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Fertiliser silage ground

  • 07-04-2013 11:36pm
    #1
    rooney32
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    Only getting to spread fertiliser on silage ground this week and wondering with it being so late should I spread less ie 3 bags of can instead of 4. What you guys doing?


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  • #2
    GERMAN ROCKS
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    two bags of urea.


  • #3
    red bull
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    Slurry and 2 bags urea


  • #4
    munkus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭munkus


    2 bags of urea here too. Slurry after 1st cut.


  • #5
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    rooney32 wrote: »
    Only getting to spread fertiliser on silage ground this week and wondering with it being so late should I spread less ie 3 bags of can instead of 4. What you guys doing?

    2units/acre/day from now to your expected cutting date.


  • #6
    caseman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭caseman


    What % value would fertlizer lose lying an top of the ground the last week, 18/6/12 and can


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  • #7
    weekendfarmer
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    2units/acre/day from now to your expected cutting date.


    What do you mean by "unit" ?


  • #8
    freedominacup
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    weekendfarmer wrote: »
    What do you mean by "unit" ?

    It's the old way of counting it TBH. It basically amounts to .5kg/acre. So 1x50kgbag urea @46% N contains 23kgs of N but 46 units. 1x50kg bag of CAN @27%N has 13.5kgs of N but 27 units. So if you are intending to harvest silage on 15th May then that's 37 days so 75-80 units will be enough N for that crop.


  • #9
    red bull
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    2units/acre/day from now to your expected cutting date.

    when we get growing conditions


  • #10
    Paddysniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭Paddysniper


    Hello, nice topic.
    I see you talking about urea and can only. Does that mean you don't put any p and k back into the ground?
    New to farming and wondering whats the best fertiliser to put out per acre for silage.
    Also do you spread the same manure/quantity for both cuts?
    Thanks in advance.


  • #11
    red bull
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    If you are taking up now for a decent cut about 3 bags of 18 6 12 + bag of can


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  • #12
    Mulumpy
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    Has anyone any idea what the formula for converting units/acre to kg/ha of fertiliser is.


  • #13
    freedominacup
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    Mulumpy wrote: »
    Has anyone any idea what the formula for converting units/acre to kg/ha of fertiliser is.


    Multiply units by 1.25.


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