Steve@mildal
Member
I would say you only need pressure to close the slot , if you get the required penetration you only need enough pressure to close the slot , you could let some pressure out of the press wheel to reduce pressure over the seed .
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- Thread starter Cutlerstom
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this is what I’m thinking, crumble rather than close the flap.
Yes very clean cut and dry weather opens it up again. Second spring iv had where every seed comes through up which is good but it comes out of the slot and not through the top
Steve@mildal
Member
The seed is going to take the route of less resistance , it's the nature of the disc that it will open in dry conditions , as your soil improves through DDing it will become less of a problem (if it is a problem)
SorenIlsoe
Member
- Location
- Fjenneslev, Denmark
Where does it come up when it is a JD750a og Avatar?
In the slot!
SorenIlsoe
Member
- Location
- Fjenneslev, Denmark
Then you get weeds by soil disturbance.....
Ok I just meant when it’s up and growing is there to much air in the slot affecting growth? My spring barley has been pants for 2 years now
I’ve had good results this year from waiting till it’s dry enough to shear the flap of soil as the disc goes through and rolling with paddles down
clbarclay
Member
- Location
- Worcestershire
My spring barley looks to be doing pretty well even though conditions at drilling were quite variable between the fields. There were quiet a few patches where slots seemed rather open, even after a pass with rolls, but it doesn't seem to have effect it too much compared to the rest by the looks of it at the moment. It's certainly fairing a lot better than the unidrill planted spring barley did in 2018.
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
When the gd was first developed they tried narrower wheels as the big disc had but these cut in too much
on the big disc they had a depth wheel
I found in very dry Spring conditions the big disc With weight put on the closing wheel was at its best
but in had dry condition the big disc had high disc wear And some times cracked the disc and made the bearing work harder leading to early failure
the gd reduced the wear by more than 50%
the slot can open when it dries out after drilling when it is not quite dry enough ( heavy rain in the conditions is not good either ) timeing is everything with notill
these issues are reducing with every year as the soil improves ,having a layer of straw /cover crop debris also make it easier
In spring bare ground should be avoided on lighter land to ovoid moisture loss in dry weather
and on heavy land to avoid The slot drying out when you go when it is not quite dry enough
in spring a layer of cover also reduces the spring germinating weeds that need light to germinate
on the big disc they had a depth wheel
I found in very dry Spring conditions the big disc With weight put on the closing wheel was at its best
but in had dry condition the big disc had high disc wear And some times cracked the disc and made the bearing work harder leading to early failure
the gd reduced the wear by more than 50%
the slot can open when it dries out after drilling when it is not quite dry enough ( heavy rain in the conditions is not good either ) timeing is everything with notill
these issues are reducing with every year as the soil improves ,having a layer of straw /cover crop debris also make it easier
In spring bare ground should be avoided on lighter land to ovoid moisture loss in dry weather
and on heavy land to avoid The slot drying out when you go when it is not quite dry enough
in spring a layer of cover also reduces the spring germinating weeds that need light to germinate
YELROM
Member
- Location
- North Yorkshire
New toy day
Dose it shed by weight ? No it’s not pneumatic, fully manual with bungee chords pulling the doors shut. It’ll be run on the rappa from now on until next year so wouldn’t want the hassle of pneumatic and it’s only something more to go wrong so I didn’t even ask about it.
thefarmingforum.co.uk
Not sure if @polly tunnel has used this yet but reading the post he is going to use it in front of a 6Mtr GD
- Location
- northampton
They work very well on ours just don’t disc to deep
- Location
- northampton
Nope go slower if dry and quicker if wet
- Location
- Warwickshire
That why we went for the GD have the option to drill dd or in to shallow cultivation’s behind short disc or the grange toolbar .
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
You are going to like this @Warnesworth .
Not a lot!
But you are going to like it.
Before you ask, I took the rear wheels off to narrow its width for the 150 trip home.
Not a lot!
But you are going to like it.
Before you ask, I took the rear wheels off to narrow its width for the 150 trip home.