Reseeding

Farmer Pudsey

I know somefarmersonly harrow the ground and spread grass seed and then spread slurry on top. Do they put much slurry on and is it watered down

moy83

It never worked well for us when we spread the slurry on top of the seed .
If we are doing it that way now we would horse out the slurry without watering it down much and then give it a good rub of the rota spike ,(or a harrow if thats what you have ) and if its in the end of the year we usually give it a really light tickle again with the rotaspike to bury the seed very slightly and then roll if its not too wet

bob charles

seed is gone too dear for some of these poor establishment methods. if you want to cut cost get it properly direct drilled with moore, Aitchison, duncan etc

moy83

I think the weather is too poor for new seed aswell ,definitely around here anyhow . Maybe leave it alone for now and hope for a dry spring ?

Farmer Pudsey

The couple of acres I am doing is very dry the chain harrow is rising dust.

lab man

pudsey, you must be in spain

grange mac

At 300% annual rainfall can confirm you are def not in west cork...havnt seen dust but hav seen ducks swimming where they should b grass...

reilig

Thin slurry is what we used. Never had a problem with it. Have reseeded with the chain harrow for 4 years now with perfect results. Why waste money on stitching or direct drilling when we can do it ourselves with a cheap chain harrow.

blue5000

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

The couple of acres I am doing is very dry the chain harrow is rising dust.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION? I'd say there's a lot of very jealous ppl on here:cool:

Farmer Pudsey

reilig wrote: »

Thin slurry is what we used. Never had a problem with it. Have reseeded with the chain harrow for 4 years now with perfect results. Why waste money on stitching or direct drilling when we can do it ourselves with a cheap chain harrow.

Many gallons/acre thin or thick

reilig

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Many gallons/acre thin or thick

It depends on what the ground will take. Last time we reseeded, we put on about 2000g of pig slurry to the acre. It was very watery. You have to be careful, if you put on a big thick coat of slurry over the seed and it crusts, it will smother the seed.

epfff

reilig wrote: »

Thin slurry is what we used. Never had a problem with it. Have reseeded with the chain harrow for 4 years now with perfect results. Why waste money on stitching or direct drilling when we can do it ourselves with a cheap chain harrow.

Sorry to sound stupid here now
But your process is
1.spray off ground
2.two weeks later pull chain harrow
3spread grass seed
4.light coat of watry slurry

its just we always spray disk slurry and power harrow roll.could it be just an expensive habbit

reilig

epfff wrote: »

Sorry to sound stupid here now
But your process is
1.spray off ground
2.two weeks later pull chain harrow
3spread grass seed
4.light coat of watry slurry

its just we always spray disk slurry and power harrow roll.could it be just an expensive habbit

We have only got 2 or 3 inches of soil. In some ground, if you break the skin, it can be soft for years to come. We spray, eat off, 2 - 3 weeks later chain harrow a couple of times. Spread granulated lime, spread seed and roll. Then top off with slurry. Spread fertilizer after 6 weeks if possible - once the lime is gone into the ground.

Horses for courses.

moy83

How many bags of gran lime do you use per acre (or does it depend on soil test ) and do you find it works aswell as the dust when reseeding .

reilig

moy83 wrote: »

How many bags of gran lime do you use per acre (or does it depend on soil test ) and do you find it works aswell as the dust when reseeding .

Last time we used 2 bags to the acre. It worked fine. Its no better or no worse than lime. Its just handy when you are only reseeding a couple of acres to be able to buy it and spread it yourself.

epfff

moy83 wrote: »

How many bags of gran lime do you use per acre (or does it depend on soil test ) and do you find it works aswell as the dust when reseeding .

Gran lime works in a few days
dust takes a few months
The new seed is lime hungry at start so if going with dust takes preplanning

moy83

Thats why I was asking , a buddy asked me to do two acres for him and the gran lime would be handy . Its a bit soft and it will be mostly for geese that will be grazing it would you believe ! Any recomendations for the type of seed that might be suitable ?

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Thats why I was asking , a buddy asked me to do two acres for him and the gran lime would be handy . Its a bit soft and it will be mostly for geese that will be grazing it would you believe ! Any recomendations for the type of seed that might be suitable ?

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supersean1999

i know the thread is a a few months old, im thinking of reseeding around 5 acres, its half a field that was reclaimed in the 80s iv cleaned up the drains lately and will get them all working before doing anything, prob is the soil is a dark soil, not the most proofy land, its 5-12 inch deep before dobe or sand is hit , i really would be opening up a can of worms if i broke the shell over the dobe,, the prob is there is part of it that has purple moor grass is places, i will prob have to plough that up no matter how much its grazed of topped the lumps seem to wait. i would of preferred to harrow the top , but it badly neeeds to be levelled, any advice, never ploughed any land, was thinking of grazing bare and spraying mid march, weather permitting, thanks