- Location
- North Kent, UK
Last of our wheat drilled today, move onto beans tomorrow 
Wheat drilling 2020
- Thread starter Flintstone
- Start date
Been out with mine today, when conditions are right they’re absolutely brilliant. Yesterday, when I was stuck in an impressive fashion and required a kind neighbour to pull me out, I did not consider myself a champion at all. Thankfully today’s conditions were vastly different. Only a measly 4ha of WW to go which either enquires a combi or a week of drying weather to get in. Significantly better than last season!
Surprising low disturbance. Well I’m surprisedLast of our wheat drilled today, move onto beans tomorrow
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes, my brother was on just a few front tines.
- Location
- North Kent, UK
It moves a bit more soil than our JD750a but is slightly better in the wet. It does drag up some trash if it’s thick. Cheap and simple direct drill.
Just enough to remove wheelings, no need to have a full set of tines in all the time.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Been broadcasting this w/e. and cultivating in.
Some looks like a badly ploughed field, some 'why do I need a seed drill'. ie some was good, some worse than awful.
Small differences in soil texture, make a big difference to overall finish.
Some looks like a badly ploughed field, some 'why do I need a seed drill'. ie some was good, some worse than awful.
Small differences in soil texture, make a big difference to overall finish.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Its the modern way don't you know.Is anyone else confused when someone sticks a seed drill in a field of silage and call it sowing
- Location
- North West
Anyone drill Extase? How many kg/ha or seeds m2 are you drilling it at? I’ve heard it’s quite high tillering.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Scavenged half a ton when I realised I was gonna run out of Graham seed. TGW was 64. 350 seeds/square metre would put it at over 90kg/acre!! I would hope it was high tilliering to reduce that rate.
N.b I didn't recalibrate
- Location
- North West
This is a TGW of 59, so assuming a germination of around 96% and 1% field losses (I’m optimisticScavenged half a ton when I realised I was gonna run out of Graham seed. TGW was 64. 350 seeds/square metre would put it at over 90kg/acre!! I would hope it was high tilliering to reduce that rate.
N.b I didn't recalibrate
) I should be at around 210kg/ha for 350 seeds m2?
- Location
- Yorks
Drilled some for first time this autumn, so sorry can't answer your question.
Drilled ours 22nd Sept. One thing That has become apparent, is that it doesn't like sand. Sandy patch in the field that will grow the right variety of winter corn (but some varieties struggle on this patch). Extase is thin and struggling on the patch. Looks fine elsewhere in the field. No pre-em, so can't blame chemical.
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
Difficult to relate to when I was taught to remove the green bridge to help with bydv vectors, not to mention removing weeds before sowing.Is anyone else confused when someone sticks a seed drill in a field of silage and call it sowing
- Location
- North West
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
That to dig you out or doing a drain?Well, we where drilling Extase FFS
- Location
- North West
Drain boiling up
- Location
- leics/warks border
4course
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- Location
- north yorks
minor breakdown forced us to stop drilling last night ,mindst land was almost telling us to call a halt , Could have done without the overnight shower and a couple more this morning so no action today .Its about time we got a couple of dry day s in a row have now got contractor on standby as plan b .(plan c involves the fert spinner for a couple of headlands ) doubt we will finish by our hoped date of 20th but we arnt giving up yet will go till the end of the month if we can make a decent job as chitting and emergence is not being compromised yet