Twitter notes on reasons to use straw harrow by Spencer Claydon
Reason 1 : Reasons to straw harrow when direct drilling : Manage stubbles
Claydon Straw Harrows break down & disperse crop residues across the field and on headlands. #strawharrow Source: https://x.com/ClaydonDrill/status/1803072677315305695
Reason 2 : Reasons to straw harrow when direct drilling : Generating tilth, raking out weeds.
Reason 3 : Reasons to straw harrow when direct drilling : Reducing slug populations.
High speed harrowing turns over crop residues and exposes them to ultra violet light, desiccating slug eggs.
#stubblemanagement #claydondrill #OptiTill #organicfarming #slugcontrol
Reason 4 : Reasons to straw harrow when direct drilling : Warming overwintered soils.
#claydondrill #strawharrow #springdrilling #loveyoursoil #strawrake #warmyoursoil
Reason 5 : Return nutrients & organic matter to soil by.
•Distributing straw evenly across soil surface
•Breaking soil cap & stimulating bacteria
•Breaking down residues helping worms to harvest
#claydondrill #strawharrow #OptiTill
Source: https://x.com/ClaydonDrill/status/1805152206968045909
Reason 6 : Six reasons to use a Straw Harrow – Transforming slabby seedbeds.
The straw harrow breaks down slabby seedbeds and clods into smaller particles, covering open rows left by drilling in imperfect conditions, as this field demonstrates:
Photo-1: Slabby.
Photo-2: Covered.
Photo-3: Crop.
Source: https://x.com/ClaydonDrill/status/1805655444935131520
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