muckymanor
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I wish I was that good. I hope it all keeps coming. I'm hopefully going to have some very high quality silage from it in the coming weeks which should cut my meal bill.You shall be known as the clover king
I wish I was that good. I hope it all keeps coming. I'm hopefully going to have some very high quality silage from it in the coming weeks which should cut my meal bill.You shall be known as the clover king
Hopefully, it looks like you get a good take from it anywayI wish I was that good. I hope it all keeps coming. I'm hopefully going to have some very high quality silage from it in the coming weeks which should cut my meal bill.
Great result Mucky, are you having any issues with bloat?
Would there be any chance of clover establishment if just spread on to an existing sward?
The seed has to make contact with the soil - it's as simple as that. If existing pasture is grazed low then spreading clover into it and rolling afterwards will work to some extent. I have some pics earlier where I strip grazed and spread clover to allow cattle to walk it in. It's coming, but I'm not 100% sure of it yet - I have just grazed it for the second time since seeding and hopefully the next growth should bring out a lot more clover.
I personally think that a spring tine harrow would be ideal for the job - something with tines close together that you could just do a quick run over pasture after grazing, spread the seed and then roll. I think it would bring brilliant results with clover. It's definitely in my plans.
The clover can take over too..The first hand sown clover looks really well now. There's a really thick matt of it across the field and the cows went for it before the grass. This was a wet enough field and some parts were too wet to roll after seeding but you can see some seed emerging now from some of the poached spots - 10 weeks after they were sown. There's some chicory coming but no plantain. I'm reading that overfeeding of multispectral, and even stitching it into existing grass is not working brilliantly. Best results are coming from ground that has been tilled.
I have sowed clover on about one third of my grazing ground this year. Next year I intend to have a better way of preparing the ground. I won't be going with an expensive mix with added chicory and plantain - just straight clover.
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No mention of weight on the label either.Expensive sausages
The first cut was let go a little too far and gave 10 good wilted bales to the acre. Second was 5 to the acre. Third will be lighter.what sort of yields have you been getting with it?
I did some last year and found that it was well spread out - i put about half a kg per acre over 6 acres. It was not over populated but this year it has doubled and tripled.Does the clover not grow in clumps at the dung pat's after feeding it?
Have oversowed a few paddocks this year, mostly successful though one seems to have been a poor take