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How-Planning grass for January?

  • 10-08-2014 1:19pm
    #1
    farmers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭


    Hi lads I need to have a good flush of grass in early spring (January onwards) as I am lambing ewes early and hoping to let them straight out after.

    Was hoping some of the dairy farmers would be able to help me with this..

    How would I manage this eg. Fertiliser etc

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    farmers101 wrote: »
    Hi lads I need to have a good flush of grass in early spring (January onwards) as I am lambing ewes early and hoping to let them straight out after.

    Was hoping some of the dairy farmers would be able to help me with this..

    How would I manage this eg. Fertiliser etc

    Thanks.

    Do you spread much fert?
    If ye have any dung/slurry land it out in September/October that will grow some grass over the winter.
    Then start closing up paddocks from start- mid October


  • #3
    micky mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭micky mouse


    generally speaking is there much benefit to putting slurry out that time of year,i would imagine none


  • #4
    farmers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭farmers101


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Do you spread much fert?
    If ye have any dung/slurry land it out in September/October that will grow some grass over the winter.
    Then start closing up paddocks from start- mid October

    Ya I spread abit. What fertiliser would be the best to spread? How much of it? Have all my dung and slurry out real early this year unfortunately.


  • #5
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    farmers101 wrote: »
    Ya I spread abit. What fertiliser would be the best to spread? How much of it? Have all my dung and slurry out real early this year unfortunately.

    No harm. From what the lads have said on here I went with a bag of pasture sward per acre and will go again in 3 weeks with pasture sward. Have 200t of dung in yard to spread too.
    I'm hoping to build a cover of 400-500/ cow by mid to late September to allow me to graze into November and get out early in Feb.
    Have ye thought about grass measuring?
    I know a good few sheep farmers at it


  • #6
    farmers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭farmers101


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    No harm. From what the lads have said on here I went with a bag of pasture sward per acre and will go again in 3 weeks with pasture sward. Have 200t of dung in yard to spread too.
    I'm hoping to build a cover of 400-500/ cow by mid to late September to allow me to graze into November and get out early in Feb.
    Have ye thought about grass measuring?
    I know a good few sheep farmers at it

    Well to be honest I'm not a great man for grass management but improving, reseeding every year. How would ya measure grass? And what will this do for me? Not great wen it comes to grass, but would love to improve on it as it is the cheapest source of feed.

    Help muchly approached.


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  • #7
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    farmers101 wrote: »
    Well to be honest I'm not a great man for grass management but improving, reseeding every year. How would ya measure grass? And what will this do for me? Not great wen it comes to grass, but would love to improve on it as it is the cheapest source of feed.

    Help muchly approached.
    Agrinet is a great help. Have a look at the Irish grassland association page. They had a farm walk in Louth this week with a sheep farmer he grass measures gives you all the information in his operation.
    Any dairy farmers near you? Find out if any are measuring. They will be glad to show you what it involves.
    To get started you'll need a grass clippers weighing scales plastic bag and a 50cm x 50cm square.


  • #8
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    GG sorry about the ignorance. Know feck all (nothing!) about grass measuring, but would the grass not weigh more or less depending on if it is wet or not? How do you account for this? ?


  • #9
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Muckit wrote: »
    GG sorry about the ignorance. Know feck all (nothing!) about grass measuring, but would the grass not weigh more or less depending on if it is wet or not? How do you account for this? ?

    Ye it would you vary the moisture depending on weather at the time. During that hot spell grass could be 22 DM today its prob 14


  • #10
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    when are the closing dates for fert and slurry this year?


  • #11
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭mf240


    f140 wrote: »
    when are the closing dates for fert and slurry this year?

    Weekends only after oct 15.


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  • #12
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,489 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    mf240 wrote: »
    Weekends only after oct 15.

    And at night ,slurry with trialling shoe as well......:


  • #13
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭visatorro


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    And at night ,slurry with trialling shoe as well......:

    Now now. That doesn't really happen!


  • #14
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    visatorro wrote: »
    Now now. That doesn't really happen!

    Yeah they use a splash plate while it's raining :D


  • #15
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    farmers101 wrote: »
    Hi lads I need to have a good flush of grass in early spring (January onwards) as I am lambing ewes early and hoping to let them straight out after.

    Was hoping some of the dairy farmers would be able to help me with this..

    How would I manage this eg. Fertiliser etc

    Thanks.

    What area, south mid north?
    Free draining soil?


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