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Thepatented Triton drilling blade is unique in having a downward facing stale seedbed engagement member. All other tine drills use upward facing soil engagement members which hook weed seed upwards into the top two inchs of the seed bed i.e the germination zone. This defeats the stale seed bed system giving enough grass seed return to cause difficulty in the rotation.

A shallow stale seed bed, or multiple stale seed beds in an infested field, can reduce weed burden by 95% if the crop is then drilled in late autumn. But the vital last pass, the drill pass, can defeat the successful stale seed bed by hooking up the grass seed, the Triton cannot hook up weed seed, this is a very significant advantage.

On a separate note, we have got on very well drilling grass seed into established grass leys. We sprayed off old leys in June, a week later we mowed the grass off and baled it and then direct drilled new seed with the Triton. All has grown well, even considering

Triton has allowed us to delay winter wheat drilling into November through to December and as a result blackgrass plant numbers have been dramatically reduced. A good low cost, low maintenance drill ideally suited to our heavy land.

Year 3, autumn 2017 when just one 4m Triton drill was used no wheat crop was lost to slug. This was due to improved seed soil contact, consolidation without compaction from the closing tines restricting the slugs ability to traverse the seed slot.

The first season with the Triton drill proved how well it would cope with wet late conditions. This season, naturally totally different from last year has shown that given good stubble management (which need not be expensive) how well it managed with direct drilling in a variety of weather and

Our steepest, most awkward field had not ploughed very well, consequently getting spring beans in during a wet spell proved too much for our 6 metre drill. A neighbour suggested trying the Triton drill which did the job admirably, we got a crop and would recommend the machine in heavy

Triton Seed drills Kirtling Suffolk Nov 4th 2021 Heavy clay direct drilling second wheat.

This second wheat was the farmers highest yielding wheat in 2022 against earlier drilled wheats and first wheats

Triton is a seed drill that utilises purist vertical tillage through one-pass direct, or conventional, seeding. The Triton will also drill into a range of cover crops. It is the only seeding system capable of fully effective direct seed drilling into all soils in all weathers. It is unique and is both worldwide patent applied and European design registered.

Light land suffers from higher takeall levels. But, If the moisture and nutrient is in the field and the TakeAll levels are reduced then the roots will be healthy enough to carry subsequent wheats much better. By the use of AminoA Flo or AminoA Blazt the roots and the whole plant physiology may be boosted to give remarkable yields on light land.

To date, No heavy soil has prevented a Triton seed drill from carrying out fully effective drilling in any weather. Stubble management must be carried out in accordance with Triton seed drills recommendations after which the Triton can drill at will.

At time of going to press milling wheat is worth 35% more than feed Barley and is higher yielding. Wall to wall wheat gives maximum profit when some rotations are actually losing money. In many instances a Triton has paid for itself by drilling just one field of late wheat, in just one year.

By drilling in November most yield robbing factors are dramatically reduced and yields are still high. TakeAll is neither created nor multiplied by Nov drillings so all the wheats perform close to their full potential. Inputs such as fungicide and herbicide can also be dramatically reduced in time, by tayloring to the historic weed seed expectancy of each field.

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The Triton Side-Press Seed Drill is available in full draft, half draft, lite and x-lite draft setups bring the drill within the power availability of most farms. Ideally suited to all soils and unrivalled in stronger soils.

First wheats can often yield 12.5 t ha or even more and are the most profitable crop in the rotation, but if blackgrass is present in significant levels, then it can make second and third wheats unviable.

Controlling blackgrass is the key to growing profitable second and successive wheats. The best method of control is to create multiple false seed beds and then destroy the emerged seedlings with glyphosate. But because of the action of auxins in the emerging seedlings only about 40% of Blackgrass seed will germinate after the first cultivation.

It is therefore necessary to repeat this technique three times to gain control over Blackgrass. The advantage is that this can lead to massive reduction in grassweed herbicide costs perhaps down to as little as 20 ha from 120 ha and also to high yielding crops. Late drilling up to the end of January averages 10t/ha in HGCA trials. The problem is that reliable crop establishment in the winter period when field conditions are poor.

At AminoA we recommend the Triton Seed Drill which has been developed to drill in virtually any condition. It is also non-inversion which is vital as the last semi-germinated blackgrass seedlings must be left on the surface to be controlled. The Triton is capable of drilling any land in any weather, shutting the seed slot without any roller, packer or press and the Triton is self-cleaning.

However, whilst the emerging wheat seedlings are usually safe from slugs in December, as slug activity is low, after they have converted the energy in the seed to producing first leaves, then there is usually little solar energy available to stimulate growth. Therefore, an application of AminoA FLO as soon as conditions allow travel, will stimulate growth and promote early tillering.

Recommendations:

All crops of OSR and Winter Cereals will benefit from a treatment of AminoA FLO ( or AminoA PLUS/PRO) in the Autumn period before growth stops. Apply 1 litre ha AminoA FLO in tank mixes in all crops as a standard treatment and up to 2.5 litres ha in any backward or stressed crops and then repeat as soon as conditions allow travel in the spring. AminoA FLO contains every essential amino-acid in the L form and is immediately available to the plant to perform cell division.

''We have now applied AminoA (FLO) to our late drilled rape and growth has jumped in 48 hours even though we are at the end of October. We believe AminoA ( FLO) is a worthwhile field application as it is environmentally friendly and crop safe. AminoA ( FLO) contains many plant nutrients and the fast response L-amino-acids bring a new angle, which will give crops a boost going into the winter, and set the plants up for strong growth early in the spring.''

In replicated field trials in OSR we have demonstrated yield improvements of between 280kg - 1.1 tonnes/ha (5 ha plots yielding 5.7t/ha), making AminoA FLO ( or AminoA PLUS) a fantastic ROI. In winter wheat we have demonstrated yield increases from 6 - 18% and protein lifts in milling wheat.

AminoA FLO is not just a fire brigade product; it should be part of your growing programme. We are often called by growers and agronomists to provide product to fix a problem crop that is struggling because of weather or other stresses. We are always happy to oblige and have saved many crops that would otherwise have been written off, but the best growers have now realised that if you want to push yields then the best strategy is to include our products in every tank mix.

Why?

All winter cereals and OSR will soon be going in to the winter period which will result in crop stress. They are also at critical growth stages for determining yield. Trials on biostimulant products applied to Winter Wheat have demonstrated that early applications at 1-2 leaves and again at the start of tillering increase final yield by stimulating more tillers, increasing grain sites per ear and improve grain size.

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