pre spraying silage ground

dar31

anyone ever spray silage ground with round up before cutting it.

want to put in kale the 1st of june in a silage field, but the silage wont be cut till last week in may, and there wont be enough time to let it green up again and spray.
was planning on spraying it 10 days before cutting then mow and then pit it along with rest of silage

any experience or advise welcomed

stanflt

dar31 wrote: »

anyone ever spray silage ground with round up before cutting it.

want to put in kale the 1st of june in a silage field, but the silage wont be cut till last week in may, and there wont be enough time to let it green up again and spray.
was planning on spraying it 10 days before cutting then mow and then pit it along with rest of silage

any experience or advise welcomed

6litre roundup biactive per h-cut no more than 7days after spraying

reilig

Works a treat - even in round bales.

bt12

tried it last year, worked well

MfMan

Anyone top silage ground prior to close up? Grazing it at present but that doesn't get it really cleaned down.

sea12

Sorry to HijackThread, but as you are talking about this you might know the answer to my question.
What do ye use to wash out your sprayer with after roundup to ensure there is no residue left the next time you go spraying.
Is there a cleaning detergent you can add in or do you just add water?

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Thanks

stanflt

sea12 wrote: »

Sorry to HijackThread, but as you are talking about this you might know the answer to my question.
What do ye use to wash out your sprayer with after roundup to ensure there is no residue left the next time you go spraying.
Is there a cleaning detergent you can add in or do you just add water?

If I need to put it on a separate thread, Mod just let me know.
Thanks

water-h2o-water-h2o and loads of it

John_F

ya done this last year done about 4 acres in autumn, worked ok but only a maintainence feed after for drys, wouldnt really fancy doing alot of the silage ground unless you want a pit just for dry cows.

@sea12: we use all clear extra, its amonia based as far as i know, but there are detergents going too i think

Tipp Man

This is generally the way we reseeding and we Will be reseeding 25 acres this way in June

Our procedure is as described by stanfit

bob charles

sea12 wrote: »

Sorry to HijackThread, but as you are talking about this you might know the answer to my question.
What do ye use to wash out your sprayer with after roundup to ensure there is no residue left the next time you go spraying.
Is there a cleaning detergent you can add in or do you just add water?

If I need to put it on a separate thread, Mod just let me know.
Thanks

depends on how well and what the next use is. I changed from Glyphosate to beet spray there a few weeks ago. Beet is very sensitive and it has to be done 100% or you may be down a field of beet. Use a product called All-Clear think its made by DuPont. Either this will be available at your spray stockists or an equivalent. It kinda looks like washing up liquid. procedure takes about 2 hrs done properly, but this would be an extreme case for beet

ihatetractors

For sprayer, Rinse, spray dilute, Rinse+ detergent, empty, quick rinse again
Uncle washed out a 15 acre field of beet before not cleaning sprayer right, less well learnt

dar31

stanflt wrote: »

6litre roundup biactive per h-cut no more than 7days after spraying

cheers lads
how vital are the 7 days and what are the consequences of cutting after 7 days

49801

dar31 wrote: »

cheers lads
how vital are the 7 days and what are the consequences of cutting after 7 days

think you would get very dry silage and start to have problems with the fermentation process.
4-5days should be adequate. Is that not what they say on the label?

keep going

iv done anything from5 to 9 days and no probs

blue5000

Hi Dar31 it can be very dry, any time Iv done it I cut the roundup stuff first and put it in the bottom of the pit, it preserves better this way as dry stuff on the top of the pit can go mouldy.

Price around for the 'roundup'. There is a huge variation in price/brand.