Farming Chit Chat II

delaval wrote: »

Please tell me it's on a beet crop:eek:

yesterdays ballache, a pick and mix of what is left around the yard fert wise which is a mix of everything, even fert from last year left outside:rolleyes:. Would have to go to confession after spreading the first few bags but all the rest was okay

It should have went on a good few weeks ago but busy at other stuff. So far the pictured crop of Debby (4 ac trial of energy beet) has gotten 3k of slurry and 30N per ac. must say this variety looks very green compared to the sugar beet growing along side it. wont know how good it is until tonnage and energy test is done on it.

Spreading fert drives me nuts, but only have to do the beet fert as my little tractor is set up for the rows. all other fert is done by contractor.

Crop looks good now but there is annual grass in it that is acting up on me :mad:, spray didnt do a good job on it, so in a months time things wont look as nice, me thinks

bob charles wrote: »

yesterdays ballache, a pick and mix of what is left around the yard fert wise which is a mix of everything, even fert from last year left outside:rolleyes:. Would have to go to confession after spreading the first few bags but all the rest was okay

It should have went on a good few weeks ago but busy at other stuff. So far the pictured crop of Debby (4 ac trial of energy beet) has gotten 3k of slurry and 30N per ac. must say this variety looks very green compared to the sugar beet growing along side it. wont know how good it is until tonnage and energy test is done on it.

Spreading fert drives me nuts, but only have to do the beet fert as my little tractor is set up for the rows. all other fert is done by contractor.

Crop looks good now but there is annual grass in it that is acting up on me :mad:, spray didnt do a good job on it, so in a months time things wont look as nice, me thinks

is the whole field like the first picture,if so you could still spray it. trick with spraying beet weeds is to use less wter and lots of oil in it. stratos ultra would be my product of choice for meadow grass

DMAXMAN wrote: »

is the whole field like the first picture,if so you could still spray it. trick with spraying beet weeds is to use less wter and lots of oil in it. stratos ultra would be my product of choice for meadow grass

95% of the field is like the second photo, bit of compaction on one headland where the beet aint doing as seen in pic 1. It was sprayed last week with Falcon (Propaquizafop) at full rate. I will go through it with the grubber which I can setup to run between the rows and it will knock it back a good bit.Really should have included the Falcon in T2. Have you any idea if Stratos Ultra is a better product at killing annual grass and wild oats than falcon?

delaval wrote: »

Had that when small. Youngest 4 now so buddy seat back in would like seat belt though. I put a seat from a Berg go cart in loader as Jcb seat was €500. Oldest lad 8 is now beginning to drive loader. I let him collect an odd bale though he usually holes it. Hope to have him loading by end of holidays. That's his goal for the summer. He will collect cows for milking on quad and will take calf feeder to calves but I have to lift it off. Really important that they learn these things young and get a respect for them. I have a limiter on the bike.

Spent the day baling the last of the silage Young lads came down to help bring them in have always let them drive the loading tractor in from the fields. He asked to bring in the trailer so I let them they brought all the bales in in under an hour. Then they brought in the wrapped ones and rowed them for stacking while I wrapped them. Was talking on the phone so I burst one they took it out wrapped it again and brought it back.:D:D:D So just have to get them to master the baler now and I can set my self up in a delegation role:rolleyes::rolleyes:

No need for anymore gadgets for the lads to mess with. Have good radios in both tractors. Have being coaching them for the last 4 yrs and letting them do small bits here and there. Have spent more on the tractors in those 4 yrs than a little but its important that the tractors stop when they want them to and the lads feel confident to drive them. They are going to try spreading slurry tomorrow.

dzer2 wrote: »

No need for anymore gadgets for the lads to mess with. Have good radios in both tractors. Have being coaching them for the last 4 yrs and letting them do small bits here and there. Have spent more on the tractors in those 4 yrs than a little but its important that the tractors stop when they want them to and the lads feel confident to drive them. They are going to try spreading slurry tomorrow.

You've probably said it already but how old are they? Great to see they're interested and makes the farming more enjoyable.

dzer2 wrote: »

Twins 12 yrs old

My two are mad to get driving but there only 2 1/2 , the 10 year old lad is going to do a bit more driving this summer but hes not too pushed

had a good few last night shook out maybe its time to start settling down:(

kevthegaff wrote: »

had a good few last night shook out maybe its time to start settling down:(

sure your not even forty yet, what rush is on you. Action is what you need man, not jungle juice.

reilig wrote: »

I have advertised over the phone counselling sessions on donedeal . . . . well it seems that way. I hate the way that these guys think that I have nothing else to do but listen to their tales of agricultural woe just because I'm trying to sell something. One guy talked for 40 minutes last night. Most of it was about the weather and about how shallow the soil is on meath land. I think that he was surprised when I told him that we have a max soil depth of 3 inches around here. In the end I got thick with him and said if you want it, come and look at it and I just hung up! Doubt I'll ever meet him - maybe that's a good thing!

Sorry Reilig, I didnt mean to annoy you

Will you consider my offer of 40% of what your asking for it in cash:D

I think Donedeal has it's best of it's days behind it.

The only one making money off it is them. €3 a pop and the next day your ad is nowhere to be seen (well I exaggerate, maybe you'I see it on page 3 or 4) Pay another €3 then to bump it up. Then as you say Reilig if you are lucky enough to get anyone to see ad, you'I get plonkers ringing (and ringing at all hours) or going for a drive and a nose of a Sunday! You can't win!!

Bring back the buy and sell! :pac: