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to spray or not to spray!

  • 10-08-2010 7:41pm
    #1
    kerryman12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 940 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Just wondering if guys think it is necessary to spary off this time of year before reseeding. The ground in question is off good quality silage/late grazing gorund, but hasnt been reseeded for years.

    I was always of the opinion that spray off was critical in the spring but not necessarly so in the Autumn.

    REgards
    KYman12


Comments

  • #2
    Rebel Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭Rebel Man


    Don't think it's essential- many times done it myself without spraying. Think it mainly depends on method being used. With no spray good quality ploughing defo needed but if not ploughing spraying needed.


  • #3
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    The best reason to choose to spray is to ensure to kill any weeds or crowfot. I would always spray to ensure that the grass and clover seed that you are sowing does not have to compete with anything else when establishing itself.


    Can anyone tell me how long you need to leave grassland after spraying it with roundup before it is safe to cut it for silage or allow cattle to graze it? I thought the roundup drum used to say 5 days, but I cannot find any information on a drum that I bought yesterday.

    Dan


  • #4
    roadtripman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭roadtripman


    reilig wrote: »
    .


    Can anyone tell me how long you need to leave grassland after spraying it with roundup before it is safe to cut it for silage or allow cattle to graze it? I thought the roundup drum used to say 5 days, but I cannot find any information on a drum that I bought yesterday.

    Dan

    Yeah the label says 5 days, If your investing in a reseed imo it would be foolish not to burn off the old swarth,


  • #5
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    does gallop have the same 5 day grazing cutting withdrawl period as roundup..fecking round up is very pricey


  • #6
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    does gallop have the same 5 day grazing cutting withdrawl period as roundup..fecking round up is very pricey

    I think all the Glyphos sprays (Roundup Gallop etc) have the same withdrawal period. Although Gallop in 10l drums was the same price as roundup when I went to buy it yesterday - maybe it was just in the hardwars that i was in.


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