is it too dry for putting out slurry?

buffalobilly

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

49801

buffalobilly wrote: »

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

No is short answer
What u don't want is a sun burning hot day as it will volitise.
Overcast days are ideal

freedominacup

Don't know if this applies to you but there'd be no problem applying it to grazed ground. I applied slurry to ungrazed ground a month ago and really wish I hadn't. It's still stuck to the sward in places and we've had some serious rain since it was applied.

crackcrack30

Isnt it better for the soil that it gets to stay on the ground for a while to rot in rather than being just washed in and probably out.....ya putting it on grass is a no no.

49801

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Isnt it better for the soil that it gets to stay on the ground for a while to rot in rather than being just washed in and probably out.....ya putting it on grass is a no no.

Much better washed into soil. If sits on top nutrients are lost

Sam Kade

buffalobilly wrote: »

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

What weather forecast is that the Donegal postman's? After 4 days weather forecasting becomes less accurate

buffalobilly

it is xc weather it is pretty accurate

Good loser

49801 wrote: »

Much better washed into soil. If sits on top nutrients are lost

That only applies to the Nitrogen element.

crackcrack30

What is the nitrogen content % of slurry?

keep going

if you are waiting for the perfect time to do everything you ll get nothing done:p

freedominacup

keep going wrote: »

if you are waiting for the perfect time to do everything you ll get nothing done:p

Accoring to the oul boy

Q. What's the difference between a good farmer and a bad one?

A. A week:eek:

crackcrack30

I know a old roofer , never watched the forecast, he said that if he did he'd never get out of bed.....

bob charles

freedominacup wrote: »

Accoring to the oul boy

Q. What's the difference between a good farmer and a bad one?

A. A week:eek:

I never get that saying, does he mean the good farmer has gone a week earlier and gotten the work done, or waited the extra week to do the work

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

I never get that saying, does he mean the good farmer has gone a week earlier and gotten the work done, or waited the extra week to do the work

I believe he means the good guy does it on time the bad one a week late.

1chippy

Are you happy now. bloody raining.:D

buffalobilly

happy days as long as it knows when to stop

bob charles

freedominacup wrote: »

I believe he means the good guy does it on time the bad one a week late.

or the bad one doing it a week early

passie

buffalobilly wrote: »

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

Not today anyway :rolleyes:

Sam Kade

buffalobilly wrote: »

happy days as long as it knows when to stop

Looks like xc weather is no more accurate than the rest, like I said after 4 days the forecast becomes less accurate.

iverjohnston

buffalobilly wrote: »

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

I'd say you can safely start to spread now, Buffalo:rolleyes:

Viewtodiefor

buffalobilly wrote: »

never thought i would say this but is
it to dry for putting out cattle slurry
just after looking at weather forecast
and here in donegal we are not going
to get much rain in the next couple of
weeks so would the slurry be better in
the tanks
all opinions welcome

Maybe it's a bit wet now you could do serious ground damage!

agriman27

Do you lads think spreading slurry would have any benefit to grassland and cut ground if it was spread in the current hot weather. Would any of you spread or should I wait for a few dull days. It's kinda holding up my plans but suppose there isn't much of a growth anyway

mahoney_j

agriman27 wrote: »

Do you lads think spreading slurry would have any benefit to grassland and cut ground if it was spread in the current hot weather. Would any of you spread or should I wait for a few dull days. It's kinda holding up my plans but suppose there isn't much of a growth anyway

Absolutely no point it's too hot ,whatever good is on if will just evaporate off and all your really doing is burning diesel and wasting your own time,better off wait till weather breaks.

yellow50HX

mahoney_j wrote: »

Absolutely no point it's too hot ,whatever good is on if will just evaporate off and all your really doing is burning diesel and wasting your own time,better off wait till weather breaks.

Only benifit you would get from slurry in this weather is if you put it out with a trailing shoe or dribble bar and even then you would need some grass cover and some rain.

There is rain forecast for later this week but temps won't be that low. Is wait till Thursday if you really want to put it out.

agriman27

Yeah I think your right lads its so hot. I'll leave it for a while. Its difficult to get a happy medium with the weather:pac: