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Triton direct seed drill

ih1455xl

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Mixed Farmer
Location
northampton
If I had done that years ago it would have cured it all, we have got areas of the 2year blackgrass fallow option on stewardship option paying £515/ha now, that and drilling late give scope for optimism, the drill puts winterbeans in well we used to plough them in shalliw which was poor ,result with slabs of blackgrass across the field and rotting beans on wet polished clay,. We can drill the beans 4 inchs deep now and shut the slot so we are hoping to get glyphos on before the beans emerge. We have had zero kill from kerb and crawler in the past but usually we get a reasonable kill with kerb
What about the drainage
 

James W

Member
The other thing we trying this year is lshallow discs just in the surface. we have used three times on some fields so we have managed to get the 2inch false seed bed that is more friable than we expected but only in last few days has main blackgrass flush started up so if it stays dry we will try to get the discs across once more, we don't usually have a tilth to move around so this is hopeful
 

James W

Member
What about the drainage
Quite.. it's fingers crossed on drainage. The drill does put a 5 inch slot under the bean but that could equally fill with water. We can't pull the drill at that depth as it is effectively an 18 leg subsoiler 10inchs deep so we will lift half the legs up and go on 12 inch rows
 

ih1455xl

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
northampton
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You'd be better of buying one of these instead of that drill then
 

James W

Member
years ago the drainage , before my time. We have put some new pipes across wet holes but doesnt seem to help. London clay is rated as impermeable with severely impeded drainage so the water doesnt get through. They use soil like ours to line reservoirs.
 

principal skinner

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
The other thing we trying this year is lshallow discs just in the surface. we have used three times on some fields so we have managed to get the 2inch false seed bed that is more friable than we expected but only in last few days has main blackgrass flush started up so if it stays dry we will try to get the discs across once more, we don't usually have a tilth to move around so this is hopeful

Thought the drill was used to make false seedbeds? Why the change of tack?
 

Badshot

Member
Innovate UK
Location
Kent
years ago the drainage , before my time. We have put some new pipes across wet holes but doesnt seem to help. London clay is rated as impermeable with severely impeded drainage so the water doesnt get through. They use soil like ours to line reservoirs.
Proper drainage with porous backfill, coupled with mole ploughing.
 

Northdowns Martin

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Snodland kent
The other thing we trying this year is lshallow discs just in the surface. we have used three times on some fields so we have managed to get the 2inch false seed bed that is more friable than we expected but only in last few days has main blackgrass flush started up so if it stays dry we will try to get the discs across once more, we don't usually have a tilth to move around so this is hopeful
Wouldn’t disc just Cambridge roll and keep seeds on surface
 
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cows r us

Member
BASE UK Member
Location
Buckinghamshire
The other thing we trying this year is lshallow discs just in the surface. we have used three times on some fields so we have managed to get the 2inch false seed bed that is more friable than we expected but only in last few days has main blackgrass flush started up so if it stays dry we will try to get the discs across once more, we don't usually have a tilth to move around so this is hopeful
Forgive me if I'm being ignorant. But four passes with a set of disks before you drill. Is that not the exact opposite to direct drilling.
 

R J H

Member
thinking of entering a field of triton drilled Grayham w wheat after beans in agrovista winter wheat competition. 1 1/2 inch till after beans to chit black grass ,sprayed off bg, then drilled with triton ,every grain grow very thick stand just emerged,no slug damage to thin it out, is it season or drill, drill, triton go's fantastic in the wet, not as good in very thick dry straw not well chopped my combine did a bad job on green straw, ripe straw chopped well,drill needs chopped straw less than 4 inch long or wet straw. go;s well on medium to very heavy soil, not light dusty soil with poorly chopped straw. but this go's for most drills, my powerharrow pushed this straw out at the sides in lumps,
 

R J H

Member
thinking of entering a field of triton drilled Grayham w wheat after beans in agrovista winter wheat competition. 1 1/2 inch till after beans to chit black grass ,sprayed off bg, then drilled with triton ,every grain grow very thick stand just emerged,no slug damage to thin it out, is it season or drill, drill, triton go's fantastic in the wet, not as good in very thick dry straw not well chopped my combine did a bad job on green straw, ripe straw chopped well,drill needs chopped straw less than 4 inch long or wet straw. go;s well on medium to very heavy soil, not light dusty soil with poorly chopped straw. but this go's for most drills, my powerharrow pushed this straw out at the sides in lumps,
(powerharrow drill) 2inch deep
 

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