growth

kevthegaff

well lads i think the grass is starting to grow slowly here, how is it in yer area?

whelan1

kevthegaff wrote: »

well lads i think the grass is starting to grow slowly here, how is it in yer area?

things are greening up slowly

Marooned75

Silage fields here that got slurry in feb and 18-6-12 a couple of weeks back greening up nicely

oxjkqg

anywhere that got leafy start/urea and slurry startin to move. slowly but surely.

blue5000

There is about an inch of re-growth on grass grazed early last week. Not a lot but better than nothing.

Timmaay

oxjkqg wrote: »

anywhere that got leafy start/urea and slurry startin to move. slowly but surely.

How are we meant to pronounce that username ha! But yep same here, Was in one of the silage paddocks that only got grazed out 3wks ago, followed with slurry and cut sward and theres a nice bit of cover back on it now! It was only reseeded 2yrs ago, makes all the difference! I'll resist letting the cows on it if I can, would like to get an early(ish) cut on some of the farm at least!

TUBBY

Might be greening but long way from good covers. Aiming for all cattle out by Saturday week. Will need two weeks of good temps to push growth.

oxjkqg

Timmaay wrote: »

How are we meant to pronounce that username ha! But yep same here, Was in one of the silage paddocks that only got grazed out 3wks ago, followed with slurry and cut sward and theres a nice bit of cover back on it now! It was only reseeded 2yrs ago, makes all the difference! I'll resist letting the cows on it if I can, would like to get an early(ish) cut on some of the farm at least!

its a college password dat got bulled in dere mother nature loved her slurry dis spring only stuff to give it a kickstart. ya anyting reseeded recent enough is showin a bit a response wen it gets any hint of growin conditions atal

delaval

TUBBY wrote: »

Might be greening but long way from good covers. Aiming for all cattle out by Saturday week. Will need two weeks of good temps to push growth.

Sooner you graze the sooner it'll grow. I notice that early N & slurry really working now along with early grazing.
It really has been a seat of the pants ride!!!
I recon growth touching 40/day. Windy but at least it's from the south west!!

mf240

Slurry spread as far back as early jan can be seen working now.
All we need is some real heat and there will be grass everywhere.

TUBBY

delaval wrote: »

Sooner you graze the sooner it'll grow. I notice that early N & slurry really working now along with early grazing.
It really has been a seat of the pants ride!!!
I recon growth touching 40/day. Windy but at least it's from the south west!!

Have some out alright delaval but growth slow even on grazed ground. Definitely see great response from early slurry but still a long way from having good covers.

I would say there will be a lot of silage made this year after this winter.

oxjkqg

dere wont be alot of silage made if the grass isnt grown for it first.

Timmaay

oxjkqg wrote: »

dere wont be alot of silage made if the grass isnt grown for it first.

Plenty of time to grow grass for silage, only mid April yet! All about quility though, how many will try to get big yeild of stong June grass to fill up totally empty pits, even if its all long and steamly! Improving the dmd over last years 1st cut is what I'm aiming for this year to help the winter milking cows.

Blue Holland

Amazing how quick everything has greened up, soil temps ranged from 11 to 13 here sunday. Winter crops, especially oilseed rape really taken off last few days. Grass grazed in feb startin to get reasonable bit of cover.

bob charles

my beard is growing faster than the grass here still.