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Avant la mise en route / Before start-up / Vorbemerkungen
Dealing with weeds?
1 - Conservation tillage must exclusively be kept to clean fields.
Perennial weeds, in particular, must be kept under control during the previous seasons.
2 - Weeds must be dealt with within the framework of crop rotation.
Alternate cereal and dicotyledonous plant crops (peas, rape, beetroot etc.) as well as winter and spring crops. Use rotations 2/2
*. Dicotyledonous crops give an opportunity to efficiently get rid of graminae; on the other hand, cereal crops allow efficient
action to be taken against dicotyledonous plants. *cf. Dr Dwayne Beck Dakota lakes farm.
3 - Sow stale seed beds during catch-crop periods to get rid of yearly weeds and regrowths.
As soon as the combine harvester has harvested the crop, a homogeneous, superficial and rolled «bed» of seeds must be
prepared, using fine soil, so that the weed seeds emerge as regularly and completely as possible. One week before sowing,
destroy the emerged plants by means of mechanical tillage or total non carry-over herbicide, such as glyphosate or sulfosate.
Aim to have no weeds at all at the time of sowing.
4 - Avoid sowing too early in order to improve the stale seed bed's efficiency.
The longer the catch-crop period, the more efficient weeding will be. Sow trashy fields last. Trust the quick efficiency and the
emergence quality of the Easydrill to enable you to sow at the usual dates, without any risks.
5 - As soon as the sowing is finished, keep clean and strong crops growing.
Use clean seeds that are free of weeds and have good viability. The seeds must be placed to obtain a fast and grouped growth,
to create a crop that will be able to compete with weeds.
6 - Use a seed drill that causes little disturbance of the soil, such as the Easydrill.
The Easydrill only works the seeding line, which reduces the chances of lifting seeds that have escaped the false seeding. It is
preferable to use wide distances between rows like those of the Easydrill (16.6 cm).
7 - Monitor the growth of plant life in the crop during the growing period.
With conservation tillage, the usual weeds do not appear in the same quantities or at the same dates; additionally, new
species may appear. Prepare for this evolution by improving your botanical knowledge. Every week while the crops are
growing, walk through the fields, moving into plots of land in a continuous series of «Ws», identifying plants and their
respective development; write any observations down and trace the history of each plot of land.
8 - Use herbicides of new chemical categories every year.
9 - Clean borders, fallows and crops before the heading.
Cut or shred weeds on embankments, in ditches and in fallows rather than treating them with total herbicide: some perennial
plants might not react to the product, and may then become difficult to get rid of. Some find it preferable to grow rye-grass
on borders: it chokes weeds and can easily be kept under control using a mower. During the season, destroy the remaining
localised weed growth spots using localised treatments, your usual sprayer, or by hand.
10 - Avoid scattering weed seeds when harvesting.
Start harvesting the cleanest plots of land. In weed infested plots, harvest the cleanest parts first. Clean the combine harvester
well after harvesting weed-infested land.
Ploughing is a last resort if the techniques above are not efficient enough to get rid of annual grass or dicotyledones.
Sow directly for corn grain.
1 - Anticipate
Give preference to varieties that can be harvested early.
2 - Avoid crushing the stems.
Retract the crusher under the spout. Preferably use a high cut.
3 - Sow at a steep angle.
4 - Use a high working speed.
If conditions permit, use a working speed of between 8 and 10 kph.
5 - Check the closer setting.
Check the angle and the closer height; if required, adjust it and check with the closer setting page.
6 - Adapt the settings.
Depth 4 to 5 shims. Medium or higher load offset shim. Increase the seed dose by 10%.
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