Thanks to all your efforts Andrew in all the filming as well as the organisation of the event. It will be great to see the progression of the plots through to harvest. Are there any drills in particular that you would be interested in further at this stage or are you still confident in your freeflow?
Cheers Adam, it was a very good day and so worthwhile. The Freeflow is great in most conditions except where there is a lot of straw or cover crop. It only cost us £19k 6 years ago so owes us nothing so I’ll never sell it because there will be some times after sugar beet when it’s a bit rough the Freeflow is second to none. I’ll reserve judgment on naming any yet, need to get it through the ground first and see how the plants grow. No drill disappointed, the Sumo and Claydon left the surface rougher but that doesn’t mean they won’t perform
Thankyou Andrew ,we will all follow your drilling plots with a keen eye,we dont often see so many drills all working at any one time,I must add your attention to detail shows in your videos ,you and your team are to be congratulated
I have a Moore disc drill but it has an Aitchison seed box on it, some deal Moore did with Aitchison NZ. It's getting a few years on it but been a great drill except for the fact the rats eat the foam seed cup over winter and parts are soo expensive. Mine has cast closing wheels. This last week was the first time I got into trouble with it, even my light soil is too wet and it all clogged up. So no single drill is great all the time from my experience, Im looking for a cheap tine drill for these occasions, that and my 12ft gates are limiting. I doo like the look of these new disc drills, but we just don't earn enough to justify the expense, and they are heavy to pull up hills. Thanks for this series.
Most 6m disc drills are £100k plus and with todays other costs rocketing, it’s hard to be able to afford them. The sky drill had smooth metal closing wheels.
Thanks for the videos of the direct drilling day looked to be a great success with good attendance. The wind noise doesn’t distract from the videos and can’t be helped hang on for the iPhone 14 this September and it should be a big improvement thanks Dave .
Great videos Andrew all this week, great information in them, you need more olly blogs tyres to stop them lorrys parking on your entrances. Hopefully the plots all do well.
Exactly! We tried to make everything very real and life like, the lunchtime 2mm added to that!! I have thought about converting the Freeflow and might do that. There are a few different options and will go and look at some and post on here.
Hi have you any phot of the semtex plot now and how dose the crop compare with the other time drills ? Thankyou really enjoy your videos keep up the good work
Drills like these are common in some other countries,and closing wheels seem an important part of the drill, I noticed there was quite a bit of seed exposed,I know you are going to roll most of it Mr Ward but this seems extra work on challenging soil. A big thankyou to you and everyone involved for this week of updates,and I look forward to seeing how well the seed germinate etc.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard that’s the interesting part what looks good on the day May not be the best come harvest! Shame there was no JD 750a to compare!
For a good trial Andrew roll half each plot . Personally i have had more disasters with rolling after dd drills . Slug pellets would do more good than rolling ..
Thanks to all your efforts Andrew in all the filming as well as the organisation of the event. It will be great to see the progression of the plots through to harvest. Are there any drills in particular that you would be interested in further at this stage or are you still confident in your freeflow?
Cheers Adam, it was a very good day and so worthwhile. The Freeflow is great in most conditions except where there is a lot of straw or cover crop. It only cost us £19k 6 years ago so owes us nothing so I’ll never sell it because there will be some times after sugar beet when it’s a bit rough the Freeflow is second to none. I’ll reserve judgment on naming any yet, need to get it through the ground first and see how the plants grow. No drill disappointed, the Sumo and Claydon left the surface rougher but that doesn’t mean they won’t perform
Thank you Andrew for taking the time during your busy week to keep us all entertained and informed!
Will do! 👍😃
Thankyou Andrew ,we will all follow your drilling plots with a keen eye,we dont often see so many drills all working at any one time,I must add your attention to detail shows in your videos ,you and your team are to be congratulated
Thanks Roger. It was a team effort with Agrii as well, we work well together.
Really enjoying your video's, the time and effort you are putting in to present them to us really appreciated, we'll done. 👌👏👍
Thanks Peter. Apologies for the wind but it was very very strong. I’ll get that sorted.
I have a Moore disc drill but it has an Aitchison seed box on it, some deal Moore did with Aitchison NZ. It's getting a few years on it but been a great drill except for the fact the rats eat the foam seed cup over winter and parts are soo expensive. Mine has cast closing wheels. This last week was the first time I got into trouble with it, even my light soil is too wet and it all clogged up. So no single drill is great all the time from my experience, Im looking for a cheap tine drill for these occasions, that and my 12ft gates are limiting. I doo like the look of these new disc drills, but we just don't earn enough to justify the expense, and they are heavy to pull up hills. Thanks for this series.
Most 6m disc drills are £100k plus and with todays other costs rocketing, it’s hard to be able to afford them. The sky drill had smooth metal closing wheels.
Thanks for the videos of the direct drilling day looked to be a great success with good attendance. The wind noise doesn’t distract from the videos and can’t be helped hang on for the iPhone 14 this September and it should be a big improvement thanks Dave .
Thanks David, I’ve only just got a 13 pro so will have to wait 2 years!
Great videos Andrew all this week, great information in them, you need more olly blogs tyres to stop them lorrys parking on your entrances. Hopefully the plots all do well.
6 and 8 wheeled quarry lorries are the Bain of my life! The plots will show some interesting differences.
Well done with your series of videos showing your demo day, enjoyed them
Nice work, are you going to bait the field? Looks like the slugs would be happy in some of those plots
Wasn’t planning to but might as an insurance, would ruin the whole trial if the slugs took half.
Thank you for comprehensive cover of the day. The efforts you have made are much appreciated, especially by those of us who were not able to attend
Cheers Matthew. 😃👍
Well done on the event 👍👍
I look forward to seeing the updat s from now until harvest
Excellent video today we have just drilled some wheat with a weaving disk drill time will tell
We tried the Weaving GD 3 years ago in the same field as the demo.
Great video
Not bad thing it rained as that what happens in reality 👍
Have you thought of converting the freeflow with dutch openers or the Metcalf conversions?
Exactly! We tried to make everything very real and life like, the lunchtime 2mm added to that!!
I have thought about converting the Freeflow and might do that. There are a few different options and will go and look at some and post on here.
Hi have you any phot of the semtex plot now and how dose the crop compare with the other time drills ? Thankyou really enjoy your videos keep up the good work
I’m afraid the Simtech is the worst of all the plots. Germination around 45%. ☹️
I think weather conditions are a big factor in the results of direct drilling, hope you got a chance to roll it think it helps to close the slots
Definitely, the soil was very wet on the day and we will roll them except Horizon have asked us not to do theirs.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I see on nicks farm they spike Harrow the feilds across after Benn drilled with a claydon,
That horizon looks most similar in way of planting the the weaving gd drill (disc drill) that I believe our neighbiur has just bought
The GD disc runs at a lot more of an angle which is meant to be easier to close the slot.
Drills like these are common in some other countries,and closing wheels seem an important part of the drill, I noticed there was quite a bit of seed exposed,I know you are going to roll most of it Mr Ward but this seems extra work on challenging soil. A big thankyou to you and everyone involved for this week of updates,and I look forward to seeing how well the seed germinate etc.
Heavy clay soil and probably needed a more specific coulter and closing wheel setup.
Pleasure John,
Time will tell if the drills were set up correctly.
Another great video Andrew! I wonder which drill you thought made the best job on the day on your land?
They all did a decent job but in a different way. We’ll see what emergence is like!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard that’s the interesting part what looks good on the day May not be the best come harvest! Shame there was no JD 750a to compare!
We’ve tried that and it left a lot of seed uncovered and it had the gutler press wheels fitted. So it was t included in the list.
Well done 👍
I could see some plots don't need rolling but some I feel do. Are you going to roll the ones that didn't close the slots? Or leave them all.
We’ve been asked to roll them all apart from Horizon plots.
For a good trial Andrew roll half each plot . Personally i have had more disasters with rolling after dd drills . Slug pellets would do more good than rolling ..
We’ve done the rolling, will pellet later today.
WardysWindyWaffle, I just had to....lol...
For anyone complaining about the wind, There's a reason why a lot of WWII airfields where located around there ! 😁
🤣🤣 We contract farm on the edge of one and no wonder Lincolnshire is known as the home of the RAF!👌😃
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Bomber County. I've got the book 😂