Wheat drilling 2020

[Phil P]

Well, thought I’d be putting the drill away today! However got a call from a neighbour to see if I could do a bit for him as his drilling tractor had broken down.
So back on wheat again

Still chasing the plough but on a blue tractor for a change

 

[Arrow1]

Last field for this year Graham after maize ploughing a bit shiny but going in well.

 

[Cowmongers]

Oh for some land like that !!!!!!

 

[Chickcatcher]

Oh for some land like that !!!!!!

Right soil for rewilding!!

 

[PSQ]

Not as quite as ‘finished’ as I thought.
It was either broadcast / harrow in some wheat from the heap, or put up with jokes about ‘supersonic skylarks needing a longer runway’ for the next 10 months.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

This looks a great set up, running in suffolk

 

[Northdowns Martin]

This looks a great set up, running in suffolk

Prefer this one!

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Prefer this one!

Doesnt run as well in the wet though

 

[Renaultman]

Doesnt run as well in the wet though

Just what I was about to say

 

[Wombat]

This looks a great set up, running in suffolk

Looks good but Is it not classed as broad casting? Which isn’t allowed for treated seed?

 

[GeorgeK]

I have often thought about picking up a cheap combi drill, removing the drilling components and routing the seed tubes to dribble seed in front of the power harrow tines. Would probably do a decent job in a wide range of conditions

 

[yellow belly]

Doesnt run as well in the wet though

nothing runs well in the wet
i avoid drilling in the wet because it is a loss making operation

 

[Hindsight]

Looks good but Is it not classed as broad casting? Which isn’t allowed for treated seed?

No seed dressing.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

nothing runs well in the wet
i avoid drilling in the wet because it is a loss making operation

I think we all do but sometimes youve got to make the best out of a bad situation

 

[Northdowns Martin]

Doesnt run as well in the wet though

good point

 

[Phil P]

No seed dressing.

Could be wrong but what he dripped in the hopper looked treated!

 

[Ramrod]

I have often thought about picking up a cheap combi drill, removing the drilling components and routing the seed tubes to dribble seed in front of the power harrow tines. Would probably do a decent job in a wide range of conditions

Early Lely Combi drill, was made like this, guts unpinned and out. Supplied spreader bar (fish tails ) delivered seed into back of PH tines.

 

[Hindsight]

Could be wrong but what he dripped in the hopper looked treated!

I am sure it wasn't!

 

[Clive]

Doesnt run as well in the wet though

its done a fair job this year

has its limits though like all drills

 

[Andy26]

I am sure it wasn't!

And if it was, i'm sure its Beret Gold or Kinto, so as long as seed is not left on the surface, all's good.

There would be more seed left on the surface at the headlands when a conventional drill lifts out and seed falls to the ground until the metering system stops, and even then there's often a small delay as seed already metered filters through.

Or in another scenario a drill failing to close the slot properly leaving seed exposed to the surface. Or coulters bouncing up and down etc...