- Location
- Oxfordshire
Just started harvesting our spring beans, some of which were direct drilled with the 8m simtech through a dry crust but into wet slubber underneath. Compared with yields of beans drilled with our Kockerling after some cultivations, yields are much lower. Not all done yet but first few fields showing around 2t/Ha for direct drilled compared with 3-4 t/ha after cultivations !
Have always thought that large seeded crops can cope with DD better and indeed in the past have had fantastic results sowing spring beans early, direct into very heavy frosts with a horsch sprinter. Not sure what went wrong this year, maybe it was just too wet underneath after the record winter rainfall?
Have always thought that large seeded crops can cope with DD better and indeed in the past have had fantastic results sowing spring beans early, direct into very heavy frosts with a horsch sprinter. Not sure what went wrong this year, maybe it was just too wet underneath after the record winter rainfall?