@@gencayguney4746 Merhaba, Türkiye’den selam almak güzel! Bahsettiğiniz gibi buğday tarlasında yapılan tırmık işlemi birçok farklı amaçla kullanılabilir. Benim burada odaklandığım, doğal tarım yöntemleriyle toprağın verimliliğini artırmak ve yabancı ot kontrolü sağlamak. Şöyle açıklayayım: 1. Toprak Havasını Artırmak: Tırmık, toprak yüzeyini gevşeterek köklerin daha iyi hava almasını sağlar. Bu, özellikle kışlık buğdayda kök gelişimini destekler. 2. Yabancı Ot Kontrolü: Eğer tırmık ekimden sonra yapılırsa, topraktan filizlenmeye başlayan yabancı otları temizlemek için çok etkili olur. Böylece buğday daha az rekabetle büyüyebilir. 3. Toprağın Nemini Korumak: Tırmıkla yüzeyin ufalanması, toprağın çatlama ihtimalini azaltır ve nem kaybını engeller. Bu, özellikle kuraklık riski olan bölgelerde işe yarar. 4. Doğal Gübreleme Etkisi: Bazı durumlarda tırmık işlemi, toprağa karıştırılan yeşil gübre ya da organik maddelerin homojen yayılmasına da yardımcı olur. Türkiye’deki tarım uygulamaları bölgesel iklim ve toprağa göre farklılık gösterebilir. Ancak bu yöntemler, doğal tarımı ve organik verimliliği artırmak isteyen çiftçiler için iyi bir alternatif olabilir. Siz buğday yetiştirirken yabancı ot kontrolünü ya da toprak işlemesini nasıl yapıyorsunuz?

@@leteasipper6563 Agree! 👍

Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you!!

Thank you so much Dan. Great to hear from you as always!

Thank you so much David. Back at you too!!

Not there yet but definitely less cultivations 👍😀

Thank you Ali. Huge luck with the new farm, really exciting!

Oh my god Darren, so good to hear from you! I think you were possibly one of the first people I subscribed to on KZbin 👍👍👍🙏

Thank you so much. I’ve got to pull my finger out now 🤣

Hello! I am so sorry. I really need to post some current stuff. I plan to do a June tour of the farm but it's jest finding the time to do it! Thank you so much though and I will post an update very soon. John

@@JohnPawseySPF I am glad, that You all good.

Hi. It was actually a mix of 50% red clover and then the remaining 50% was a mix of Persian clover, Crimson clover, birdsfoot trefoil, sainfoin, rib grass and a small amount of Timothy grass

@@JohnPawseySPF thanks for the reply, planning to put some SB with crimson undersown this year

Hi Julia. Thank you so much for your really kind comment. I put that clip up a few years ago and it was great revisiting it. Your kind of comment is why we all take time to put these clips up. Thank you again! Very best. John

Thank you Gregory!

Hi Justin. I’m so sorry that this clip was put up so long ago I can’t remember. So sorry, but thank you for your question. Very best. John

Hi Michael. We only used minimum tillage so that we didn't turn up any late codes but we did make 4 passes which is quite a lot and then rilled after sowing. This year we only made 2 passes with a roll after sowing so we are getting better! Thank you for your comment!

@@JohnPawseySPF okay! I am trying to do minimum tillage aswell but i finde it abit difficult to drill whit the cameleon when there still is some stubble in the top soil. Do u have Facebook or something where I can write u? Michael

@@Agdrup201 Yes, I completely agree about draw/stubble and the Cameleon, it can be a real problem. We are trying to get them too make a cutting wheel that will go on the front of the Cameleon to cut through the trash. I do have a Facebook account and so you could send a friend request. My picture is the same as by KZbin picture

@@JohnPawseySPF okay. I am trying to make my own cutting wheel. But i have not found a good solution yet. Don't u get problems whit some weeds whit big roots like Common Couch and Creeping Thisted when u don't plow?

@@Agdrup201 Yes, we can but generally they are not a problem in our rotation when we are crowing competitive crops like spelt, oats and taller heritage wheat. Generally I find that perennial weeds don't compete well with a good crop and although we don't necessarily get rid of them, we keep them low in the crop to not effect yield so much. We have though just bought a CombCut to cut some fields with bad thistles

Hello! That is a really good question and the answer is no, but I should be doing it. The difficulty I found was that there is so much else going on at that time of the year I’ve never really achieved doing it on a regular basis. But thank you for your post, it’s got me thinking about it again! Very best. John

Then we were on 250mm row centres sowing in a narrow band with a seed rate to produce 250 plants per square meter for winter cereals and 375 for spring crops at a depth of 2 inches. We’ve now switched to 333mm row centres sowing in a 120mm band to give better tillering crops like oats and barley a bit more room

Thank you!

Yes I am Kārlis. Actually I’ve just bought a Bionalan weed cutter from France which I think is better than the CTM Weed Surfer. I will put a clip up of it working when I have time. Thank you for your message! John

Thank you for that comment. I will look into it!

We sow headlands at 27 meters

@@JohnPawseySPF Could it turn in 18? We are getting one too so just thinking!

@@konstasarvela8577 I think you might struggle with a 9m trailed machine, but might be OK with a narrower machine?

@@JohnPawseySPF The one we are looking for is 8m. Does yours have rotating axle?

@@konstasarvela8577 Yes it does

Hi Harry, Very good to hear from you! No I haven't actually but I should do. Do you used them for animal feed?

@@JohnPawseySPF the wheat has been stockfeed but maybe bread next season. I was wondering whether or not a bread blend ratio could be planted together, harvested at same time then cleaned, and separated if need be. And whether it could result in a stronger overall stand ebbing and flowing with what the season brings. No doubt there would be challenges. What about blending several different cultivars of wheat together? I read that can result in a resilient crop.

@@harrybowen3285 I think that separation might be an issue Harry. We do grow a heritage wheat blend of pre-dwarfed varieties which produce a great protein % and as you say bring more resilience into the crop. I will put a video up later in the year when it is on ear. It looks great!

We are still going at it and experimenting. I must put up a clip!

Hi Garth. This year I think it is on the 30th May

@@JohnPawseySPF thank you john i will be taking my son.

The ponds are really too small for fish and they are just fed with rain water. Great though for invertebrates and newts!

Completely correct Jason, all heros. Also Fredrick Castle was killed flying from Lavenham

Hi! Thank you for your kind comment! Generally the rule of thumb is to sow later organically in the winter and earlier in the spring, the theory being that if you get a crop in early in the spring it is more likely to compete with weeds. I don't really take too much notice of this and go as soon as conditions allow but then we have a really good inter-row hoe for taking weeds out anyway. Spring barley is normally a pretty good crop for smothering weeds anyway but I would advise keeping the seed rate up to maximise this and go 350 to 375 plants per square meter. I really hope that helps? JP

@@JohnPawseySPF thanks for that john

The difficulty is that if sown at that time the clover can grow over the wheat by harvest making it very difficult to harvest. It is possible to do it with spring oats as they are very competitive but if sown too early in wheat or barley it can be a problem.

It’s eye watering £££ 😱 Yes, direct cut. I wanted to grow it with a companion but it’s for seed and the seed company said no! I agreed though, much better with something it can grow up.

@@JohnPawseySPF I hope the volunteer doesn’t become a problem in future small grain crops 😳👍🏻

@@GeigerFarm We grew them 20 years ago on quite a large scale and volunteers were never a problem with the right cultivations, but you are completely right, they can be!

We have a Convio at the moment but even on this flat field it wouldn’t do the same job. Agree, very expensive but I feel that it will open up new opportunities for us 🤞

Yes we have and although it is not really designed as a direct drill it will do it if there is an amount of tilth on the surface of the soil. I'm going to try some more this autumn and will try and remember to put a clip up.

Amen to that!

I’m afraid that it’s not an easy one. Docks really need to put pulled or at the very least their tops taken off and carted off the field. Growing more competitive crops like oats and spelt can help too. I wish that I could give you an easier answer! We do have docks here and have a team of roguers who come every year do help keep them at bay.

@@JohnPawseySPF ah right, I have heard people talk about toping them down then pulling the roots up through cultivaton then rowing them up & removing them from the field completely, the farm im trying to take over here in france is absolutely covered with them, I believe they are going to be a massive issue for me. I did see a machine called combcut that looks like it just removes the tops of the plante but rather expensive & I dont think it would stop them from competing with the crops still.

@@jackplaysguitar8293 They will be a problem but they shouldn’t get any worse buy making sure the tops are taken off by hand or with a Combcut. The only other thing to to would be to have a summer fallow and as you say, dry them out on the surface and cart them off the field. Always use a tine and not a disc which will cut them up and spread them. I’ll come and help for food and wine!!

@@JohnPawseySPF I might hold you to that one day! The trouble for me is its at as bad a stage as it could be the fields are absolutely covered with them, the crop is there underneath but the docks are dominating massively, so really by the sounds of it I am going to need to try removing them mechanically, right off the field. Would a harrowcomb weeder have much effect in the future years if I am to catch them earlier on? I know they are not very good with thistles but not too sure with docks.

@@jackplaysguitar8293 👍👍👍🤣 I’m not convinced that a harrow comb even early on would hugely help. However, I have used one for removing couch grass rhizomes from fields, dragging the, to the headland and then driving around the field picking them up in a loader bucket. It would work for raking up longer dock roots I would imagine....

Do you have any animals to graze it with? We used to cut and mulch ours and then plough it in but now we graze it with sheep. You do have to be very careful with red clover and breeding ewes though so you would need to find out when they would need to the off the clover either side of tupping. It's very good for fattening lambs once they have got a taste for it

@@JohnPawseySPF cows and calves on it.ive never seen as much of it before . I just don't want to loose it

Thank you!

You are so kind Edmund! It’s a bit dry here at the moment but hopefully we are due to get rain on Monday. Fingers crossed

They were sown at 150kg/ha. Sounds a bit heavy but that is what we were recommended. JP

I’m starting my rain dance now Matthew...but I’m certainly not videoing it!! Yes, we are suffering the same. Hopefully things will turn around soon!

Thank you!

We will probably follow the spelt with spring oats Harry. The spelt has to be sown in the floret as if you remove the floret (which also can’t be done with a combine harvester as its very tightly wedded to the seed) the germination plunges. So in essence you are sowing 40% chaff with the seed and so you need to compensate that with your seed rate. Usually we raise that to around 260kg/ha and it does tend to block in the planter tubes occasionally which is frustrating but if you clean it hard before sowing making sure that no two florets are still joined together it improves the situation a lot. The wheat will hopefully get a milling grade for human consumption and the beans will most likely go for animal feed depending on the level of bruchid beetle. I hope that helps?

@@JohnPawseySPF yes that should help a lot thanks! We were trying to dehull the spelt through combine by wind rowing, drying as much as possible and threshing it harder. This resulted in a pretty low yield. I got more than enough for seed though and it’s relatively clean. Do you plant yours in spring or autumn? Have you tried growing Lucerne?

@@harrybowen3285 We plant ours in the autumn Harry

Pretty much everything except for alcohol 😂

Organically they seem to come pretty much at the same time Henry. We blow air through it pretty quickly once it’s in the store and then separate them over winter or as soon as we can once autumn sowing is done

@@JohnPawseySPF Thanks for answering Henry's question on the harvesting of the Wheat-bean crop I was very interested to find out more,do you have a very dirty sample in the tank and then grade it out over a cleaner in the grain store later, do you find the yields are comparable to a single sown crop or do you find one out preforms the other as the wheat yeids better as it utilizes some of the nitrogen fixing from the beans..

@@edmund5183 Generally Edmund my harvester driver Peter manages to get a pretty good sample of wheat and beans but of course the settings are a compromise. So yes, when we clean it we set the cleaner to clean the crop which has dominated and then might have to turn around and clean the second crop again to get that really clean. If the second crop is going for animal feed it’s not so bad. It’s a hassle but still better than getting under a tonne of beans when grown on their own. From my experience you get an average yield of what you might expect from the crop that dominates so either 4t/ha of the wheat at that point in the rotation or 3t/ha for beans, but we have had cereals in the past do a lot better when bi-cropped with beans but haven’t seen that enough to really set any store by it. There is some evidence that suggests that beans do take up nitrogen from the senescing beans and so improve the grain protein.

How disappointing Hans. I hope things get better.