Reseeding with Sinclair McGill Grass Seed

farmers101

I Am reseeding land and have choose Sinclair McGill Grass Seed? is it good?

what are the advantages? disadvantages?

Sam Kade

I reseeded a field in 96 with the turbo grazing mix it was expensive but that field is still growing strong today.

mahoney_j

Never bother looking at any companies,just look at dept list and pick 3 variety s that suit what I want and order it through local coop..this year it was tyrella,abberchoice and mesquita..all diploids and for grazing.some companies have a crazy amount of varietys in their mixes.

moy83

Does the price of the seed go up much when the amound of varieties goes up ?
Would more different types in the mix be any help to adapt and grow with the different swings of weather we have been getting at different times of the year or do they die out quicker when they are diluted together ?

Robson99

Have many used this brand of grass seed? Are they good?

Bactidiaryl

Robson99 wrote: »

Have many used this brand of grass seed? Are they good?

It's been a few yrs. now but have used quite a bit of it before. Was pleased with progress,turbo and colossal for silage. How much an acre is it these days. Might give them a try again this yr.

charleysurf

mahoney_j wrote: »

Never bother looking at any companies,just look at dept list and pick 3 variety s that suit what I want and order it through local coop..this year it was tyrella,abberchoice and mesquita..all diploids and for grazing.some companies have a crazy amount of varietys in their mixes.

be careful with mesquite. made up a mix 3-4 years ago with 1/3 of that variety in it and its a difficult paddock to graze out midseason. it gives super dense covers but has poor digestibility. after talking mike Donovan in moorepark he said it was a variety was more suited to silage mixes as it tended to go to seed easily.

frazzledhome

charleysurf wrote: »

be careful with mesquite. made up a mix 3-4 years ago with 1/3 of that variety in it and its a difficult paddock to graze out midseason. it gives super dense covers but has poor digestibility. after talking mike Donovan in moorepark he said it was a variety was more suited to silage mixes as it tended to go to seed easily.

Do you direct drill?

charleysurf

frazzledhome wrote: »

Do you direct drill?

no plough, level and broadcast. farm has a wet nature to it so most of my paddocks need some drainage work done before I reseed so I tend to plough as a result.

frazzledhome

charleysurf wrote: »

no plough, level and broadcast. farm has a wet nature to it so most of my paddocks need some drainage work done before I reseed so I tend to plough as a result.

I just thought you were someone I knew who was on here before!!!

charleysurf

no I'm afraid its my first account on boards.

Robson99

Bactidiaryl wrote: »

It's been a few yrs. now but have used quite a bit of it before. Was pleased with progress,turbo and colossal for silage. How much an acre is it these days. Might give them a try again this yr.

Not sure what price it is but I know its more expensive than most of the others

Greengrass1

Ye is expensive seed I think.
Dissuasion group member sowed last year in an acre ofva field he had drained.
Said 120 cows got a good feeding off it for a night on its first grazing