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Blanket or Normal spreading

  • 02-09-2013 10:01am
    #1
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭


    Well lads i normally blanket spread everything bar where cows are going back in. Which one do ye prefer?


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  • #2
    mahoney_j
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    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Well lads i normally blanket spread everything bar where cows are going back in. Which one do ye prefer?

    Blanket spreading farm at moment Kev,only places not getting fert are paddocks cows will be grazing for next 7 days,.they will get it after grazing and then spreader will be powerhosed and put away till mid jan.extension to spread bagged till end of sept but weather starting to get cooler and days shorter so response will be better now than in late sept


  • #3
    Sami23
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    What are ye spreading, CAN or Pasture Sward ? or something else


  • #4
    kevthegaff
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    spreadin can on slurry ground and pasture sward on hilly land


  • #5
    delaval
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    Blanket spread and make the most of the growth that's left.

    I doing at moment except a few heavy covers will graze first. Starting to rain here will do them if raining. Fert stays high on the plant in heavy covers >1800


  • #6
    Milked out
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    normally follow the cows here, may blanket spread on first/ last rounds. Do any of ye have any issues with embryo mortality when blanket spreading during the breeding season?? Would be hard to prove either way what would cause it I spose


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  • #7
    jersey101
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    Blanket spread in the shoulders and normally spread 18-6-12 after cows


  • #8
    delaval
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    We blanket spread only here at all times during season. Often spread cows paddock while they are milking no ill effects what so ever


  • #9
    bob charles
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    delaval wrote: »
    We blanket spread only here at all times during season. Often spread cows paddock while they are milking no ill effects what so ever

    Same here, spread everything on the one day, never had any problems when we had suck cows with conception and embyro issues.


  • #10
    Lastin
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    We blanked spread and mostly buy bulk fert I have no handling bags and no plastic to recycle.


  • #11
    pakalasa
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    By blanket spread, you you mean spread on all fields at once?
    Also, when would you consider the ideal time to spread the last fertiliser to build up the grass for the end of the year? Around now?


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