Stubble Turnip DD Seed Rate

[mghley]

Don’t normally get them in this early after winter barley and will be using a Weaving direct drill for first time.
Was thinking seed rate 1.25 kg per acre, thoughts please ??

 

[DRC]

That’s about right . We have been as low as 1kg on the best land in ideal conditions . Certainly 1.5 Kgs would be plenty

 

[Derrick Hughes]

No more that 1.5 kg ,

 

[sherg]

A lot depends on when you want to graze them, early grazing is fine at 1-1.25kg an acre, if your grazing in March 1.6 -1.7kg is better

 

[Mr Mackay]

We have sown some with an Einboch (broadcast ) about 2 weeks ago , 1.5 kgs was what I used to go at but always that was abit light I thought !
Had a load of old seed Delialah ,nearly ten yrs old and some about 5 years old , Samson , test trays looked promising but unsure about %age viability , so added a bag of Typhon in for extra leaf . Went in at nearly 5kgs to the acre
I believe most of its come but allowing for pigeons and flea bettle , it,ll be ok
This is for dairy cows before Autumn grass

 

[Jim75]

Sow direct at 5kg/ha, allows for a bit of leeway. Bit lighter if it’s been ploughed which is rare.

 

[nonemouse]

Just drilled some for a customer at 2kg/acre, but would normally say 1.5kg would be plenty

 

[Al R]

2-2.5kg/acre depending on timing of planting, into ploughing or direct, allows for wind damage for grazing after the new year

 

[serf]

Above rate would be to thick for our ground, would leave runty crop with to much competition! 1.5/ 2 be plenty here spun on .

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Depends when you sowing and when your grazing , if your sowing early and feeding late sow thinner so roots can grow , sowing later or feeding early then you can go a bit thicker as it will be more tops

 

[Kevtherev]

Don’t normally get them in this early after winter barley and will be using a Weaving direct drill for first time.
Was thinking seed rate 1.25 kg per acre, thoughts please ??

Should be absolutely fine

 

[Will 1594]

Depends when you sowing and when your grazing , if your sowing early and feeding late sow thinner so roots can grow , sowing later or feeding early then you can go a bit thicker as it will be more tops

How much seed and fert ,into chopped barley stubble will be grazed march april next spring ,very light land

 

[tr250]

Don’t normally get them in this early after winter barley and will be using a Weaving direct drill for first time.
Was thinking seed rate 1.25 kg per acre, thoughts please ??

I use a weaving gd and find when going direct you want to be 10-15% higher seed rate than conventional tillage

 

[Derrick Hughes]

How much seed and fert ,into chopped barley stubble will be grazed march april next spring ,very light land

If your index is up around 3 on p&k you will get away with a little Nitrogen, I would go at 1.5 kg myself ,I know others say less , the ground is dry ATM so gemination may not be 100%

 

[Bury the Trash]

Fiona , in her wisdom put on 1.5 kg yesterday , she's not a direct tho, infact quite conventional, ....was 3 yr old seed but tested very well.

..... sounds to me like direct drills will be favoured by seed salesmen

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Fiona , in her wisdom put on 1.5 kg yesterday , she's not a direct tho, infact quite conventional, was 3 yr old seed but tested very well.

..... sounds to me like direct drills will be favoured by seed salesmen

Best way to sow stubble is mix with firtilizer and spread with the twin disc but do it twice cross ways , it's a job to stop drills going to deep

 

[Bury the Trash]

Best way to sow stubble is mix with firtilizer and spread with the twin disc but do it twice cross ways , it's a job to stop drills going to deep

did some with the spreader,krm,
which was used last on field we topdressed and the headland of that field was done last with the disc direction reversed as you do, guess what i forgot to check before spreading the f rape seed piffed me off big time when i noticed it at the end of a long day.

will be what itll be i guess thats life. but my memory doesnt get any better as i get older tbh

 

[neilo]

If it rains this week, it really doesn’t matter how you spread the seed on the stubble, it will grow on top.
If it’s drier then a bit of shallow cultivation, even with a DD, will help increase seed to soil contact.

If my Winter Barley was off, I would DD at 1.25-1.5 kg/ac, spread 2 cwt/ac of AN on, then walk away for a week.

I will be direct drilling 17ac of stubble turnips for March grazing after Spring Barley, likely in September. I will drill that at 2 kg/ac, spread a cwt/ac of AN, and shut the gate until I likely have to chase the inconsiderate winkers from the shoot off it in the winter.

 

[mghley]

If it rains this week, it really doesn’t matter how you spread the seed on the stubble, it will grow on top.
If it’s drier then a bit of shallow cultivation, even with a DD, will help increase seed to soil contact.

If my Winter Barley was off, I would DD at 1.25-1.5 kg/ac, spread 2 cwt/ac of AN on, then walk away for a week.

I will be direct drilling 17ac of stubble turnips for March grazing after Spring Barley, likely in September. I will drill that at 2 kg/ac, spread a cwt/ac of AN, and shut the gate until I likely have to chase the inconsiderate winkers from the shoot off it in the winter.

Normally I’m a fan of light cultivation, spin on with bike and then Cambridge roll. Normally works a treat. I’ve some to go in after spring barley but never had much luck that late in season, any tips ??

 

[neilo]

Normally I’m a fan of light cultivation, spin on with bike and then Cambridge roll. Normally works a treat. I’ve some to go in after spring barley but never had much luck that late in season, any tips ??

Just the same, with a bit more luck involved ime.

Unless it’s down South, hope you don’t get too hard a winter and don’t expect much to graze before it starts growing again in March. The 17ac I did last year kept 350 twin & triplet in-lamb ewes through March this year, with nothing more than a couple of bags of loose minerals.