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Mystery in the cover crop


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Yesterday while I was out brushing I found a few of these out in a field. 

They were roughly cricket ball sized, blobs of foam. My first thought was cuckoo spit as it had a similar consistency but I've never seen as much in one place and not at this time of year. 

A few of them had collapsed into the bare earth and left only traces, but most were still like the one pictured.

No one on the cart had a clue what they are, so I thought I'd try on here. Anyone got any ideas?

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evening, i would guess it is foam from a bout marker on a crop sprayer. if there arnt any tramlines a bout marker would mark the sprayer width when it is spraying. we used that method years ago before we got tramlines and then we got GPS, hope that helps.

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2 minutes ago, FAR WELTED said:

evening, i would guess it is foam from a bout marker on a crop sprayer. if there arnt any tramlines a bout marker would mark the sprayer width when it is spraying. we used that method years ago before we got tramlines and then we got GPS, hope that helps.

I'll see the farm staff next week so I'll ask them then. Cheers 

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44 minutes ago, FAR WELTED said:

evening, i would guess it is foam from a bout marker on a crop sprayer. if there arnt any tramlines a bout marker would mark the sprayer width when it is spraying. we used that method years ago before we got tramlines and then we got GPS, hope that helps.

 

i did think that. i used the sprayer with that years ago,

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2 hours ago, adzyvilla said:

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Yesterday while I was out brushing I found a few of these out in a field. 

They were roughly cricket ball sized, blobs of foam. My first thought was cuckoo spit as it had a similar consistency but I've never seen as much in one place and not at this time of year. 

A few of them had collapsed into the bare earth and left only traces, but most were still like the one pictured.

No one on the cart had a clue what they are, so I thought I'd try on here. Anyone got any ideas?

what activity is "Brushing"?

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53 minutes ago, Minky said:

I've never heard that term.  it's always been called beating.  The beaters cart.  must be a term from East Anglia region.

Yes it is called beating pretty much everywhere else except norfolk and Suffolk. We do things differently here.

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6 minutes ago, adzyvilla said:

Yes it is called beating pretty much everywhere else except norfolk and Suffolk. We do things differently here.

A bit like the French.  No one follow the French and the French don't follow anyone else.  Those Citroen cars.. the DS,  GS,  Ami 8.  2CV and the vans that were like a corrugated tin sheds on wheels.  The suspension systems and the brakes.  Those French Gaulose fags OH and GARLIC Ugh.

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