Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Planting winter carrots on ex spud ground ready for a spring harvest. Winter carrots are a very high risk crop due to the fact they are drilled in winter,but offer a high return if you can get them to grow because the market is short of carrots in the spring.When you have a very high input system you must push massive production out of your ground to stay a head,winter carrots are good because the ground is back growing another root crop asap. It's been very wet of late and today was the frist day out planting,going by amount of smokes the boss was having today the stress was on to get the crop in and up and growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Pink seed just before it's put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Phorate is dropped on top of the seed bed to kill off any grubs The seed (in my best hand ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Pic 5=planting a 1/2 bed with 2 row units lifted out. Good ol veg cropping hey ,end of pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Lovely pictures Ol! Nice to see you getting on well with the JD When is the crop harvested and will we have pictures of you carting trailers in the Fendt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Interesting thread Ol, it has inspired me a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Lovely pictures Ol! Nice to see you getting on well with the JD When is the crop harvested and will we have pictures of you carting trailers in the Fendt? Could well be mate jd's runing sweet as a nut at the mo,it's just had a sh!t load of $$ spent on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 "Grommit" isn't it? Fine example of a 2140 if ever there was one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Interesting pics Oli...... Will those dreels be covered over with polythene or straw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Nope,it's been tryed here but it makes more of a mess than a gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Nope,it's been tryed here but it makes more of a mess than a gain. I know what you mean by looking at some of the fields around here...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Interesting thread Ol, it has inspired me a little! i wonder what we shall see next ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 3, 2006 Author Share Posted June 3, 2006 I know....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Good pics Ol. I have a feeling Phorate is banned on carrots and parsnips over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 Oh!,Makes me feel sick that stuff,all you can smell is phorate when planting because it's dropped on top of the bed,later on more phorate will be spun on the top with a little fert to help it spread more even. Grass grub is a huge prob here hence the double shot of phorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Had to look that one up..........and looking at the graphics here,http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts/hf401004.htm I can see why it's such pesky little sod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 Grass grub,aphids and slugs are the worst pests we get here,farmers spend $$$$$$$$$$$$$ trying to kill them every year. Irragation makes the grub prob worst because the ground is softer etc etc. Grubs and slugs are the reason no-tillage arable farming is hard here, them little buaggers get into the seed slot and just give your crops sh!t 24 7. oh I do go on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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