Stubble Turnips.

[CopperBeech]

Do you drill turnips or broadcast them?

We usually just broadcast, scratch it up a bit and roll. Then pray.

If you were to establish 40H of turnips, and drilled it, then treated it properly, what would the costings be?

Cheers.

 

[Thick Farmer]

£35-40/acre all in.

 

[whatnow]

Disc, drill, roll, fert once, spray volunteers and possibly flea beetle. Been a while since we did this but the fert alone would be £30 plus cost of application.
Don't have old coatings to hand but I would think £80-100 /acre with a belt and braces approach. Sure there were threads on this a couple of years ago?

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Best way to plant Stubble turnips these days is to find a contractor with a good Direct Drill.
That way you can reduce seed rate, get the turnips off to a good start by retaining the moisture and possibly need less fertilizer.

The other great plus with DD is that when you come to feed them off you are less likely to poach the ground.

 

[Breckland Boy]

Over the years I have tried many different ways with naturally different results.
Broadcasting being the most variable due to the fact you're relying on the weather conditions to be in your favour. Ploughing and press drilling is excellent but has cost implications. Currently use a terra- disc machine with a small pneumatic seeder unit mounted on it.
Biggest cost now is keeping on top of pest issues. Flea bettle and carrot fly particularly difficult without dursban/ equity.
Costs £75-80/acre at least more depending on how much Fert you apply.

 

[MF 135 Man]

Best way to plant Stubble turnips these days is to find a contractor with a good Direct Drill.
That way you can reduce seed rate, get the turnips off to a good start by retaining the moisture and possibly need less fertilizer.

The other great plus with DD is that when you come to feed them off you are less likely to poach the ground.

+1 to direct drilling, spray off direct drill and when they are up apply fert. spray if needed.

We also you to work it down then broadcast and hope direct drilling made a huge difference to are crop. The extra crop through the winter more than makes up for the little bit more cost, also still cheaper and easier than hauling cake around.

 

[JD-Kid]

DD works ok with them
ground a lot firmer if winter grazeing

 

[neilo]

Do you drill turnips or broadcast them?

We usually just broadcast, scratch it up a bit and roll. Then pray.

If you were to establish 40H of turnips, and drilled it, then treated it properly, what would the costings be?

Cheers.

If it rains, you've likely got as cheap & effective a system as anything already.

After cereals, I DD mine, bit of straight N fert, spray cereal volunteers and stand back. I reckon it costs about £50/ac, if I cost in the DD at £20/ac (which I do myself).

 

[sheepman1]

Best way to plant Stubble turnips these days is to find a contractor with a good Direct Drill.
That way you can reduce seed rate, get the turnips off to a good start by retaining the moisture and possibly need less fertilizer.

The other great plus with DD is that when you come to feed them off you are less likely to poach the ground.

Putting them in for the first time this year.
Is DD them into PP ok or would the ground need broke up a bit?
Is it a trade off between bulk of crop and heavy poaching later on?

 

[tupmaster]

would a 12v spreader on the back of the combine work

 

[Derrick Hughes]

They will grow on concrete if the have moisture .get the tanker on after seeding

 

[GTB]

Is DD them into PP ok or would the ground need broke up a bit?

The grass would have to be sprayed off and IMHO you would need to apply slug pellets too. We put some IR and fodder rape into sprayed off grass last year. Had a very good take initially but the rape never came to much and everyone and his dog said afterwards we should have applied slug pellets. No bugger mentioned it before!

 

[Johngee]

The grass would have to be sprayed off and IMHO you would need to apply slug pellets too. We put some IR and fodder rape into sprayed off grass last year. Had a very good take initially but the rape never came to much and everyone and his dog said afterwards we should have applied slug pellets. No bugger mentioned it before!

How did you sow the seeds? I've got a field to spray this week to put turnips in. Choices seem to be
1. Plough the field - but it could turn into a mudbath if it's a wet winter. But chance to incorporate some muck.
2. DD - will have to find someone local with a drill, don't know how much the cost will be.
3. Grass harrow and seeder - neighbour's got one, will rough it up a bit before sowing, but will establishment be as good. Used to do it this way (successfully) on stubbles but that's much more open ground than PP.

 

[GTB]

How did you sow the seeds? I've got a field to spray this week to put turnips in. Choices seem to be
1. Plough the field - but it could turn into a mudbath if it's a wet winter. But chance to incorporate some muck.
2. DD - will have to find someone local with a drill, don't know how much the cost will be.
3. Grass harrow and seeder - neighbour's got one, will rough it up a bit before sowing, but will establishment be as good. Used to do it this way (successfully) on stubbles but that's much more open ground than PP.

Guttler greenmaster.

 

[Johngee]

Guttler greenmaster.

Sounds like someone from Lord of the Rings!! I better google it!

 

[Johngee]

Something like this? Who's got one of these?

 

[Kevtherev]

How did you sow the seeds? I've got a field to spray this week to put turnips in. Choices seem to be
1. Plough the field - but it could turn into a mudbath if it's a wet winter. But chance to incorporate some muck.
2. DD - will have to find someone local with a drill, don't know how much the cost will be.
3. Grass harrow and seeder - neighbour's got one, will rough it up a bit before sowing, but will establishment be as good. Used to do it this way (successfully) on stubbles but that's much more open ground than PP.

Drilled some last week into grass that I'd sprayed off
Drilling @£20 acre
Mix of kale/stubble turnips and hybrid rape £16 acre

 

[neilo]

How did you sow the seeds? I've got a field to spray this week to put turnips in. Choices seem to be
1. Plough the field - but it could turn into a mudbath if it's a wet winter. But chance to incorporate some muck.
2. DD - will have to find someone local with a drill, don't know how much the cost will be.
3. Grass harrow and seeder - neighbour's got one, will rough it up a bit before sowing, but will establishment be as good. Used to do it this way (successfully) on stubbles but that's much more open ground than PP.

If it gets a good rain, then you will get a good take however you do it, as long as the seed gets to the soil surface. Grass harrow & seeder will work as well as anything if you have one handy anyway, as long as it rains. A DD will help a little if it's a bit drier, but will still not do well without a good drink.

Well worth putting slug pellets down if you are sowing into dieing pp, and get your N on as soon as you've planted, as the decaying grass will suck it up initially (but release it later I suspect).

 

[Kevtherev]

Sluggie treats as mentioned are important as they will wreak havoc with a brassica crop

 

[GTB]

Something like this? Who's got one of these?

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