reseeding

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

MJ, have you a figure on tonnes grown

Normal silage grass done 5.7t so far. Off one cut. Still have to take second cut off it. Down 5 yrs

Itailian 8.3t from two cuts
That's just from weighing it before I cut. Might get another 5 bales/ac next cut

mahoney_j

frazzledhome wrote: »

MJ, have you a figure on tonnes grown

This is a field away from milk block with no crush and limited handling facalites .as regards tonnes grown don't know as I don't measure it as it's just purely for silage .on the 2 cuts taken ive got just over 12 bales per acre so far of well wilted silage with high dm content.

mahoney_j

stanflt wrote: »

Could you or would it work to oversow crimson into existing silage swaths with a rakeman 3000 or similar

Yes ,crimson though is a bit brittle but loaded with protein .took a core of first cut I took and results were phenomenal ,83.4 dmd,46.8 dm and 19.6% protein

ted_182

mahoney_j wrote: »

Yes ,crimson though is a bit brittle but loaded with protein .took a core of first cut I took and results were phenomenal ,83.4 dmd,46.8 dm and 19.6% protein

Christ, imagine feeding them along with wholecrop next spring, u may aswell start milking three times a day :D

Greengrass1

Seen an add there on done deal for a company that makes sees mixtures. It said if doing a reseed in spring why not add westorwolds to the mix. It will grow 20-25 t/acre in the yr of sowing.
Anyone sow westorwolds before?

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Seen an add there on done deal for a company that makes sees mixtures. It said if doing a reseed in spring why not add westorwolds to the mix. It will grow 20-25 t/acre in the yr of sowing.
Anyone sow westorwolds before?

Used to drill after maize for zgrazing in feb & march. Thank god that madness ended

stanflt

frazzledhome wrote: »

Used to drill after maize for zgrazing in feb & march. Thank god that madness ended

The maize or the westerwold

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

Used to drill after maize for zgrazing in feb & march. Thank god that madness ended

Hardship?
Was the grass quality good?

frazzledhome

stanflt wrote: »

The maize or the westerwold

I knew you'd ask, maize and zgrazing

blue5000

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Seen an add there on done deal for a company that makes sees mixtures. It said if doing a reseed in spring why not add westorwolds to the mix. It will grow 20-25 t/acre in the yr of sowing.
Anyone sow westorwolds before?

Ya as above put it in after maize, it's almost like scutch! Gave an early bite in spring, not very palatable as a grazing grass. Needs to be sprayed off before ploughing in or else it comes up in the following maize crop.

Tezza99

mahoney_j wrote: »

6 kg tyrella
4 kg abberchoice
4 kg Aston energy
No clover
Been set next Tuesday.gives a really thick sward with good all season growth.set same mix for last 2 years .very impressed.ob the Aston energy can anyone tell me why it ain't on the Irish approved list??.grows very well in greenfield and know 2 other guys that set it as a stand alone mix and massively impressed

Where did you buy this mix? Or did you have to get it made up especially?

mahoney_j

Tezza99 wrote: »

Where did you buy this mix? Or did you have to get it made up especially?

Got it made up as a special,put it out to 3 companies to get quotes and there was 4 euro a bag difference between cheapest and dearest .bought off shamrock enterprises

mahoney_j

Tezza99 wrote: »

Where did you buy this mix? Or did you have to get it made up especially?

Got it made up as a special,put it out to 3 companies to get quotes and there was 4 euro a bag difference between cheapest and dearest .bought off shamrock enterprises

Greengrass1

Got 8 bags of tyrella aberchoice and abergain for 68e/bag today

dharn

I sowed grasseed 1 week ago its up today, it that a world record ?:)

mahoney_j

Job done just before rain

dharn

Mine is longer than yours

sandydan

dharn wrote: »

I sowed grasseed 1 week ago its up today, it that a world record ?:)

i scattered a fistful and covered it 2 weeks ago in field i have ready and no stir , but docks appearing already , thinking of waiting another week and respraying the fu**c**

larrymiller

Do any of yee just use permanent pasture from glanbia? What's it like?

Greengrass1

larrymiller wrote: »

Do any of yee just use permanent pasture from glanbia? What's it like?

What's in it? We buy the seed off them. Makes no difference as long as its the variety's you want and the price is right

agriman27

Has anyone ever used any of the wetland grass seed mixture for heavy type solis, a few of the companies are doing them now

sandydan

mahoney_j wrote: »

Job done just before rain

nice job well done

tried one of those and spent days stone picking,but good job when you have soil ,have to disc and direct drill after breaking sods, because of lack of soil depth,

mahoney_j

sandydan wrote: »

nice job well done

tried one of those and spent days stone picking,but good job when you have soil ,have to disc and direct drill after breaking sods, because of lack of soil depth,

13 acres and picked about 10 stones when rolling find ripper a great job tbh.have I tried a stitcher ?just burn off,cut for silage or graze bare and seed in.seen it been done in places with little soil and a good job

sandydan

mahoney_j wrote: »

13 acres and picked about 10 stones when rolling find ripper a great job tbh.have I tried a stitcher ?just burn off,cut for silage or graze bare and seed in.seen it been done in places with little soil and a good job

a few years back while i was in crutches my 15 yr old son ploughed 6 acres of reclaimed mountain with fiskers plough, pulled up everything he met,so got digger back to deep-bury the ones bigger than a barrel down to football size about 10 trailer loads for start, got in fella to row and heap about 80 trailer loads in all. id say ive about 4 acres with no stone

Greengrass1

sandydan wrote: »

a few years back while i was in crutches my 15 yr old son ploughed 6 acres of reclaimed mountain with fiskers plough, pulled up everything he met,so got digger back to deep-bury the ones bigger than a barrel down to football size about 10 trailer loads for start, got in fella to row and heap about 80 trailer loads in all. id say ive about 4 acres with no stone

Where you based? We have this lad coming next week to price a job. Does super work.http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/stones-bushes-stumps-rushes/5110671

I said

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Where you based? We have this lad coming next week to price a job. Does super work.http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/stones-bushes-stumps-rushes/5110671

Some line out were they in the journal a while back

sandydan

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Where you based? We have this lad coming next week to price a job. Does super work.http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/stones-bushes-stumps-rushes/5110671

down in west cork.have seen something like that in action around Kinsale .but limit to size of stone involved id say.i have hit boulders up to 10 ton. size of D6
rock-breaker only man for job or air drill & black powder if ground soft underneath.cost a mint

sandydan

last job reclaimed 14 acres. got in fella with big Cat digger and dumper, massive job dug all ground about 6 foot deep. and buried some monsters, sandy under about 8 foot down in some parts. but digger was barely able to move them , just a nub cocking over ground think you'd break it with sledge but.. ,think it cost around £9,500 + vat, not including reseeding or stone-picking, cutting silage off it now . one contractor who used to cut silage for me when i asked him if he could powerharrow it for me while waiting for digger to come back to bury stones that came up when ploughing and stone raking advised to give it a rub of a bush after reseeding and twould be fine for grazing. fat chance after spending that much on it digging

restive

What is the latest i could leave stitching in some grass seed?

dharn

Mid sept ?