yeah ex spud ground can be a challenge to manage.And the ploughed one View attachment 966785
yeah ex spud ground can be a challenge to manage.And the ploughed one View attachment 966785
total agreement, we let a block, every year, moving around the farm, that became, can we have a maize crop first, then spuds, followed by wheat, to utilise the excess fert from the spuds ! The result, soil structure destroyed, weed seeds resurrected, plough pan to sort out, nightmare, and extremely glad we stopped.yeah ex spud ground can be a challenge to manage.
Yes.total agreement, we let a block, every year, moving around the farm, that became, can we have a maize crop first, then spuds, followed by wheat, to utilise the excess fert from the spuds ! The result, soil structure destroyed, weed seeds resurrected, plough pan to sort out, nightmare, and extremely glad we stopped.
My potatoes are planted with a small Massey with a Ridger and not harvested so I cants see that there will be a lot of soil damage ,Yes.
But What i meant as well, is also that Derek is being a bit crafty about the photos he is showing as comparisons.
My potatoes are planted with a small Massey with a Ridger and not harvested so I cants see that there will be a lot of soil damage ,
What photos do you want to see that Kim Jong Derrick is Hiding
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With the Plough ?Damage is done long before the ridger
I don't preach that ploughing is badWith the Plough ?
Sprayed with roundup to kill docks , ploughed , power harrow then drill , not a lot different to your re,seeding then , if the weather is kind in the Autumn will bang some Westerwolds in as a winter cover
I never said you did .I don't preach that ploughing is bad
I never said you did .
Progress is looking for better ways , sometimes it's a dead end but it should not stop anyone trying
the environmental damage of returining to the plough ,
I never said you did. Can't you readNever
Every day is a school day
You said there wouldn't be much soil damage by the ridger.I never said you did. Can't you read
Your allowed your opinion, don't make it right or wrong , neither does mine, for potatoes and some other situations I can't see any option but ploughing , yes for £ . Is than not why we are in business ,You said there wouldn't be much soil damage by the ridger.
I said the damage was done when it was ploughed.
You said it wasn't much different than ploughing to reseed, a operation you have said is bad, but it's OK for £££.
Ploughing has its place ,given its a once in maybe 5 years, probably 10 or never in some fields.
That must be better than spraying off , making the soil lifeless by killing all food sources and direct drilling every 2,3, or 5 years?
Tractors way too bigTrying new seeder today View attachment 967131
think l would agree with that, our p/t help has bought a ford dexter, which is in our yard, it's tiny, and yet, we used to get all the work done, with similar, scary looking back.Tractors way too big
I sowed some a week ago and it's coming up, it's monsoon climate here , that tractor is it smallest he's got [emoji1787]think l would agree with that, our p/t help has bought a ford dexter, which is in our yard, it's tiny, and yet, we used to get all the work done, with similar, scary looking back.
Are the einbok tines/drill going into worked ground, or scratching in ? The first works well, the scratching didn't work here, at all, and l would suggest a proper d/d would work better. Nor would l dare to sow grass, at this time of year, to dry, but perhaps it's rape, or similar.
Are you ever happy [emoji1787]Tractors way too big
we are a dry farm, historically spring reseeds are 'iffy', though early, as in march, early april, odds are better.I sowed some a week ago and it's coming up, it's monsoon climate here , that tractor is it smallest he's got [emoji1787]
To stoney for a direct drill