Knowledge & practice

Practical know-how from the roller pioneer.

Practical articles – by crop, season and machine. Plus field reports, short videos and webinars.

Drone shot: tractor with GÜTTLER spring-tine cultivator during stubble cultivation
Practical tips
19
Reports
6
Short videos
84

Topics

What needs doing?

Six topics from grassland to machine care – one click filters the practical tips.

  • 4 practical tips

    Grassland

    Levelling, aerating, overseeding, rolling – and keeping rough meadow-grass in check.

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  • 4 practical tips

    Stubble & weeds

    Working shallow, retaining moisture, controlling volunteer oilseed rape and European corn borer mechanically.

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  • 4 practical tips

    Catch crops & green cover

    Sowing, rolling at flowering and in frost, destruction in spring, green cover in vineyards.

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  • 4 practical tips

    Seedbed & sowing

    Fine, firm and moist: reconsolidation for sugar beet, oilseed rape and spring drilling.

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  • 2 practical tips

    Cereals

    Stimulating tillering, breaking crusts – as long as no frost is expected before or after.

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  • 1 practical tip

    Machine care

    Winterising checklist: clean, check, lubricate, store dry.

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Practical tips

All 19 practical tips.

Practical articles – by crop, season and machine.

  • Prismenwalze® on maize stubble – close-upAutumn
    • Maize
    • MATADOR

    Corn borer control

    At harvest, around 70% of the larvae are below the second node – so the maize stubble needs to be snapped and crushed and the root crown damaged.

  • GÜTTLER Super Maxx® CULTI spring-tine cultivator – cut-out imageWinter
    • Maintenance
    • Wear parts

    Winterising checklist for GÜTTLER machines

    GÜTTLER machines are durable, robust and reliable. Even so, targeted care after the season and before winter should not be underestimated.

  • GÜTTLER GreenManager® establishing green cover in a vineyardAutumn
    • Viticulture
    • Green cover

    GreenManager®: now is grape harvest time

    Establishing green cover in your vineyards after the harvest is crucial for returning nutrients and protecting the soil.

  • Drone shot: sowing catch crops on stubble with a GreenMaster harrow and MAYOR Prismenwalze®Summer
    • Catch crops
    • Super Maxx®

    Sowing catch crops with GÜTTLER

    Super Maxx® BIO and CULTI, GreenMaster with MAYOR, MAYOR with seed tank: the equipment for reliable catch crop sowing.

  • GreenMaster tine seeding: seed tubes deliver the seed directly behind the harrow tinesAutumn
    • Grassland
    • Overseeding

    Grassland maintenance in autumn

    Late summer and autumn are the best time for overseeding: the intact sward remains and gaps are filled.

  • MEDIANA 600 front-mounted with a monograin drill at the rearSummer
    • Seedbed
    • Front presses

    From harvest to sowing

    MEDIANA, MATADOR, AVANT and DUPLEX® at a glance – with practical benefits, flyers and videos.

  • Super Maxx® BIO during shallow stubble cultivationSummer
    • Stubble
    • Super Maxx® BIO

    Super Maxx® BIO: water-saving stubble cultivation

    The Super Maxx® BIO easily reaches working depths of up to 15 cm and penetrates reliably even into dry soils – with a low draught requirement and low fuel consumption.

  • Drone shot: GÜTTLER implement working an area with green coverSpring
    • Grassland
    • Overseeding

    All about grassland

    Milk from forage, overseeding, sheep’s hoof effect: short tips on grassland maintenance – with a handbook and brochure for further reading.

  • Drone shot: MEDIANA 820 Prismenwalze® front-mounted, monograin drill at the rearSpring
    • Sugar beet
    • MEDIANA

    Optimum reconsolidation for sugar beet drilling

    MEDIANA 820 at the front, 18-row monograin drill at the rear: fine, firm and moist in the seed zone – with a coarse, crumbly topsoil above.

  • Aerial photo: tractor with trailed GÜTTLER Prismenwalze® rolling cereals in springSpring
    • Cereals
    • Prismenwalze®

    Rolling cereals in spring

    The Prismenwalze® stimulates tillering and breaks up light capping – provided there is no risk of frost before or after rolling.

  • GÜTTLER GreenMaster TINE SEED on grassland: Ripperboard, harrow tines and seed tubesSpring
    • Grassland
    • GreenMaster

    Grassland maintenance in spring

    Flooded fields, damage from mice and game, well-advanced swards: spring grassland maintenance calls for careful judgement.

  • Tractor with Super Maxx® BIO during catch crop destruction in springSpring
    • Catch crops
    • Super Maxx® BIO

    Catch crop management in spring

    Let the soil dry first, then work shallow with the Super Maxx® BIO: narrow point or swept point – and no trailing roller.

  • GÜTTLER Prismenwalze® rolling down a dense, flowering catch cropAutumn
    • Catch crops
    • Prismenwalze®

    Catch crop management

    Minimum soil cover under the CAP, dense multi-species stands, rolling at the right time: how an obligation becomes a benefit for the soil.

  • MAYOR with Ripperboard freeing capped wheatSpring
    • Cereals
    • GreenMaster

    Breaking crusts

    Crusted soils after winter: harrow and Prismenwalze® (prism roller) break the crust without damaging the plants.

  • Aerial view: tractor with Super Maxx® 70-7 BIO preparing for spring drillingSpring
    • Seedbed
    • Super Maxx®

    Preparing for spring drilling

    Prepare the soil quickly, cost-effectively and professionally with the GÜTTLER Super Maxx®. The field dries out faster, so sowing can start earlier.

  • Super Maxx® 50-5 BIO with a 100 hp tractor and minimal front ballast during stubble cultivationSummer
    • Stubble
    • Super Maxx®

    Cultivating cereal stubble properly

    Work shallow first, conserve moisture, mix the straw in close to the surface – turning stubble cultivation into a mechanical false seedbed.

  • GÜTTLER GreenMaster maintaining grassland in hilly terrainSpring
    • Grassland
    • GreenMaster

    Grassland maintenance – what matters?

    Levelling, aerating, scarifying, overseeding and reconsolidating: five operations in a single pass for more milk from forage.

From the field

Farmers report.

Farmers and contractors report. 6 field reports and 9 video testimonials.

Short videos

Quick to watch.

84 short videos from the field and two webinars – newest first.

Events

Events & field days.

Advice and demonstrations – on site or online.

Advice

Questions from the field?

Your GÜTTLER dealer and the GÜTTLER sales team will be happy to advise you – on equipment, settings and use on your fields.