CX820Joe Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Am I right in thinking min till only works for cereal crops, and that for root crop sowing the land still needs to be ploughed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 No, not at all, I know someone who min-tills his sugarbeet land and we min till our potato ground before bed forming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Interesting Gav. Have you got any pictures from min-till potatoes? What cultivator do you use in front of the bedformer to prepare the land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 We give it one pass of the terra disc then one or two passes with a 5 leg flat lift at 16 inches deep, we don't get so many clods then. One of the big poato growers locally uses a Cousins Patriot one pass cultivator on a Challenger, a one pass system is on our wish list but just out of budget for our area of potatoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks for your reply. Have you got any idea on how much fuel you are using with the Terradisc and subsoil twice compared to ploughing? Or isn't that the reason you are min-tilling them? I take it the potatoes are grown on (very) light land so subsoiling early in the spring isn't so much of an issue or is all this and bed forming carried out in the autumn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Its not all light land, we do it this way as there tends to be a lot less clod than we would get with ploughing. The problem with ploughing was that we couldn't get it deep enough to bed depth whereas with subsoiling we can and it is also quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archbarch Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 British Sugar ran trials on direct drilled beet a few years ago not sure on the results but most farmers dont like change. I know of several farms on very heavy land just subsoil and bedform straight after the combine, before potatoes. In fact on very heavy soil ploughing tends to be avoided no matter what the crop it just makes for recreational tillage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 surely that fltlift must need some pullin gav. what do u pull it with? 6920s drags it, good load for it on the heavy land though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Out of curiosity gav how deep do you pull your 5 leg? As we struggle with 7 on the magnum at 16 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I pull the 5 legger that deep on the 6920s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Pah boys land :D Nah just goes to show the last time was last done then really but this way had magnum on its knees drinking 65ltrs/hr and its pushing 350hp on shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 MOST SPUD LAND ROUND MY AREA IS PLOUGHED , WHOA whoa , sorry for shouting ..... as saying mostly all ploughed , only two farms i know actually min till their potatoes , but their land is so sandy , they cant afford to plough as any moisture there just dissapates soon as turned , at least the spuds go into freshly worked soil from the bed tilller, or some times just the formers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Another min-till query - does it fool birds when seed is directly drilled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Shouldn't think so, any disturbance to the soil brings the birds in, Joe. Also, no matter how far from the sea you are. .. . . the bruddy seagulls always show up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archbarch Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 pigeons dont like landing in long stubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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