temperature for grass growth

Tomjim

what daytime temperatures are required for the grass to grow

NewBeefFarmer

oh jaysus, if its not answered in this page, it certainly on page 2 .. . .

same question asked

Farmer Pudsey

Daytime do not matter it is ground temperature that matter to the biggest extent. At ground temperatures above 6C grass begins to grow ssssllloowly. When above 12c air temperature do not matter. When you hit 9-10c grass will be growing well.

Magic day is 3-4 weeks away.

bbam

Wind chill is -2c here now.
Was -3.1c earlier, grass growth is a fair bit off yet.

Auld fella used to say that you need 3 nights above 3 degrees for grass to start slowly.

Tomjim

Magic day is 3-4 weeks away.[/QUOTE]

are u serious, are we expected to hit 6 next weekend?

If something doesnt happen soon I ill be in serious trouble

Viewtodiefor

Tomjim wrote: »

Magic day is 3-4 weeks away.

are u serious, are we expected to hit 6 next weekend?

If something doesnt happen soon I ill be in serious trouble[/quote]

Next weekend looking like a temp rise ten to twelve degrees during day

maxxuumman

Ya, from Sunday, temps are supposed to be in the 3 - 10 deg range, and the wind is from the south. Should be a help

ciaran kinvara2012

maxxuumman wrote: »

Ya, from Sunday, temps are supposed to be in the 3 - 10 deg range, and the wind is from the south. Should be a help

could we start shaking fertiliser today or any day soon i wonder? CAN???

redzerologhlen

Tomjim wrote: »

Magic day is 3-4 weeks away.

are u serious, are we expected to hit 6 next weekend?

If something doesnt happen soon I ill be in serious trouble[/quote]

+1, we are under serious pressure here at the moment, need to get fert out to try and spur on growth but it's way too cold at the moment. First year in a long time we havent been able to let cows off to grass as they calve. It's going to be hard to get cows back in heat early this year I'm afraid

pakalasa

redzerologhlen wrote: »

are u serious, are we expected to hit 6 next weekend?

If something doesnt happen soon I ill be in serious trouble

Give them some meal Redzer. To hell with the cost. You'll spend the next few years trying to pull back calving dates.

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Give them some meal Redzer. To hell with the cost. You'll spend the next few years trying to pull back calving dates.

They are all getting it pak and allwhich are calved are on silage now aswell, it's keeping them going but no substitute for the grass we would normally have at the same time. I think I'm going to let the calving slip back to march next year anyway, the feburary calves are knocking too much out of the cows outside on the winterage and out of my pocket trying to feed them. I hope to jaysus we don't get a summer like last year.

Farmer Pudsey

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Daytime do not matter it is ground temperature that matter to the biggest extent. At ground temperatures above 6C grass begins to grow ssssllloowly. When above 12c air temperature do not matter. When you hit 9-10c grass will be growing well.

Magic day is 3-4 weeks away.

I will not be too far wrong temperatures supposed to be 11/12 next week night time 7/8 no wind chill grass will be out over the ditches in three weeks. CAN this week or might be able to use urea on Saturday looks like Saturday night/Sunday morning 5mm of rain.

The ould dog for the hard road the pups for the path

td5man

Soil temperature was a little over 6 here this evening, wonder what it will be in the morning?

Farmer Pudsey

td5man wrote: »

Soil temperature was a little over 6 here this evening, wonder what it will be in the morning?

A little over 6 but it will climb fast expect it to be above 10 early next week

just do it

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

A little over 6 but it will climb fast expect it to be above 10 early next week

Get out the spreader

td5man

just do it wrote: »

Get out the spreader

Mt is giving spot flooding

PMU

soil temp is 6 degrees C here at 10.00am which is the time to take it for growth purposes

PMU

M.T saying now there wont be any real heat(12 *+) until the last week of april