Silage Ground - Fertiliser & Slurry

highspeed

hi guys, drystock farmer here - have some of the dry cattle out this week - letting them graze the silage fields - was going to spread 1000 gls of slurry per acre next week and on the 3rd/4th week in april spread some nitrogen on this ground

was talking to a neighbour yesterday who suggested that i spread the nitrogen once the cattle are moved off the land - this will be early next week, leave it a week and then spread the slurry. he had been doing this he claims for the last few years.

what do you think - i never did it like this and to be honest never heard of people doing it this way.

keep going

always put out slurry first,would go a bit heavier too with it.i think you should always spread slurry a wet day

Finno59

highspeed wrote: »

hi guys, drystock farmer here - have some of the dry cattle out this week - letting them graze the silage fields - was going to spread 1000 gls of slurry per acre next week and on the 3rd/4th week in april spread some nitrogen on this ground

was talking to a neighbour yesterday who suggested that i spread the nitrogen once the cattle are moved off the land - this will be early next week, leave it a week and then spread the slurry. he had been doing this he claims for the last few years.

what do you think - i never did it like this and to be honest never heard of people doing it this way.

Going by the book your supposed to put on slurry and then nitrogen afterwards, but i put out fertilser first and then slurry over it and it has been working very well. If you put out slurry first and get dry weather you'd see fertiliser sitting on slurry for weeks.

funny man

highspeed wrote: »

hi guys, drystock farmer here - have some of the dry cattle out this week - letting them graze the silage fields - was going to spread 1000 gls of slurry per acre next week and on the 3rd/4th week in april spread some nitrogen on this ground

was talking to a neighbour yesterday who suggested that i spread the nitrogen once the cattle are moved off the land - this will be early next week, leave it a week and then spread the slurry. he had been doing this he claims for the last few years.

what do you think - i never did it like this and to be honest never heard of people doing it this way.

Look it dosn't really matter which goes out first for grass growth but being practical about it spreading slurry in April you run the risk of slurry drying onto the grass and coming back into the pit, I'd go with slurry next week and fertilizer 2 weeks later.

kboc

distinctly remember Farmers Journal saying don't put the two out together or relatively close together. This was a comment on a farmer doing this immediately after taking a cut of silage in early summer, it would probably apply this time of year also.

I think the chemicals of slurry and fertiliser don't mix easily.

AtillaTheHun

def up your slurry rate. 2-3000G would be more like it.

you should be returning all your slurry(and its NPK) to your winter forage ground. within reason that is

funny man

AtillaTheHun wrote: »

def up your slurry rate. 2-3000G would be more like it.

you should be returning all your slurry(and its NPK) to your winter forage ground. within reason that is

For my pennies worth, unless weather conditions change 2-3000 gallons will only dry out on top of the ground, for this time of year spreading slurry is border-line on being too late so make sure slurry is diluted and there is some rain forcasted.

AtillaTheHun

funny man wrote: »

For my pennies worth, unless weather conditions change 2-3000 gallons will only dry out on top of the ground, for this time of year spreading slurry is border-line on being too late so make sure slurry is diluted and there is some rain forcasted.

well i've already covered all the silage ground in feb with 2000G/acre. am hitting it again as the fields are closed. I always use watery slurry though. looks like rain on Tues!

case 956

highspeed wrote: »

hi guys, drystock farmer here - have some of the dry cattle out this week - letting them graze the silage fields - was going to spread 1000 gls of slurry per acre next week and on the 3rd/4th week in april spread some nitrogen on this ground

was talking to a neighbour yesterday who suggested that i spread the nitrogen once the cattle are moved off the land - this will be early next week, leave it a week and then spread the slurry. he had been doing this he claims for the last few years.

what do you think - i never did it like this and to be honest never heard of people doing it this way.

I grazing silage ground as we speak will be closed by Thursday 31/3. i spreading slurry on friday(hail,rain,sleet r snow) at 2500gls of watery slurry and will spread 3 bags of can/acre 10 to 14 days later. Doing it dis way for past 2 yrs and always have silage left over in pit. S 3 bags can too much??