When to muck

[Morph]

Righto which order does the collective consider best?
1 drill roll muck
2 muck drill roll

Its broiler muck just 2 weeks old.
Please don't say plough it in.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Either. But its nice to leave for 2 weeks and rain before drilling. But if its broiler muck it wont be so thick so id say go after and idelly before rain

 

[BSH]

I find it best to apply immediately afterwards. Depends a bit on the drill type and type of muck, but I got caught out once with wet muck (cattle FYM) blocking the drill ( tined) even though soil conditions were ok. The weather was against me and it wasnt going to dry out and I wished I had not put the muck on! Does put the pressure on getting it spread afterwards though!

 

[Morph]

Fields only recently sprayed so how about spreading muck now and waiting for die back before drilling? iyswim

 

[BSH]

What will you be drilling? It is not a black and white thing, but having nearly been caught out I now plan on spreading afterwards. That is not to say it is wrong to spread before. Given the dry conditions now there is probably no harm in spreading now.

 

[Morph]

Will be drilling SB . Busy with the paying job at the moment so waiting is an option. The weather is going to stay dry (according to the soothsayers) I am a very indecisive person , my concerns on spreading before is lack of traction pulling the drill uphill and the mess on the roller if it goes damp. Against that driving around on a young plant.

 

[sixrow]

though muck had to be incorporated within 7 days

 

[Crabtree]

Righto which order does the collective consider best?
1 drill roll muck
2 muck drill roll

Its broiler muck just 2 weeks old.
Please don't say plough it in.

Muck drill roll.
A low rate of poultry litter won't make any difference to traction, it's normally quite dry material anyway. The drill will incorporate it a bit, but the smell will hang around for nearly a week if most of its on top. I normally book the spreaders for the day I want to be drilling and follow straight with the drill.

 

[Farmersdaughter]

Anyone put cow slurry with umbilical after drilling?

 

[Brisel]

though muck had to be incorporated within 7 days

That's a tricky situation - in theory, yes because it's arable. My first answer would be that the drill incorporated it

 

[Morph]

In the end I mucked first. Just need some moisture to make it grow. A downpour just after drilling was nice but mostly ran off.

 

[rusty]

Anyone put cow slurry with umbilical after drilling?

I put about 30m3/Ha on 5 days before direct drilling second wheat. Slurry had been through a separator. Field was steepish in places and quite wet and struggled for traction and had hair pinning problems. Not sure how much this was due to the slurry. Drill was a 4m Moore unidrill .