Fields burning up

buffalobilly

Was looking at the fields today they are all burning up have a few fields and you would think I was in with the sprayer and burned them would chain harrowing help

delaval

buffalobilly wrote: »

Was looking at the fields today they are all burning up have a few fields and you would think I was in with the sprayer and burned them would chain harrowing help

Is it bccause of drought?
Are they grazed bare rain will cure

dharn

buffalobilly wrote: »

Was looking at the fields today they are all burning up have a few fields and you would think I was in with the sprayer and burned them would chain harrowing help

Same everywhere, being burned by the frost and cold wind harrowing would probably do more harm

wiggy123

they going red/yellow.. that not also lack of nitrogen, along with frost damage

buffalobilly

No they are we're not grazed bare over the winter ground was to wet. Not to wet now

mahoney_j

The bit of grass ive left has a lot of purple leaves,not bothering cows too much as there mopping it all up.The rest of the farm is like most on here a bare desert!! bur cruically nitrogen is well out and it is ready to burst out of the ground when we get a bit of heat and moisture which i hope to hell we get soon ,very soon

whelan1

wiggy123 wrote: »

they going red/yellow.. that not also lack of nitrogen, along with frost damage

ours is gone purple, walked farm today:eek::(

Viewtodiefor

whelan1 wrote: »

ours is gone purple, walked farm today:eek::(

Yep purple here too! Wind cold n quiet dry . Weather looking better after weekend

Insp. Harry Callahan

Same here in Donegal, no grass, fields everywhere nearly all burned up, gone yellow/ brown. Brutal altogether.

bob charles

Purple is showing up badly where plants arent able to get adequate supplies of Phosphorus into the leaf. Cold ground conditions really locks up P movement.

Farmer Pudsey

As you look at fields everywhere they look as if someone had sprayed the whole county with Roundup about a week ago.

Viewtodiefor

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

As you look at fields everywhere they look as if someone had sprayed the whole county with Roundup about a week ago.

if roundup would work as good when u want wouldn't we be happy

iverjohnston

I have a couple of fields where the rushes have really got out of hand. About 3 years strong. There is zero grass on the fields at the moment, as bare as the proverbial babys behind. Should I hit them with MCPA as soon as the weather softens, or would you recommend cutting first ? Or any other suggestions?

grazeaway

yeah have a few fields the same. was walking them yesterday. they were reseeded 2 years ago and got a good coating of slurry last autunm. was thinking thy might have been short something too but reckon its burnign from the cold wind and rain.

getting milder down here but could do with a serious burst of heat

Farmer Pudsey

iverjohnston wrote: »

I have a couple of fields where the rushes have really got out of hand. About 3 years strong. There is zero grass on the fields at the moment, as bare as the proverbial babys behind. Should I hit them with MCPA as soon as the weather softens, or would you recommend cutting first ? Or any other suggestions?

I be slow if you are short of grass as any weed killer stunts grass growth. If they have a soft green growth I would spray remember to use an activator to spodten the leaf wax. If you an get slurry outon it at present I would hit with 4-6K gallone/acre if you can do without the grazing for a few weeks. Rushes are allso a sign of lack os P I think. In the past all this type of ground was givin Slag as a fertlizer

restive

Yeaaaaaaaaaaa! We got rain!!!!!!!!!!!!