Paul Palmer Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 maize drilling,would it be right to say the rows are drilled about 30 inches apart and down the rows about 4 inches apart cheers paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 i must have subsoiled 350 acres plus of maize ground this year,but really didnt take any notice,the measurements are from my boss,just want to check if it varies,as i want to do a maize scene next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 75cm here in europe mate... sometime 150cm in america.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 One contractor around here drills it on 18 inch rows, have seen some on 24 inch and some on 30 inch as well, no set row spacings as such for it, seems to vary farmer to farmer at times and between areas on preferences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 thanks for the info jez and gav,i knew gav as soon as you seen this topic that you would reply, thanks again chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 We're actually going to drill our own next year with our Vaderstad box drill as we weren't happy with the drilling carried out by our contractor this year. Not sure on what row spacing we are planning yet as its a long way off yet, know of at least one other large farm doing it this way as well as they got fed up with being jerked about by the same contractor who is also his neighbour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 how much maize do you grow each year then gav? stuffs as comon as grass arround this way recently , but we must be due the wheat back this year i hope with the crop rotations etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 We're actually going to drill our own next year with our Vaderstad box drill as we weren't happy with the drilling carried out by our contractor this year. Not sure on what row spacing we are planning yet as its a long way off yet, know of at least one other large farm doing it this way as well as they got fed up with being jerked about by the same contractor who is also his neighbour as you know gav the ground is really worked before drilling the maize,so i was subsoiling after the forager and the drill followed right behind me with wheat for next year,our maize is drilled in house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 how much maize do you grow each year then gav? stuffs as comon as grass arround this way recently , but we must be due the wheat back this year i hope with the crop rotations etc We grew 14 acres this year and have the same area penciled in the rotation for next year, only have 95 cows plus calves so don't need a greater area than that as the cows will spend most of the winter outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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