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Richard Hare 09-03-2012 22:08:41 199.243.31.131 Report to Moderator	Evening Gents, Have the old binder ready to go, but have never cut wheat with one before, so when do you reckon it is ready to cut? At present it's a bit soft, in fact some grains are in the soft dough stage, whilst otheres are pretty hard. When do you guys cut? Thanks in advance! R. [Reply]   [No Email]
Richard Hare 09-06-2012 06:42:51 199.243.31.1 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Richard Hare, 09-03-2012 22:08:41   Thanks for all the help, guys! The hard bit is knowing what it looks like exacxtly, a week or so before it'd be fit for the combine..as in, I'd know that best when it Was fit to combine, then I could say; "Yep,......shoulda' cut it last week!" Still, it's as I thought, and will keep an eye on it. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks again. R. [Reply]  [No Email]
randy hall 09-05-2012 21:09:59 216.255.38.207 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Richard Hare, 09-03-2012 22:08:41   we cut ours a day before it is ready to combine and load it directly on the wagons to thresh at our fair which is around three weeks later. a little will shell out but not very much. [Reply]  [No Email]
Dick2 09-04-2012 12:16:08 174.26.218.15 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Richard Hare, 09-03-2012 22:08:41   Varies by climate, varietu, etc. etc. The old rules were mostly for the way things were done back in the day when the bundles were shocked and left in the field for 30 days before they were threshed. Wath the field for the shelling; the day that you notice any shelling is a day or two past the day that you should have cut it! [Reply]  [No Email]
flying belgian 09-04-2012 11:21:41 98.132.233.132 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Richard Hare, 09-03-2012 22:08:41   Pa always said to cut oats one week before it is ripe and cut wheat one week after it is ripe. [Reply]  [No Email]
Brendon-KS 09-04-2012 03:42:35 63.245.190.37 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Richard Hare, 09-03-2012 22:08:41   We always bind a few acres of wheat to be threshed at our annual antique tractor show. We like to bind about a week or two before the grain would be ready for the combine, somewhere in the hard dough stage. If you wait too long there will be more shattering loss. On the other hand, if you bind too early the grain will just shrivel up as it dries. From how you describe your grain it is getting pretty close; by this weekend you can probably be in the field. [Reply]  [No Email]
Richard Hare 09-04-2012 07:38:30 199.243.31.175 Report to Moderator	Re: When to cut wheat with a binder? in reply to Brendon-KS, 09-04-2012 03:42:35   Thanks for the answer, Brendon. It's also only a small patch, maybe 4 acres. It is "Red Fife".. classed as a "heritage" variety up here, and was grown mainly between the 1840's and 1900. I'm not wanting to rush it, as the barley needs swathing when the weather is good, and the oats are coming on fast. Not enough of me to go 'round sometimes! Thanks again! R. [Reply]  [No Email]