watery slurry

jd06

hi all, i sowed a 12 days ago, its good on de headlands but not everywhere else
i disced, rolled with a light roller, sowed with a wagtail, then rolled it in with a heavy roller,
is it too early for watery slurry to help cover de seeds
or how watery would de slurry have to be. thanks

Sam Kade

Slurry will kill the seedlings at that stage.

jd06

Sam Kade wrote: »

Slurry will kill the seedlings at that stage.

Ok thanks for that, at what stage might you use it

Sam Kade

I would wait until it's well established after a grazing. My neighbour reseeded a field one time as soon as it greened up nicely he decided to spread slurry on it. It had the same effect as roundup and he was reseeding the field again a few weeks later

frazzledhome

jd06 wrote: »

hi all, i sowed a 12 days ago, its good on de headlands but not everywhere else
i disced, rolled with a light roller, sowed with a wagtail, then rolled it in with a heavy roller,
is it too early for watery slurry to help cover de seeds
or how watery would de slurry have to be. thanks

Grass sown 12 days wouldn't go near it. Headland will always appear quicker as its much firmer. If you think about it they would get at least twice the rolling as the middle.

Has grass appeared in centre of field?
Did you put down slug pellets?
Watch for Frit fly especially after a dry time

darragh_haven

frazzledhome wrote: »

Grass sown 12 days wouldn't go near it. Headland will always appear quicker as its much firmer. If you think about it they would get at least twice the rolling as the middle.

Has grass appeared in centre of field?
Did you put down slug pellets?
Watch for Frit fly especially after a dry time

We would never go near reseeding with slurry until after the first grazing. But I have never come across anyone in our area using slug pellets for grass reseeding, would it be used a lot in your area?

Greengrass1

I remember on placement the farmer I was with stitched in a silage field after second cut and he had parlour washings in the lagoon. And he put a good lot of that on after he had sowed the grass and put out the fert.
I don't know how it went because I had finished up 3 wks later and haven't been back to him yet. But I imagine the fert he put out was no good after the washings?

frazzledhome

darragh_haven wrote: »

We would never go near reseeding with slurry until after the first grazing. But I have never come across anyone in our area using slug pellets for grass reseeding, would it be used a lot in your area?

If ploughing prob ok but with disc or DD where sods are on ground I'd use. Put a slate down and check in morning and you'll know quickly if you have slugs

jd06

frazzledhome wrote: »

Grass sown 12 days wouldn't go near it. Headland will always appear quicker as its much firmer. If you think about it they would get at least twice the rolling as the middle.

Has grass appeared in centre of field?
Did you put down slug pellets?
Watch for Frit fly especially after a dry time

ders not much in de middle of de field, thats why im a bit worried
didnt use slug pellets
how would you spot frit fly?

frazzledhome

jd06 wrote: »

ders not much in de middle of de field, thats why im a bit worried
didnt use slug pellets
how would you spot frit fly?

12 days is early. Frit nip the stem at ground level. Has any germination taken place in the middle? Frit attack the middle of the field usually not the headlands why I don't know

conor t

Does the grass up in the middle of the field look healthy? If there's no yellow leaves wouldn't be getting worried yet

eric prydz

I do throw out a bag of nitrogen on my grasseeds once their up

jd06

frazzledhome wrote: »

12 days is early. Frit nip the stem at ground level. Has any germination taken place in the middle? Frit attack the middle of the field usually not the headlands why I don't know

ya some germination has taken place in de middle, but its not yellow
maybe its just slow??

eric prydz

jd06 wrote: »

ya some germination has taken place in de middle, but its not yellow
maybe its just slow??

I wouldn't be too worried its early yet
grasseeds always strike first around the hedges

Greengrass1

jd06 wrote: »

ya some germination has taken place in de middle, but its not yellow
maybe its just slow??

Have ye put any nitrogen out on it?

jd06

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Have ye put any nitrogen out on it?

no, but i put three bags of 10,10,20
plus ders a lot of seeds on de surface not covered but rolled, might that be the cause?

eric prydz

jd06 wrote: »

no, but i put three bags of 10,10,20
plus ders a lot of seeds on de surface not covered but rolled, might that be the cause?

What way did you sow them?

jd06

eric prydz wrote: »

What way did you sow them?

i disced, rolled with a small roller, sowed with de wagtail then rolled with the big roller

eric prydz

jd06 wrote: »

i disced, rolled with a small roller, sowed with de wagtail then rolled with the big roller

I do generally harrow them in lightly when I sow them that way but Id be inclined to throw out a bag of n on them now to help them strike better

jd06

eric prydz wrote: »

I do generally harrow them in lightly when I sow them that way but Id be inclined to throw out a bag of n on them now to help them strike better

you could be right eric, might do that

Greengrass1

jd06 wrote: »

i disced, rolled with a small roller, sowed with de wagtail then rolled with the big roller

The lad we use to disc has a kind of ring roller on back to break up dod a bit more. It leaves little ridges. We sow the seed then roll it it in. Work fine.
I'd say go with a bag of pasture sward it will give it a lift. The N that was with the 10/10/20 is well gone niw

frazzledhome

jd06 wrote: »

you could be right eric, might do that

Do not harrow now. Go away for a few days and come back. It's early days

just do it

frazzledhome wrote: »

Do not harrow now. Go away for a few days and come back. It's early days

Agree, the warm weather that's promised will have it popping out of the ground

jd06

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Have ye put any nitrogen out on it?

ya put nitriogen out today, its been leaping out of it for de last week
very good strike
watched kettle never boils:)