fertiliser requirements for first cut silage

farmingmad10

How much units of n, p & k are you guys putting on silage ground for 1st cut. Well say for a 10 tonne per acre yield

99nsr125

farmingmad10 wrote: »

How much units of n, p & k are you guys putting on silage ground for 1st cut. Well say for a 10 tonne per acre yield

Generally without slurry, two bags of urea and three bags of 0-7-30

epfff

99nsr125 wrote: »

Generally without slurry, two bags of urea and three bags of 0-7-30

2500 gls slurry 2.5/3x 27 2.5 5 can based

munkus

2 bags of urea and 2 of 0.7.30. Should probably be 3 of the 0.7.30. Gets slurry after silage. Might change next year to putting slurry out in march.

Robson99

Went with [1 x MOP] + [1 x 10*10*20] + [3 x Richland ] per acre

The Cuban

Lads thats a lot of fertilizer and at a nice cost too. I go with 2000 gallons of slurry first then after 2 weeks i spread 1 bag of urea.

TUBBY

The Cuban wrote: »

Lads thats a lot of fertilizer and at a nice cost too. I go with 2000 gallons of slurry first then after 2 weeks i spread 1 bag of urea.

i agree. It fairly adds up if you factor it in for costs to winter cattle. Would it pay most years?

taking out strong paddocks and less ground specifically for silage is my preferred option.

on silage ground, i go with 2000gal slurry with pig slurry added and 1 bag can with 1 bag 18-6-12 but we have index 4 for P.

just_did_it

Spread 200kg/acre of 18-6-12 no slurry and
150 kg /acre of 18-6-12 no slurry on silage ground.

I'm hoping it will be enough !

Farrell

just_did_it wrote: »

Spread 200kg/acre of 18-6-12 no slurry and
150 kg /acre of 18-6-12 no slurry on silage ground.

I'm hoping it will be enough !

200kg as in 4 bag, would that be too much?
Would that take 8 weeks before harvest?

Zr105

Farrell wrote: »

200kg as in 4 bag, would that be too much?
Would that take 8 weeks before harvest?

4bags of 18's would be 72units. Take 2 units a day gives around 36days for nitrogen to be gone, prob want to add on a few days to that tho to be safe,

just_did_it

Yes 4 bags/acre,

Farrell

just_did_it wrote: »

Yes 4 bags/acre,

Do you get much better results with 4b vs 3b?

Robson99

munkus wrote: »

2 bags of urea and 2 of 0.7.30. Should probably be 3 of the 0.7.30. Gets slurry after silage. Might change next year to putting slurry out in march.

Put out the slurry after silage cutting here too. Just find tanker does too much damage to the ground in early spring for the sake of a few units of nitrogen

degetme

How long should you wait between slurry application and compound fert for silage ground?

degetme

How long should you wait between slurry application and compound fert for silage ground?

degetme

How long should you wait between slurry application and compound fert for silage ground?

farmerjj

degetme wrote: »

How long should you wait between slurry application and compound fert for silage ground?

I usually let it go for a week, once weather is kinda damp that would be fine.

I said

degetme wrote: »

How long should you wait between slurry application and compound fert for silage ground?

A week

CloughCasey1

Spread coat of fym in feb, got two bags lime to acre week after plus 1bag 27%N 5%S. Being grazed now with three bags to acre cut sward next week. Hope that doed.