Dirty grass.

foxylock

Lads Ive four fields together in a block with just the boundary fenced, I started filling it at the start of lambing and took them out of it yesterday. The divils bared about three quarters of it out and left the rest with grass about three inches high but dirty from traipsing over and back the field. What are my options? The field was reseeded last year and needs to be rolled and fertiliser spread, which should I do first? Will I be left with even longer dirty grass when they come in for the second grazing:mad::mad: More fencing is not an option for the moment..

Thanks again.

farmerjj

foxylock wrote: »

Lads Ive four fields together in a block with just the boundary fenced, I started filling it at the start of lambing and took them out of it yesterday. The divils bared about three quarters of it out and left the rest with grass about three inches high but dirty from traipsing over and back the field. What are my options? The field was reseeded last year and needs to be rolled and fertiliser spread, which should I do first? Will I be left with even longer dirty grass when they come in for the second grazing:mad::mad: More fencing is not an option for the moment..

Thanks again.

Don't worry this is Ireland plenty of rain will probably wash the earth right off the grass, I,d go in with roller 1st and then spread fertiliser few days later once ground conditions are good enough.

Dont be daft

farmerjj wrote: »

Don't worry this is Ireland plenty of rain will probably wash the earth right off the grass, I,d go in with roller 1st and then spread fertiliser few days later once ground conditions are good enough.

Yeah, agree 100%. I've often been caught out with heavy rain and the strip gets ploughed up by the cattle. I just either skip the paddock out or shape the strip wire to protect what has been dirtied. Never more than 10 days when I can get back in and clean it out.

Its annoying but it happens.

foxylock

Thanks lads got half depressed looking at all the wasted grass there yesterday. Cost enough to reseed i want to get the value out of it

Dont be daft

foxylock wrote: »

Thanks lads got half depressed looking at all the wasted grass there yesterday. Cost enough to reseed i want to get the value out of it

Yeah, I know what you mean. It happened me more times than it should of when I first started strip grazing all season.

It used to drive me mad to look down along the paddocks all either nicely cleaned out or new grass coming through.
Then this patch in pure sh*te, standing out like a sore thumb, reminding me of the bollix I'd made of it.

There's worse things that can happen, and as much as you try to manage grass, its never going to go perfect.

on the river

I agree 'dont be daft'. Let the rain wash it away and then get roller at it.

dar31

Rolling is the worst thing to do, will only seal over the top of the ground, they will level it them selves the next time they are in there.
A sup of rain and a few day and you won't notice it

rancher

foxylock wrote: »

Lads Ive four fields together in a block with just the boundary fenced, I started filling it at the start of lambing and took them out of it yesterday. The divils bared about three quarters of it out and left the rest with grass about three inches high but dirty from traipsing over and back the field. What are my options? The field was reseeded last year and needs to be rolled and fertiliser spread, which should I do first? Will I be left with even longer dirty grass when they come in for the second grazing:mad::mad: More fencing is not an option for the moment..

Thanks again.

Why not an electric fence, electrified sheep netting or something like it, be very hard to graze the next time if its not done this time and grass'll be growing faster next time

foxylock

Thanks lads for the advice. I don't have any electric fencing at the moment......tis on the wish list. I need to roll it coz twas a bit stony after the reseed and i didn't get a chance to sort it.

rancher

dar31 wrote: »

Rolling is the worst thing to do, will only seal over the top of the ground, they will level it them selves the next time they are in there.
A sup of rain and a few day and you won't notice it

often think that of rolling, there you are driving a 3-4 ton tractor with the weight on 30inches pulling a 3t roller spread over 10ft...

foxylock

But how else can you deal with the stones. Don't fancy trying to bale em !!

rancher

foxylock wrote: »

But how else can you deal with the stones. Don't fancy trying to bale em !!

stoney land is it, ours is clayey, roller kinda glazes it and fecks the surface drainage.....different strokes for different folks I suppose
Ps didn't read your last post till now, was replying to dar

foxylock

rancher wrote: »

stoney land is it, ours is clayey, roller kinda glazes it and fecks the surface drainage.....different strokes for different folks I suppose
Ps didn't read your last post till now, was replying to dar

ploughed it to reseed last year every thing done right. Weather went mad hot burned seeds to a crisp.had to do it again then the weather went mad wet so couldn't roll it left a lot of small stone on the surface.