it, wait for similar weather in June, or July, It's too green now, and would take a lot of making, even in this weather I recon.
What is this growing in my hay field, in patches all over the place, I recon they are wild oats, but can't be 100%, is that what they are?
Went for walk around today, I'd not been to see my barley since i'd sown it, (a month ago yesterday) and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw!
When the warm weather has passed, and we get a rain shower to pull out the remainder of the weeds, I'll give it a spraying, some stingers and chickweed coming through, and a dock leaf or two.
Should I be cutting my hay in this glorious weather? It's only May, and have taken the decision to sit on it, wait for similar weather in June, or July, It's too green now, and would take a lot of making, even in this weather I recon.
What is this growing in my hay field, in patches all over the place, I recon they are wild oats, but can't be 100%, is that what they are?
Lincs Lass
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- north lincs
Some variety of broom ,,its not wild broom ,that stuffs a nightmare in cereals as it originates from hedge bottoms and smothers everythingIt's bloody hot!
Went for walk around today, I'd not been to see my barley since i'd sown it, (a month ago yesterday) and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw!
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When the warm weather has passed, and we get a rain shower to pull out the remainder of the weeds, I'll give it a spraying, some stingers and chickweed coming through, and a dock leaf or two.
Should I be cutting my hay in this glorious weather? It's only May, and have taken the decision to sit on it, wait for similar weather in June, or July, It's too green now, and would take a lot of making, even in this weather I recon.
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What is this growing in my hay field, in patches all over the place, I recon they are wild oats, but can't be 100%, is that what they are?
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- Location
- Cornwall.
Soft Brome?
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
It's bloody hot!
Went for walk around today, I'd not been to see my barley since i'd sown it, (a month ago yesterday) and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw!
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When the warm weather has passed, and we get a rain shower to pull out the remainder of the weeds, I'll give it a spraying, some stingers and chickweed coming through, and a dock leaf or two.
Should I be cutting my hay in this glorious weather? It's only May, and have taken the decision to sit on it, wait for similar weather in June, or July, It's too green now, and would take a lot of making, even in this weather I recon.
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What is this growing in my hay field, in patches all over the place, I recon they are wild oats, but can't be 100%, is that what they are?
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Meadow brome also known in this area as ‘mixen weed’
Very common and the brome grass family is very large with lots of types.
DeeGee
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- North East Wales
Brome grass Emyr, not sure if it’s sterile or meadow brome. I get similar in barley crops sometimes especially where stubble soil has not been fully buried such as where headland ploughing meets the main runs.
Barley looks really well, how much fertilizer has it had this spring, and do you know the soil indexes of PK and lime? Not much wrong with nutrients by the look of it!
Barley looks really well, how much fertilizer has it had this spring, and do you know the soil indexes of PK and lime? Not much wrong with nutrients by the look of it!
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Thank you,
It had 50kg/acre of 20/10/10 down the spout when sowing, some horse muck thrown on and ploughed down, otherwise, that's it.
Sheep grazed stubble turnips there too, but not on the field show in the above photo, that one is the grassland that I ploughed down.
Nice to see you today, If anyone asks, I'll tell them you wondered on to our plot by mistake and that you certainly did not look on awe and amazement at the fantastic bits of kit we had on show...
Selectamatic
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It must be weather that suits Spring Barley, it's coming along well.
Chickweed, Nettles and the occasional Dock were abused earlier, gave it a dose of Answer FX, i used it last year, and it cleared it up lovely. Fingers crossed it does the same this year.
I've left it a bit later really, but it's been a busy couple of weeks!
Chickweed, Nettles and the occasional Dock were abused earlier, gave it a dose of Answer FX, i used it last year, and it cleared it up lovely. Fingers crossed it does the same this year.
I've left it a bit later really, but it's been a busy couple of weeks!
Selectamatic
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June Hay!
I've been offered a little piece of land not far from HQ to clear, so, Monday afternoon I mowed it, and since then I've been giving it a hiding with the Haybob.
It's come along well, hopefully It will be baled tomorrow...
I've been offered a little piece of land not far from HQ to clear, so, Monday afternoon I mowed it, and since then I've been giving it a hiding with the Haybob.
It's come along well, hopefully It will be baled tomorrow...
Selectamatic
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I turned my hay today, saw it had come on well, so baled it this evening! Little 880 is a brilliant little tractor, I've said before, I smile every time I sit on it!
Surprising how much greener the hay looked in it's bale, I'm sure it will heat up a bit, but it should be ok.
Keeping an eye on the weather, it looks like it's a dry spell for a good few days, so I cut my own hay. Nothing's been on it since I took hay from there last year, It's surprised me how much of it there is. Next on the shopping list is a Mower Conditioner. I'm a bit worried that it's a struggle to show it all to the sun, but it will come, hopefully!
Surprising how much greener the hay looked in it's bale, I'm sure it will heat up a bit, but it should be ok.
Keeping an eye on the weather, it looks like it's a dry spell for a good few days, so I cut my own hay. Nothing's been on it since I took hay from there last year, It's surprised me how much of it there is. Next on the shopping list is a Mower Conditioner. I'm a bit worried that it's a struggle to show it all to the sun, but it will come, hopefully!
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- Norfolk
Dad always said hay can never be "burn't up to much" it will always come back in the bale,having said that you've got to have a good run of sun,hay looks good,always lookout for your pics,good luck & keep up the good work
,hay looks good,always lookout for your pics,good luck & keep up the good work