No Till Coulters Vs Row Cleaners

Might occasionaly do some no till beans in sod.

No till coulters vs row cleaners.

Sidewall compaction is a major problem in our soils if the ground is a little bit wet but going from no till coulters to row cleaners and spade closing wheels and taking off most of the down pressure has helped that problem alot. Plan on mostly no tilling corn into bean stubble or beans in corn stubble. Row cleaners row cleaners can be added to sweep residue from the row to warm the seed trench. Been wanting to put row cleaners on my kinze before next spring at least on the rear units anyway and cant make up my mind if i want to get row cleaners and forget the no till coulters or get the combination units.

The no till coulter has always been the go to solution for the no till farmer. As such many no tillers do not use residue movers allowing the planter to run on a layer of residue to avoid problems. Once the planter is properly leveled the performance of row cleaners can be greatly improved. Floating row cleaners with depth bands are the design of choice for no till conditions.

It causes hairpinning requires additional down f. Ponding of water often results within the depression created by the no till coulter and this commonly results in poor stands. Link to post share on other sites. Chrisny 700 posted march 30 2012.

3 floating row cleaners. In addition if the soil is wet under the residue soil disturbed by row cleaners or coulters will stick to the planter s depth gauge wheels and other components. I would never go back to using opening coulters because the problems we had with hairpinning were greatly reduced after removing them. Not compatible with coulters.

Row cleaners also prevent hair pinning which occurs when residue is pinched in the seed trench next to the seed robbing critical moisture. Years ago we pulled our coulters off the front of our planters on the advice of university of nebraska ag engineer paul jasa at the national no tillage conference. However what is the benefit. In addition if the soil is wet under the residue soil disturbed by row cleaners or coulters will stick to the planter s depth gauge wheels and other components.

Dawn coulter trashwheels combination for narrow rows although we like to see a dual row cleaner whenever possible on narrow row planters 22 or less you may need to sacrifice some row cleaning to avoid issues with residue flow between the planter row units. Turn to the winter 2016 edition of conservation tillage guide page 66 to see additional responses from fellow no tillers by no till farmer editors although the makers of farm equipment have engineers specifically charged to design and build no till planters that efficiently place seed in the ground at the optimum depth in a variety of field conditions it s difficult. We also use no row cleaners and rely on the disc openers to slice through our residue.