fertiliser and sunshine

eorna

was going to put out a bit of feritliser (18/6/12)..i heard the weather is good for about a week which is great but..will i be safe spreading or should i wait until rain forecasted?? will o loose any if i spread now??

mf240

bump

Pacoa

Spread some pasture sward today. Recon theres a good dew at night so it should be ok but a few showers to wash it in would be better but we can't be seen to be praying for rain just yet

PureBred

Sorry to OP for hijacking thread.

Cut silage first week of June. Slurry went out week later. Need to get some cut sward out now but with the weather picking up for what looks like a week am I too late?

Would I be better off waiting until the end of next week?

orchardfarmer

PureBred wrote: »

Sorry to OP for hijacking thread.

Cut silage first week of June. Slurry went out week later. Need to get some cut sward out now but with the weather picking up for what looks like a week am I too late?

Would I be better off waiting until the end of next week?

was about to ask similar question - bagged ground for silage last night and then seen the forecast for 7+days with no rain...:eek:

delaval

Spread you're only losing growing days

simx

delaval wrote: »

Spread you're only losing growing days

+1, wont grow anything in the bag

funny man

Try to spread in the fertilizer when there is no/low sun to minimise Nitrogen loss (it is small), so very early morning or late evening.

rlaois

Apologies for re-hashing the same question but can you confirm as the father has me gone around the bend telling me we cant put out fert unless there's rain!!!

Wrapped over the weekend and I've fert for second cut silage to go out asap, cant afford to wait around. I'm planning on spreading tomorrow in the late evening/night or so.

I'm not gonna be throwing my money away by putting it out even if it doesnt get rain, just loads of sun for a few days?! A dew/cooler evening should do enough to get it in....

There's no-way I'm gonna start looking for rain.....

orchardfarmer

rlaois wrote: »

Apologies for re-hashing the same question but can you confirm as the father has me gone around the bend telling me we cant put out fert unless there's rain!!!

Wrapped over the weekend and I've fert for second cut silage to go out asap, cant afford to wait around. I'm planning on spreading tomorrow in the late evening/night or so.

I'm not gonna be throwing my money away by putting it out even if it doesnt get rain, just loads of sun for a few days?! A dew/cooler evening should do enough to get it in....

There's no-way I'm gonna start looking for rain.....

put mine out last week, the dew thats falling at night is helping it break down, def starting to make its way into ground..