Stanhay drill

[marttheflanker]

Hi
Our gamekeeper has an old Stanhay drill with fodder beet belts on it.
Any idea if I can get belts to drill maincrop green globe turnips anywhere?
And if I just swap belts or if there's other adjustments to make before use?
All suggestions appreciated.

Cheers
Mart

 

[Derrick Hughes]

You need belts and basses that's the black hard plastic shoe under the belt , you will need graded seed . Get the seed grade before you buy the belts . Cant remember if they are the same size as Swede seeds

 

[marttheflanker]

You need belts and basses that's the black hard plastic shoe under the belt , you will need graded seed . Get the seed grade before you buy the belts . Cant remember if they are the same size as Swede seeds

Thank you I'll have a look.
Any idea who will stock them?
Stanhay won't reply to messages

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Need to change the choke as well

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Thank you I'll have a look.
Any idea who will stock them?
Stanhay won't reply to messages

Give them a call . Think I ordered direct but had to book through a dealer

 

[sherg]

Unless your wanting to lift them why not just do them with an air drill

 

[marttheflanker]

Unless your wanting to lift them why not just do them with an air drill

We drilled some with a air drill, came up that thick they hardly globe.
Put some in with a direct drill and they globe better.
But to get them to globe up properly I think I need precision drilling. (could be wrong)

 

[sherg]

I grazed a field this year that had been done with a combi drill and they were ok, I'd agree though slightly too much seed and it can be a disaster

 

[neilo]

We drilled some with a air drill, came up that thick they hardly globe.
Put some in with a direct drill and they globe better.
But to get them to globe up properly I think I need precision drilling. (could be wrong)

If you want to grow maincrop turnips, can I suggest you look at Massif turnips instead. Having grown both, the Massif is more vigorous and far higher yielding, with bigger bulbs.
I DD mine but it’s a job to get the seed rate right. If you go too high, and you get good conditions for germination, they don’t bulb well. If you go too low, then get a dry spell or flea beetle go mad, you end up with a very sparse crop. I usually try to go at about 750g/ac (natural seed) with DD, which is difficult to accurately calibrate for. Thinking of getting some rice or something to drill with it.

 

[marttheflanker]

If you want to grow maincrop turnips, can I suggest you look at Massif turnips instead. Having grown both, the Massif is more vigorous and far higher yielding, with bigger bulbs.
I DD mine but it’s a job to get the seed rate right. If you go too high, and you get good conditions for germination, they don’t bulb well. If you go too low, then get a dry spell or flea beetle go mad, you end up with a very sparse crop. I usually try to go at about 750g/ac (natural seed) with DD, which is difficult to accurately calibrate for. Thinking of getting some rice or something to drill with it.

Thanks for that I'll have a look.
Rice would have grown last year too ?