Kylemcnamara
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Plan to reseed 2 acres in September. Relatively dry soil in Co. Limerick. Plan to cut silage off it, spray it, disc 2x and power harrow. Seed then roll. Fertilise with 2x bags and Gran lime. What's the opinions?
Spray it before cutting and save 3 weeks at least.Plan to reseed 2 acres in September. Relatively dry soil in Co. Limerick. Plan to cut silage off it, spray it, disc 2x and power harrow. Seed then roll. Fertilise with 2x bags and Gran lime. What's the opinions?
How quick after grazing a field could you spray it off with roundup? I see some tillage lads get a good kill when they spray stubble ground and that's fierce shortSpray it before cutting and save 3 weeks at least.
the growth needs to be there for the spray to target itHow quick after grazing a field could you spray it off with roundup? I see some tillage lads get a good kill when they spray stubble ground and that's fierce short
Yes ,how long after a light grazing could you spray it ?? 4 days of good growth??the growth needs to be there for the spray to target it
Cut it and bale/wrap around 5 days after spraying.did that a couple times, will never again. When the cows ate the silage, milk yield dropped sharply on both occasions. Know a couple other lads who have noticed the same.
No cows involved so should be fine, otherwise getting late for reseeding.did that a couple times, will never again. When the cows ate the silage, milk yield dropped sharply on both occasions. Know a couple other lads who have noticed the same.
Once weather complies all should he fineNo cows involved so should be fine, otherwise getting late for reseeding.
How many days after spraying did u mow.that's why we did it but as soon as the cows were fed the silage milk volume and protein dropped. We try now to have bales taken off it earlier in year now and after grazing let a bit of regrowth for a couple days then burn it off.
Can't unfortunately in my stoney groundplough then
Usually in a dry year like this the old sod would be turned back up again to some degree. I’d usually put 3 crops of barley into a ley field due for reseeding, just to give the soil and weed seeds a good chance of exposure.I got lea ploughed in April , sowed spring barley in it . Not cut yet , but hopefully next fine day .
If that was to be ploughed again now , with the intention of reseeding it , wouldn't the scraw come up again ? Hardly rotted yet .
Would it be better to sow barley again next year ,
Or ,
What about powerharrowing the stubbles , and sow on the second run ? ,
If you can get away with out it as grass for another year I’d consider winter barley, you’d have it off earlier so could have your reseeding done in august easily enough, you’d also have ploughed back up the top layer and any extra p&k that may have been in the top inches that got turned down this time. And any remaining sods would be broken down too.I got lea ploughed in April , sowed spring barley in it . Not cut yet , but hopefully next fine day .
If that was to be ploughed again now , with the intention of reseeding it , wouldn't the scraw come up again ? Hardly rotted yet .
Would it be better to sow barley again next year ,
Or ,
What about powerharrowing the stubbles , and sow on the second run ? ,
Tried that before here. And wasn't a great success never again. If the crop is heavy and lying over spray won't get the grass on the bottom. All you will end up is tufts of old grass in a new reseed.Spray it before cutting and save 3 weeks at least.
We sowed down a lay too. Was cut last week. Just waiting on a digger to clean up a grip and am going to disk it and onepass the grass into it. It was fairly soddy when ploughing and I can see myself getting pure hardship if I went to turn it over again. Ground we have rented was in grass and you could see the sods again and that was a yr from when it was ploughed lastI got lea ploughed in April , sowed spring barley in it . Not cut yet , but hopefully next fine day .
If that was to be ploughed again now , with the intention of reseeding it , wouldn't the scraw come up again ? Hardly rotted yet .
Would it be better to sow barley again next year ,
Or ,
What about powerharrowing the stubbles , and sow on the second run ? ,
I got lea ploughed in April , sowed spring barley in it . Not cut yet , but hopefully next fine day .
If that was to be ploughed again now , with the intention of reseeding it , wouldn't the scraw come up again ? Hardly rotted yet .
Would it be better to sow barley again next year ,
Or ,
What about powerharrowing the stubbles , and sow on the second run ? ,
If you can get away with out it as grass for another year I’d consider winter barley, you’d have it off earlier so could have your reseeding done in august easily enough, you’d also have ploughed back up the top layer and any extra p&k that may have been in the top inches that got turned down this time. And any remaining sods would be broken down too.
Spend a bit of time on the winter barley seedbed, mainly making sure the ins and outs are fairly good then the field will be fairly ok to just till the top and sow the grass into, it should stay relatively firm and with the earlier grass sowing a better opportunity to get in with a weed spray, well unless your going mss then that doesn’t matter, and also you might even get to give it a light grazing in the back end with light stock or dare I say it white lice
Your not allowed have land burned off all winter and anyway you’ll lose production between October and mid April.There does be some panic with reseeding.
Graze away burn it off in the autumn.
Burn it off in the spring.
Go at it then whenever is suitable
What's 2 acres going to produce between October and mid April?Your not allowed have land burned off all winter and anyway you’ll lose production between October and mid April.
If a fella only had 3 acres then he would be missing 2/3 of his land baseWhat's 2 acres going to produce between October and mid April?