Sowing in wavy lines

[Marnhullman]

The fields adjacent to our house have been sown with maize in wavy lines. What is the reason for this i.e. why not show in straight lines?

 

[Boysground]

Beer?

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[4course]

to let the plants capture more sunlight ? as not shaded by the one next door, similar effect used to be put forward as reason to cross drill a ww field twice years ago when time and labour didnt seem as precious in the good old days of laloux and holstein ,if ground conditions where suitable it worked ,this was before the days of tramlines

 

[yellowbelly]

The fields adjacent to our house have been sown with maize in wavy lines. What is the reason for this i.e. why not show in straight lines?

The man's way ahead of the game

Take your tape measure out and measure the 'lines', as you call them. You get more plants per row in 'wavy lines'.

He's effectively increased the size of his field

Well, that's what fellas that can't drill straight claim, anyway

 

[Will 1594]

Can do that easy ?. Just set up auto steer sh!t so it does not follow its line accurately , or turn it off. Keep looking behind and be on phone all time , or get someone to work it up wonky in front of you so it pulls drill tractor down same lines
. Seriously have no idea. , if I see something like that , usually ask why

 

[Marnhullman]

I will test Yellowbelly's theory by drawing some straight parallel lines on a piece of A4 and then some wavy lines at the same distance apart. I don't think you'll get so many lines on the available space!

 

[yellowbelly]

I will test Yellowbelly's theory by drawing some straight parallel lines on a piece of A4 and then some wavy lines at the same distance apart. I don't think you'll get so many lines on the available space!

The trick is not to deviate by more than the row width (about 20" for maize), otherwise, as you say, you'll run out of space when you get to the garings.

 

[Devil's advocate]

reduce soil erosion on slopes

 

[puppet]

Is there a wavy fence on one side of the field?

 

[Nearly]

Better cover for the game than straight runs?

 

[Al R]

Is there a wavy fence on one side of the field?

I used to drill with the hedge if under 5 tramlines, used to send the “straight police” nuts when they passed it, why have short ground and overlaps both sides of the field when you only need it on 1? The last farm I drilled at there were only a handful of straight hedges over 70 fields.

 

[puppet]

I used to drill with the hedge if under 5 tramlines, used to send the “straight police” nuts when they passed it, why have short ground and overlaps both sides of the field when you only need it on 1? The last farm I drilled at there were only a handful of straight hedges over 70 fields.

That was my thought that they had just started at one side and worked across.
I always rolled a field round and round or in bouts but now it has to look like a stripey lawn with tight turns at each end screwing up the grass.

 

[4course]

The trick is not to deviate by more than the row width (about 20" for maize), otherwise, as you say, you'll run out of space when you get to the garings.

garings! not sure of the spelling (doesnt matter) but havnt heard the word for years wonder where it came from ?,must be something to do with horses is it a word local to either side of the humber as was e yorks in my memory

 

[Clive]

lack of skill, GPS or both basically !

 

[puppet]

In German gehr was a wedge shaped plot and is in several names eg Gerhardt. Seems to be more east coast gare or gair to describe the corners left over which would fit with migration. I would just call them points.
Can mean stripey like a gairy bee or a gairie which would be a striped cow

 

[4course]

I will test Yellowbelly's theory by drawing some straight parallel lines on a piece of A4 and then some wavy lines at the same distance apart. I don't think you'll get so many lines on the available space!

will it not depend on the size of the wiggle. i reckon you could almost double the length or if had short radius and would be almost the same no of rows

 

[Frodo2]

Better things to worry about. The payback on straight lines is tiny. Can we get a photo. I want to know which of my neighbours has joined tff.

 

[4course]

Better things to worry about. The payback on straight lines is tiny. Can we get a photo. I want to know which of my neighbours has joined tff.

ah but with the overnight rain some of us are in the lucky position and grateful of it for having a bit less to worry about (ho ho)

 

[Al R]

In German gehr was a wedge shaped plot and is in several names eg Gerhardt. Seems to be more east coast gare or gair to describe the corners left over which would fit with migration. I would just call them points.
Can mean stripey like a gairy bee or a gairie which would be a striped cow

Always said a “back” and “gruen” when mowing/doing bouts etc.

I always thought it was Latin but interestingly it’s German, maybe from when we had a lot of POW’s?

 

[yellowbelly]

I always thought it was Latin but interestingly it’s German, maybe from when we had a lot of POW’s?

I wouldn't think so - we've had garings in Lincolnshire from a long time before we had any POW's.
Can't be sure but I think they're called scoots or scuts??? in EastAnglia.