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- Easter ross
2.5yrs ago. Fed up being away from home weekends,mornings/evenings etc. This wets the appetite as favourite job and not too much to get excited about
What sprayer?
- Thread starter Highashgrange
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2.5yrs ago. Fed up being away from home weekends,mornings/evenings etc. This wets the appetite as favourite job and not too much to get excited about
l'ordinary bonville
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- Location
- N Yorks
Its a bit of a shame to butcher such a good bit of kit
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
How late can you go through standing crop with slurry without damaging crop?
Some of the heroes on here don't put in tramlines and proclaim they don't lose any crop.
We have just went to 28m tramlines and contractors bought a 24m dribble bar. Maybe won't bother with digestate on winter crops next year.
l'ordinary bonville
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- Location
- N Yorks
It's not really about how late. Rather the 2nd pass through finishes off any damage caused by the first pass
If i expect the crop to bouce back then applications would need to be complete by end of april or early may depending on the year
- Location
- West Wales
Ask your contractor if he can add to his dribble bar BUT 28m is an odd size? Even having a splash plate on the end covering the last few metre would be better than nothing
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
He supplies and spreads digestate for free. So don't feel like I'm in a position to negotiate!Ask your contractor if he can add to his dribble bar BUT 28m is an odd size? Even having a splash plate on the end covering the last few metre would be better than nothing
28m is quite popular up here as fits in with 4m drill tramlines.
- Location
- West Wales
Just be happy the digestate is going on then and don’t worry about the 4m of poorer crops
Or have your sprayer professionally modified back to 24? I know quite a few sprayers that have been done they have been proper cut and shut jobs
- Location
- Wiltshire
Depends if umbilical or tanker and soil conditions I work on stem extension, have had a lot of wheel damage doing it too late. My contractor is now on 12m dribble bar and he will run up the 24m tramlines. I may have a 12m tanker next year which will help me.
mostly chalk here so good to travel on.
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Would have tartan fields!Just be happy the digestate is going on then and don’t worry about the 4m of poorer crops
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Umbilical
- Location
- Wiltshire
Contractor is umbilical, definitely the best way. Just can’t go over wheat too early as he gets nervous with pipe and flints. All separated slurry from my dairy.
I have a block away from the dairy and had digestate on the spring barley ground this year. Claas zerion with a 24m dribble bar 2 transport tankers running to it. Did surprisingly little damage but it was very dry.
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- Location
- North West
Can you go up and down the tramlines without assistance or do you need to sow corner to corner?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
- Location
- Wiltshire
If you mean with umbilical my guy does it on his own, not sure how but know he tends to start in the middle and work out each side. It all gets covered
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- Location
- West Wales
If the crop is young it doesn’t matter as the benefit outweighs the little amount it’s damaged, similar to rolling
@Boysground was Jonny on the Xerion?
- Location
- Wiltshire
If the crop is young it doesn’t matter as the benefit outweighs the little amount it’s damaged, similar to rolling
@Boysground was Jonny on the Xerion?
Jonny F? No used the other digester so was PT. Jonny does do a lot in the area.
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Split the tramlines so and get him shut of sections too make his dribble bar 14m... it’s possible with very little effort... we spread a lot on tramlines at 12m with umbilical no problem.. not sure on the technical terms but did some wheat for second dose last week that was about 6-8inches tall and you can already barely see the wheel marks we put in the split tramlines... photo is of some spring barley we did the other day
- Location
- North West
The boys are chomping at the bit to do all the wheat with the dribble bar. Think I'll have to give in next spring! They want to do the maize as well post emergence as well.
- Location
- Wiltshire
Ive done it on and off for a few years, some years the weather just means it can’t happen. My best advice is get an analysis and use a contractor who can measure the quantity. It means less bag fert so no reason not to give it a try
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We are generally doing 3 passes of liquid N & S and then 4 passes of chemicals.