- Location
- North West
So I’ve got a little bit of time on my hands while I’m waiting for the last field of winter barley to come ready so thought I’d start a project I’ve been wanting to have a go at for a while.
Past few years I’ve been establishing cover crops with the combine just scratching the surface with the PH but it’s still a fairly steady job and burning more fuel than I’d like!
So think of using my proforge short disks and front hopper, I’ve got some donor parts from an old lely combi.
I’ve got the distribution head mounted which was pretty straight forward
Now, I just can’t decide what to do at the back? I don’t really want to add massive amount of weight so attaching the tool bar is out the question (hate Suffolk coulters anyway!). I’ve seen a few people just broadcasting grass and other small seed just behind the packer and then some following tines, will this work for larger seeds like rye etc? Don’t want it to be a pigeon feeding frenzy behind me!
I was thinking of maybe putting some pipes just in front of the packing ridges so they push the seed into the soil something like this maybe -
I always find we get a good chit when working stubbles in that position so can’t see why it wouldn’t work but don’t want the seed sticking to the packer at the same time! I’ll still be putting a following Harrow on so my thinking is it would bury the seed in the hollow.
Any suggestions before I get too carried away .
Past few years I’ve been establishing cover crops with the combine just scratching the surface with the PH but it’s still a fairly steady job and burning more fuel than I’d like!
So think of using my proforge short disks and front hopper, I’ve got some donor parts from an old lely combi.
I’ve got the distribution head mounted which was pretty straight forward
Now, I just can’t decide what to do at the back? I don’t really want to add massive amount of weight so attaching the tool bar is out the question (hate Suffolk coulters anyway!). I’ve seen a few people just broadcasting grass and other small seed just behind the packer and then some following tines, will this work for larger seeds like rye etc? Don’t want it to be a pigeon feeding frenzy behind me!
I was thinking of maybe putting some pipes just in front of the packing ridges so they push the seed into the soil something like this maybe -
I always find we get a good chit when working stubbles in that position so can’t see why it wouldn’t work but don’t want the seed sticking to the packer at the same time! I’ll still be putting a following Harrow on so my thinking is it would bury the seed in the hollow.
Any suggestions before I get too carried away .