persehall Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 my john deere 6620 growls.been ploughing today running engine at 1200 rpm and she sounds beautiful.nice to open the door to listen too it nick....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yes Chris 18 inches between rows for us, some people go for 20 inches though depending on their preference. As I let my colleague have a go on my tractor today so he could get used to it before we share it for destoning duties it gave me a chance to get a video of it subsoiling and listen to what everyone else has been hearing while I've been doing it Music to ones ears Gavin...the next best thing to a V8 Scania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 not just "your" tractor now then gav :laugh: :laugh: , does sound nice mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Standens were out with me today to start the new destoner off, so far we're very impressed with it and would estimate that in 6 hours today I've covered the same area of ground that it would have taken 15-18 hours to do with our old machine. My boss has said that he's never seen a destoner going at 5kph before A short video of the Uniweb at work from the drivers seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 tidy gav, doesnt look like there many stones in there either, nice fine soil, and wheres buster then??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 gav i know absolutely anything about spud growing,when you have destoned a field is that it? or will you destone it again next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 tidy gav, doesnt look like there many stones in there either, nice fine soil, and wheres buster then? ?? There's a really bad stoney patch in that field but I'm too busy with tweaking the destoner in there to take any pictures of it. Buster had the day off today as I had people in and out of the cab with me for half the day. gav i know absolutely anything about spud growing,when you have destoned a field is that it? or will you destone it again next year? We''ll destone again in 7-8 years time when the field has a crop of spuds on it again by which time the intervening years cultivations will have spread the stones back out across the field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Clever looking land for spuds. Don't think I've even seen a destpner doing 5.1k either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 okay gav,thanks for explaining,another question,does the destoner remove stones into a hopper? or are the stones just shifted across the field,how does it work?sorry for all the questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 It just removes them from a 1.5m wide strip or bed in our case to the furrow between them where they are run in by the tractor/destoner wheels on the next pass Paul, you can get a cart elevator for destoners to remove the stones all together but over the course of time it would destroy the soil structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 how many acres of spuds are you doing this year then gav?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 It just removes them from a 1.5m wide strip or bed in our case to the furrow between them where they are run in by the tractor/destoner wheels on the next pass Paul, you can get a cart elevator for destoners to remove the stones all together but over the course of time it would destroy the soil structure. thanks again for answering my daft questions,but if you dont ask you will never know, ivenever had any experience with spuds what so ever,so if you wouldnt mind gav run throught he order of work from start to harvesting the good old spud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 how many acres of spuds are you doing this year then gav?? About 150-160 I think from memory Sean, the increase in acreage was one of the deciding factors for changing the destoner to for this one, we couldn't afford any downtime with the old one again with an extra 40 or so acres to get through. I was told today that we will probably be having a new Standen planter out on demo some time in the next month as well, can't have a red machine in our all blue lineup after all thanks again for answering my daft questions,but if you dont ask you will never know, ivenever had any experience with spuds what so ever,so if you wouldnt mind gav run throught he order of work from start to harvesting the good old spud 1) Apply suspension fertiliser 2) Subsoil at 16 inches deep 3) Ridge up 4) Destone 5) Plant 6) Spray/Fertilise/Irrigate as required 7) Dessicate tops 8 )Harvest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 what planter are you useing now then gav??? cant remember ,all this new kit, i cant see a new case appearing this year at this rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 We run a Grimme planter at the moment but its had a lot of work in its life. There won't be anything else new bought until April 2013 now, the destoner isn't actually a purchase its on a lease/hire agreement for three years after which time we can either buy it or upgrade it for another new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 About 150-160 I think from memory Sean, the increase in acreage was one of the deciding factors for changing the destoner to for this one, we couldn't afford any downtime with the old one again with an extra 40 or so acres to get through. I was told today that we will probably be having a new Standen planter out on demo some time in the next month as well, can't have a red machine in our all blue lineup after all 1) Apply suspension fertiliser 2) Subsoil at 16 inches deep 3) Ridge up 4) Destone 5) Plant 6) Spray/Fertilise/Irrigate as required 7) Dessicate tops 8 )Harvest thanks gav,will there be any pictures of you planting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 good idea really gav, lot of people doing that now truth be known ,plus new kit every 3 years to, got to be better as stuff improves and gets faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Right Gav, your for it now! 1) Apply suspension fertiliser - what is suspension fertiliser and how is it applied? (Solid or liquid) Do you have a picture of the machinery used for this? 2) Subsoil at 16 inches deep - I assum you use a subsoiler!!! 3) Ridge up - A "blank canvase" field is ridged up (that is what the destoner is working on in the video?) 4) Destone - (what is being done in the video!) 5) Plant - Have you a picture of your planter (or will this come later?) 6) Spray/Fertilise/Irrigate as required - spray to control weeds i guess - what sort of fertiliser - can you take lots of pictures of all the irrigation stuff when you do it? (pipe trailer, pump and stuff!!!) 7) Dessicate tops - is this spraying the green stuff on the top (think we called it halm?) 8 )Harvest - lovely! 9) Do you take the spuds back to the yard, tip the trailer into a hopper and onto a grader that sorts the spuds into sizes, then into potato boxes??? I think what i'm getting at Gav is are you able to take many many photo's for stupid carpet farmers like me and Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Barry if you're going to try and be clever and badger me for photo's take a look in the last two pages and you will find the ones of the fertilser being applied with a sprayer :ha ha!: Will get pictures of everything else as and when I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 As per usual, I must pay more attention You wouldn't believe I grew up on a farm that grew 1000 - 1200 acres of potatos a year on it would you!!!! (I wasn't that interested then ) Yes, lots of photo please :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 A couple of pictures of planting from 2 years ago for you Barry, outfit is still the same but we have rowcrop wheels on this year. I'll get some more pictures at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I assume the Grimme planter is on the back, putting the spuds in the ground........so what is the thing on the front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yeah, planter on the back and a bed tiller on the front fitted with a granular pesticide applicator. It mixes it in as its applied for the control of soil borne nematodes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Do you not plough then Gav? I've seen a few people do it without ploughing i.e. just heavy cultivate with a chisel plough/subsoiler or similar, the last farm I worked on grew about 100-120 acres each year, both salad type straight into boxes and set skins over the grader for crisps/chips etc, our routine was - 1, spread field with manure if field needed it and if FYM was available 2, subsoil with a McConnell shakerator (buried nearly to top of the legs) 3, plough 'n' press at right angles to the way it was subsoiled 4, fertiliser applied then power harrowed / rotaspiked 5, ridged up and depending on quality of seedbed possibly bedformed/rotospiked 6, destoned and planted, we used to put on that horrible pink powder stuff when filling the planter It's interesting to see how other people do things, I guess lot of it is down to soil type and farming policy used, keep up the good work I really like following your topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 How we do it: Rotovate and plant in a single pass straight into ploughed land. Sometimes with ridging bodies on the back, sometimes the crop is ridged later on. Quick, cheap and simple . Oh you can chuck the photo off if you like Gav. Don't want to ruin your thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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