What makes the Claydon Direct Seed Drill different from any other on the market? Most of our competitors direct seed drills are complex machines that scrap at the surface and leave the seed to rot when it rains. Unlike our competitors our drill uses a simple patented design that does the job efficiently and easily, we do not have a complex arrangement of tines, discs and moving parts so there are less wearing parts that wear or break, and our quick fitting Bourgault points make changing the points a quick and easy process. Perhaps the main feature of our drill is the patented technology that we use to sub-till the soil with our first tine that stops the seed from becoming water logged by creating a drainage channel and shattering the soil to allow the plant to grow strong and deep tap roots giving us a high yielding crop.
The Drill consists of four processes:
Rigid Chisel Tine
A-Hoe Spring Mounted Tine
Seed Spreading Boot
Spring Mounted Wheel
To Create the perfect “plant pot” in the soil
1 - Creating the Perfect Growing Environment .. The Rigid Chisel Tine creates a drainage channel that will stop the seed from becoming water logged whilst at the same time shattering the soil to aid the growth of strong and deep tap roots. This tine is a solid independently adjustable tine with a quick fitting tungsten carbide Bourgault point.
... The first tine shatters compaction out of the soil and creates drainage
2 - The A hoe tine then lifts and creates tilled soil for the seed to be laid under whilst combing the rubbish into rows between the seed bands and finally drops the tilled soil back on top of the seed. This tine is a goliath tine with a quick fitting Bourgault A-Hoe point.
3 - The seeding boot then spreads the seed into bands and injects the seeds under the tilled soil that has been created by the A hoe and again is a quick fitting Bourgault design.
4 - Finally the wheel or harrow gently presses the soil down for good soil to seed contact.
The overview of the process >
All processes are conducted inline for maximum efficiency
