This Machine Will Change Our Flower Business

With our new No-Till Drill from Tar River Implements, we'll be able to substantially increase the size of our sunflower planting. The Tar River Saya-505 no-till drill is a capable machine that will allow us to quickly and efficiently plant everything from grass, cover crops, and flowers.

[@craiglamb8056]

Looking forward to seeing the results.

[@Fishingtrips803]

Nice addition to the farm

[@danradtke1663]

Awesome machine. I am thinking that will work awesome in your once already tilled before plots. All new things need a learning process. Great purchase. 👍 a time saver thats for sure. Youll get it.

[@EdensRemorse]

Have you seen if the coulters are lined up exactly with the double disc openers? I have the 507 and they weren't lined up out of the box - might help you get seed in the furrow a bit more! Thanks for taking the time to video your experience!

[@watkinstreefarm6880]

Pretty cool piece of equipment!! It has been a month now, did the buck wheat come up??

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

yes it did, but I didn't have time to let it grow much. I've since planted over 2 acres of sunflowers with this but didn't get around to filming any of that.

[@watkinstreefarm6880]

@@WoodsTreeFarm Awesome!!

[@craiglamb8056]

Any update on the sunflowers?

[@davejsullivan]

Hey, I was looking to see if you had any more hats available. I can't find them on your website. Will you be making more of those to sell?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Thanks! We recently got some in and I think I have the online store configured correctly now. Select the 'shipping' option and let me know if the hats show up for you... woodstreefarm.square.site/s/order

[@sevans6938]

I am about to buy a saya 505 for dove field & food plots. I do a 4 acre dove field. How did it do with your sunflowers?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

It has done well for us. The only issue I've had is it's not heavy enough to penetrate hard ground which would lead to poor germination. I either need to disc first or wait until after a good rain

[@sevans6938]

Did you try adding weight to the drill and if so how much? Do you remember how many #/acre you drilled sunflowers?@@WoodsTreeFarm

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

I haven't tried any weight. 25-30lb/ac black oil sunflowers.

[@CJsLS21]

Now that your gonna run that drill, are you gonna switch out to R1 ag tires on your kubota?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

I don't have any intention of doing that. The industrial tires are meeting my needs 98% of the time. If its too muddy, I wish I had ag tires, but then again, if its that muddy I probably shouldn't be running the tractor around tearing everything up so much.

[@stevelabarr3642]

What is the width of that drill?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

the specs say its 55 inch working width

[@ProductiveRecreation]

Looks like an expensive piece of equipment! You must be reinvesting all your profits in new equipment. What future payback do you expect on this via saved time and/or increased yields?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

This will be a huge time savings, and we'll be able to plant more, which should help us attract a larger audience for our flower events which will grow revenue. But you're accurate in your assessment - we've invested everything we've made, including what we make from TH-cam, firewood, on-farm events, product sales, etc, back into the business up to this point. If we hit our 2023 goals, we may take our first distribution in 5 years.

[@craiglamb8056]

Any updates?

[@shadowspace99]

Probly work better a day or 2 after some good rain .

[@billiebruv]

This highlights compaction created by excessive tillage. It will take a few years to create natural tilth before the drill can bury into the ground

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

I'm not going to say youre wrong but the drill didn't penetrate previously uncultivated soil either. It was too dry. Two weeks later I ran it after a rain and it did great.