Watkins 788 & Slimers trials fully set up with the much valued help of my wife Sally, ex Leeds Uni Lab technician šš
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How did you get on, Charles? Looks lovely and dry.
Here's my trial layout, although ground's still far too wet to go in Oxon. It's not going to be easy to drill these - we're planning to drill the rest of the field, then mark out & drill the plots cross-wise. Is that what you did? 6m drill, so three bouts in each plot is what we'll aim for. How about you?
Here's my trial layout, although ground's still far too wet to go in Oxon. It's not going to be easy to drill these - we're planning to drill the rest of the field, then mark out & drill the plots cross-wise. Is that what you did? 6m drill, so three bouts in each plot is what we'll aim for. How about you?
Yes. Carrying out sowing the trial plots was made straightforward by using the RTK guidance we have fitted to the tractor. After having sown the rest of the field, I set a new AB line at right angles to the tramlines. I numbered each plot and marked them on the laminated trial plot plan you provided. Then, using the adjacent field tramlines to travel up/turn on, worked my way up the field sowing 2 x 9 meter drill bouts for each variety in the appropriate plot positions. So long as I kept count of the bouts, I knew where I was & it worked out ok.
I picked the āgoodā plant survival seed rate from your suggested options and then
made appropriate adjustments to the seed rates for each variety using the RDS Artemis drill controller. Thereās a lot of surface trash remaining from the previous mustard catch crop which had been established after the harvested pea crop which I considered could affect the survivability.
My main worries were running out of seed (thereās not much to play with in a large seeder like mine) and getting the plots fitted into available area up the field between the 2 headland tramlines.
I picked the āgoodā plant survival seed rate from your suggested options and then
made appropriate adjustments to the seed rates for each variety using the RDS Artemis drill controller. Thereās a lot of surface trash remaining from the previous mustard catch crop which had been established after the harvested pea crop which I considered could affect the survivability.
My main worries were running out of seed (thereās not much to play with in a large seeder like mine) and getting the plots fitted into available area up the field between the 2 headland tramlines.
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