Sowing grass seed

[sodbuster]

How would I go about setting a Kuhn accord DA disc coulters drill for grass seed?? Tia

 

[KB6930]

DA or DA X ?

But either one I'd just screw the depth adjusters full up and blow it onto the top. The da x you could set the following wheels as far down as possible as well but screwing the coulter bar right up should be enough

 

[sodbuster]

DA or DA X ?

But either one I'd just screw the depth adjusters full up and blow it onto the top. The da x you could set the following wheels as far down as possible as well but screwing the coulter bar right up should be enough

Fan full open or fine seed setting?

 

[KB6930]

Full speed to help spread it a bit or fine if you want it in rows

 

[D14]

How would I go about setting a Kuhn accord DA disc coulters drill for grass seed?? Tia

Just take the pipes off the coulters and cable tie them to the frame. That way you get full coverage and no coulter lines. Its worked for us many times doing it this way.

 

[Chips]

Just take the pipes off the coulters and cable tie them to the frame. That way you get full coverage and no coulter lines. Its worked for us many times doing it this way.

Ditto

 

[nick...]

I’ve drilled grass in rows perfectly well and never had problems
Nick...

 

[D14]

I’ve drilled grass in rows perfectly well and never had problems
Nick...

Yes its fine but we put grass onto BG land and where we go rows we find BG in some places in the rows gaps. If we broadcast by taking the pipes off the coulters we struggle to find any at all. We'd broadcast the seed with a spinner if we thought it would give an even take consistently but where ever we have tried that the wind always ruins it somehow.

 

[Robt]

stupid question, IS black grass a problem in a crop of grass? and why?

 

[nick...]

It still comes but normally cut before the seeds set
Nick...

 

[Matt77]

How would I go about setting a Kuhn accord DA disc coulters drill for grass seed?? Tia

I use one with Suffolk coulters, I take the springs off for grass, never failed yet

 

[benny6910]

stupid question, IS black grass a problem in a crop of grass? and why?

It depends on what your growing the crop of grass for? We’ve put land down to 3 year lays for silage and if we’ve down it in August/ September then you would see blackgrass in the first cut the following year but the seeds shouldn’t be viable and after the grass flushes and smothers the blackgrass out.

 

[FarmerFrank88]

Dont know much your drill but we just run our disc drill shallow and haven't had any issues yet. I'm not quite sure why people seem to need to not drill it in lines. Before we sowed it with a wag tail and find the drilled crops are more even and germinate faster.

 

[tr250]

stupid question, IS black grass a problem in a crop of grass? and why?

No not an issue at all as long as the ley establishes evenly and doesn’t get competed out. The problem is making sure it doesn’t seed if it’s going back into combinable crops in the near future

 

[sodbuster]

Am I right in thinking that if control box isn't plugged in then it won't tramline?? ????

 

[Matt77]

Am I right in thinking that if control box isn't plugged in then it won't tramline?? ????

As long as it’s not stuck on tramlines!!! Don’t think that’s possible without power though