We often seem to struggle with controlling the slugs in the middle of the fields,while the 24m headlands seem fine apart from the outside 2m where the slugs come in from the grass margins.It would seem to me that the extra consolidation from turning etc is either killing the blighters or making their life unbearable so they don't consume the rape.So I was thinking of the best way to try and emulate this affect in the middle of the field,we have tried double rolling with paddles with only partial success.Would somthing like a Cultipress post drilling be better? Anyone tried it?
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Slug control in DD OSR
- Thread starter chester
- Start date
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Do you pellet in stubbles pre-drilling, have found that to be very effective
when you say DD what exactly do you mean ? ULD disc or tine or a single pass subsoiler or cultivator drill ?
As you have seen on your headlands 80% of the solution is getting consolidation right
We have dd with Amazone Primera and rolled once and twice.We have also dd with same drill and then subsoiled post drilling with a TWB fitted with DD press and then rolled once or twice.The post drilling subsoiling seems to give more reliable and quicker establishment than pure dd,I think this is due to quicker easier rooting,N mineralisation and may better consolidation due to the DD packer on the subsoiler.
- Location
- Devon
We were able to ballast roll this year due to dry conditions. Slugs didn't go much on that! I have thought of a double press such as a Michael Moore with a Cambridge towed behind would do a good job?
when we had our Claydon the best tool to consolidate seemed to be a Simba DD press
- Location
- Devon
That would be superb.
- Location
- leics/warks border
Did you leave some unrolled to compare ?
- Location
- Essex Coast
- Location
- North East
Simba double press with roller here makes a cracking job still have a slug problem in some fields.
RushesToo
Member
- Location
- Fingringhoe
@simonC, I do like a shed-full of slug murdering kit out on the fields that said - if you take out the discs in the wet is there actually killing, or is it just the consolidation that does the good?Some of my contraptions here James
Still get slugs sometimes though
- Location
- Essex Coast
Actually, I don't think any of this kills many slugs at all. The point is that the most important thing is to do away with all the cracks and crevices that they need to escape down in the day time. If they can't get underground quickly in the morning, birds will gradually pick them off. The other thing is that if there are no air spaces around the seed, the can't moesy (spelling?) around and keep bumping into more seed to eat.
Slug numbers are in direct proportion to the firmness of the seed bed, if it is wet at drilling and I can't do a proper consolidation, I get slugs.
Slug numbers are in direct proportion to the firmness of the seed bed, if it is wet at drilling and I can't do a proper consolidation, I get slugs.
- Location
- Cambridge
I'm not convinced the headland thing is to do with consolidation - the inside work doesn't really get any more than the middle of the field
H.Jackson
Member
- Location
- West Sussex
If rolling twice won't the headland get rolled 4 times, plus the rolls are scuffing a bit, headlands way ahead of the lankdwork here too. @Simon Chiles mentioned it may be better mag availabilaty.