grass seed mix

neutralvu

Im reseeding a field in grass seed. I have a list made out to suit my needs. Anyone know of a company that will make up and bag a personal mix for me? All the seeds are from the dearptments recommended list.

RightTurnClyde

neutralvu wrote: »

Im reseeding a field in grass seed. I have a list made out to suit my needs. Anyone know of a company that will make up and bag a personal mix for me? All the seeds are from the dearptments recommended list.

Germinal Seeds, they generally won't deal with a private person, so you order/buy it through a coop or merchant (shamrock enterprises, etc)

Milked out

What are lads paying for seed this year, both off the shelf and getting s mix made up? I think the no 3 mix in dg (Drumbo abergain and aberchoice) is 65 or 67 can't remember exactly

mahoney_j

70 euro for 6 kg tyrella,4 kg abberchoice and 4 kg Aston energy.

Milked out

mahoney_j wrote: »

70 euro for 6 kg tyrella,4 kg abberchoice and 4 kg Aston energy.

The dg is a 12 kg bag I think, where did you get that mahoney_j?

mahoney_j

Milked out wrote: »

The dg is a 12 kg bag I think, where did you get that mahoney_j?

Shamrock enterprises ,made up as a special asked 3 companies and they quoted best .always like to go 14 kg of seed per acre rather than the traditional 12/12.5..speed 13 acres over 2 weeks ago and walked it this am andvits well up ,will give it a bag and a half of pasture sward next week

Milked out

mahoney_j wrote: »

Shamrock enterprises ,made up as a special asked 3 companies and they quoted best .always like to go 14 kg of seed per acre rather than the traditional 12/12.5..speed 13 acres over 2 weeks ago and walked it this am andvits well up ,will give it a bag and a half of pasture sward next week

Same here would go a bag and a quarter with the standard bags alrite. Will be sowing 2 acres today and hopefully another 13 next week if weather holds up. The Father said these fields haven't been ploughed since 82 and there are still purple roots in the grass so if I can manage it as well as he did I'd be away

neutralvu

What does 'dg' mean? Did u ring germinal at all mahony? I was thibkn of a mix of abergain, abermagic, tyrella and rosetta? Will i bother with clover? Red clover is beeter than white?

Milked out

neutralvu wrote: »

What does 'dg' mean? Did u ring germinal at all mahony? I was thibkn of a mix of abergain, abermagic, tyrella and rosetta? Will i bother with clover? Red clover is beeter than white?

Sorry Dg is dairygold

neutralvu

All i no is to get the best from ur soil u need to make ur own mix to suit requirements. Simply buying straight from the shelf isnt good enough. Am thinkn of thrown out 2 bags to the acre of 10:10:20 after the grass shoots? Good or bad idea?

Milked out

neutralvu wrote: »

All i no is to get the best from ur soil u need to make ur own mix to suit requirements. Simply buying straight from the shelf isnt good enough. Am thinkn of thrown out 2 bags to the acre of 10:10:20 after the grass shoots? Good or bad idea?

I generally till, spread 3 bags 10 10 20, then lime, set seed and roll, spray when its at right stage and then give a bit of n to get it going.

neutralvu

Milked out wrote: »

I generally till, spread 3 bags 10 10 20, then lime, set seed and roll, spray when its at right stage and then give a bit of n to get it going.

Right so u kinda fertilse it twice so? Is that urea u spread to get it going?

Milked out

neutralvu wrote: »

Right so u kinda fertilse it twice so? Is that urea u spread to get it going?

Can generally as it's what I have in stock at this time of year, also not sure about urea with lime out recently
Also, the p and k is needed for root development so better in the soil with the seed I reckon

neutralvu

Can before seeding and after?

mahoney_j

neutralvu wrote: »

What does 'dg' mean? Did u ring germinal at all mahony? I was thibkn of a mix of abergain, abermagic, tyrella and rosetta? Will i bother with clover? Red clover is beeter than white?

Yep 74 a bag,go with a kg of clover if u want.i don't bother as I use my full fert allowance and will be heavily stocked .also we rarely getvrid weather in this country to get full benefit of clover.also re fert put it I. With seed ,line also ,new seeds love n p and k.

Milked out

No, 10 10 20 before sowing and then a bag of can once the grass is up not long after spraying as the spray can check the grass a bit. This also depends on ground conditions as don't want to go tracking thru the field. Others may go with a bag of pasture or cut sward instead of can on the new grass for added p and k

Greengrass1

Milked out wrote: »

What are lads paying for seed this year, both off the shelf and getting s mix made up? I think the no 3 mix in dg (Drumbo abergain and aberchoice) is 65 or 67 can't remember exactly

68e /bag of tyrella abergain and aberchoice. Bit of clover in it too.

neutralvu

Greengrass1 wrote: »

68e /bag of tyrella abergain and aberchoice. Bit of clover in it too.

Nice mix where u get it for that price?

neutralvu

mahoney_j wrote: »

Yep 74 a bag,go with a kg of clover if u want.i don't bother as I use my full fert allowance and will be heavily stocked .also we rarely getvrid weather in this country to get full benefit of clover.also re fert put it I. With seed ,line also ,new seeds love n p and k.

U mean put the 10.10.20 in the seed barrow with the seeds??

neutralvu

Milked out wrote: »

No, 10 10 20 before sowing and then a bag of can once the grass is up not long after spraying as the spray can check the grass a bit. This also depends on ground conditions as don't want to go tracking thru the field. Others may go with a bag of pasture or cut sward instead of can on the new grass for added p and k

What about slurry instrad of fertiliser?

Greengrass1

neutralvu wrote: »

U mean put the 10.10.20 in the seed barrow with the seeds??

Master crop/glanbia.
We disk here 2or3 times. Contractor has a ring roller on back of disk.
Run of a chain harrow
Sow seed with manure spinner and put out 3 bags of 10-10-20 with spinner.
Roll then

Roundbale

Greengrass1 wrote: »

68e /bag of tyrella abergain and aberchoice. Bit of clover in it too.

How many Kg/acre ? No good telling us how much a bag without the kg. I paid 92 for 16kg bags with 2 kg of clover. That's 16 quid, could be a waste too.

neutralvu

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Master crop/glanbia.
We disk here 2or3 times. Contractor has a ring roller on back of disk.
Run of a chain harrow
Sow seed with manure spinner and put out 3 bags of 10-10-20 with spinner.
Roll then

A m8 of mine in kilkenny uses a direct drill. I no nothing about it cos we always plough but it seems a nice job but is it just for good ground or can it be used on stoney sh.it too? All he had to do manually was top to the bare min and let the grass up 3 inchs n spray the grass off then direct drill it. Would it work for all ground? He tried convincing me it wud. But his ph is good and doesnt need lime. Altough there are ways around lime like using gran lime.

neutralvu

Ive a 14kg mix but im trying to figure out who will do a personal mix! Anyone have a number for shamrock or any1 else doin a personal mix for a man?

Roundbale

neutralvu wrote: »

Ive a 14kg mix but im trying to figure out who will do a personal mix! Anyone have a number for shamrock or any1 else doin a personal mix for a man?

Seeddirect.ie - McGuinness Seeds.

mahoney_j

neutralvu wrote: »

U mean put the 10.10.20 in the seed barrow with the seeds??

Nope ,I got field ripped twice then lime,fertliser,obe pass drill with seed and roll.seed in 2 weeks and u could see green up through field this am as it was raining

Greengrass1

Roundbale wrote: »

How many Kg/acre ? No good telling us how much a bag without the kg. I paid 92 for 16kg bags with 2 kg of clover. That's 16 quid, could be a waste too.

12kgs. I dont think you need any more than that