Tined weeder, anyone used one for blackgrass and other weeds?

[Jimbo26]

Hi

Looking in to the world of tined weeders and was wondering what success/experience people have had with them in all combinable crops.
It worries me that the chemical companies have too much money!
Cheers

 

[radar]

Hi

Looking in to the world of tined weeders and was wondering what success/experience people have had with them in all combinable crops.
It worries me that the chemical companies have too much money!
Cheers

Used an Einbock both in cereals and beans. Looks quite scary especially if done twice in quick succession but soon recovers and given a good dry day and sun eliminates the majority of weeds , including blackgrass.
Even my agronomist thought the money was better spent on the harrow than a chemical that probably wouldn't work anyway!

 

[Brisel]

Inter-row or full width?

I have a Claydon straw rake that has far thicker tines and a Danish farmer on Facebook used a similar one for weeding. He didn't show what it looked like a while afterwards but most of us thought he risked pulling the crop up. He did wheat with several tillers, so had a strong enough plant to withstand it. I haven't tried mine post drilling as I use residual herbicides & don't want to waste them.

 

[glasshouse]

Hi

Looking in to the world of tined weeders and was wondering what success/experience people have had with them in all combinable crops.
It worries me that the chemical companies have too much money!
Cheers

Done lots

 

[RHFW]

Morning All
Radar, are you still using mechanical weeding? if so what and how?
Does anyone else have any other comments?
I'm thinking of trying it in spring crops and possibly undersowing in the same pass with a seed mix for grazing sheep post harvest

 

[radar]

Morning All
Radar, are you still using mechanical weeding? if so what and how?
Does anyone else have any other comments?
I'm thinking of trying it in spring crops and possibly undersowing in the same pass with a seed mix for grazing sheep post harvest

Yes but not that often - Its an Einbock tined weeder and have used it in beans and cereals mainly to take out blackgrass seedlings. Does need to be dry though to kill properly. In an ideal world it should be front mounted as behind the wheels tends not to be touched. Even agronomist agreed that it was probably doing a better job than a chemical would do, and the cost of spraying the first field we did would buy the weeder! Don't look behind you though, especially if you double do it in the opposite direction but will recover well and probably does aid tillering.
I have some pics stored on the computer somewhere but at the moment i cant find them - will keep looking.

 

[ajd132]

I bought a tines weeder about 5 years ago and it went back after about 30 hectares, it didn’t do much. We now have an inter row Claydon terra blade, which I bought to assess the theory. It has worked extremely well to the point where it has taken fields from a double spring break scenario to the point where I will consider a second wheat if there’s good conditions second half of October. Unfortunately it’s not big or strong enough so has a very short window of use of the ground goes hard. We will look to invest in something bigger and stronger like a chameleon if we decide to roll the system out wholesale.

 

[simonk88]

Tried it here, worked in WW in the right conditions, tried in spring barley too and was a revelation! Can miss out pre-em and Avadex on SB and use the tined harrow instead

 

[RHFW]

Tried it here, worked in WW in the right conditions, tried in spring barley too and was a revelation! Can miss out pre-em and Avadex on SB and use the tined harrow instead

Thanks for the reply Simonk88.
So is tined weeding now a regular method of weed control on your farm? I guess its more successful in spring cereals?
What machine are you using?
Are there any improvements that you would make?

 

[simonk88]

It will be, need to get our own one really to keep experimenting, needs drier conditions to kill what is moved around

Looking at a horsch

Not really at the moment, just need as wide as possible

 

[RHFW]

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[B'o'B]

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