silage which comes first.

satstheway

Just wondering what other people do. Slurry or fert first then grass harrow and or roll. Some around here do fert first then slurry after. With the dry spell I put slurry on first and rain has it washed off leaf now. Going with fert tomorrow.

1chippy

Its a bit late asking the question now, but its the same way we went with it this year. fertilizer on silage ground was finished spreading last weekend, so a wee burst of growth now would be nice.

satstheway

I was not asking what to do just wondered way other ppl do.
In the North west it is not late for spreading yet as our weather is not as kind as in the south but . But we had a long dry spell with very cold nights so I put off the fert for a week . Had rain lastnight the first in weeks so I can spread happily now.

MfMan

Slurry, perhaps roll if necessary, aerate, followed by fert a week later. Silage gonna be late this year AGAIN. Land now soggy and a broken week forecast. Most tentative of green shoots appearing however.

satstheway

Never aerated before. What is the best machine to do this.
and do you think it really benefits the grass? I see adds for that roller with the steel tines that shatters ground up to 14 inches you have to travel at a high speed. Some of our fields are shallow and we have a couple with underlying rock there would be the odd jumpy bang nd maybe a couple of broken tines mes thinks.

Bodacious

im going to take another round of grazing off of silage ground before i close it. i make haylage for sucklers and the bigger crop/lighter bale /one cut /when grass is most plentiful just works for me.

i just finished chain harrowing field this evening.. i did it arse ways so i put out 2 bags of fert/acre..trace elements something similar to 18-6-12 on thursday and harrowed this evening after all the rain the dung pats soaked it up and i got a great spread/rip on it.. i should harrow first so then fert?

Muckit

Bodacious wrote: »

trace elements something similar to 18-6-12

Was it replenish you out on? Use that myself the last few years

Muckit

What do most lads do? Do you put the nitrogen on in one go or stagger it by few weeks?

bbam

All at once for fertiliser.
Don't really have a preference for slurry or fertiliser first. Slurry goes out when the ground is fit. Sometimes the fertiliser will get out first, sometimes not.

Farmer Pudsey

If you spread fertlizer first you have to allow for it to disolve into ground before you spread slurry. if fertlizer is coated with slurry it wll not dissolve in the case of urea it will ten evaporate into the air. The standard practice would be slurry first granular after.

larthehar

Do most lads chain harrow/grass harrow fields? Is there a noted advantage?

Say if you do a run they leave a run will there be a difference in the grass.

Bodacious

Muckit wrote: »

Bodacious wrote: »

trace elements something similar to 18-6-12

Was it replenish you out on? Use that myself the last few years

thats the one muckit, 18-?- 2.5- 2.5 trace elements cant remember exact no.s same price as 18-6-12 E22.50 a bag

satstheway

larthehar wrote: »

Do most lads chain harrow/grass harrow fields? Is there a noted advantage?

Say if you do a run they leave a run will there be a difference in the grass.

I would like to know this also and can it benefit much from aeration??