Butter cups on silage field

case5130

Have noticed I'm growing a fine crop of butter cups in my silage meadow

What's the story it's the first year I've seen them in it

Got line last year

mahoney_j

case5130 wrote: »

Have noticed I'm growing a fine crop of butter cups in my silage meadow

What's the story it's the first year I've seen them in it

Got line last year

Always told that if u have them and dandelions it's a sign of low ph.one of my silage fields had them and ground lime been spread on it in am to rectify,hopefully.got 2 tonne 3 years ago but has one cut and light cut for bales taken every year

case5130

Ya same but got line last year wonder do I need more

Farmer Pudsey

They are usually a sign of low ph . However even if you correct the ph it can be hard to get rid of them unless you spray. I had an issue with them I spread granlime and I sprayed them and at present no sign of them coming back. Also right fertility helps. Dandloins as far as I know have nothing to do with PH usually an issue with poaching and as there seeds say in the ground for a good few years.

case5130

Silage be fit to cut in two weeks so bit late to spray will they be any harm in bales

Farmer Pudsey

case5130 wrote: »

Silage be fit to cut in two weeks so bit late to spray will they be any harm in bales

Not really they just are poorer digestibility than grass. Bale it all up and spray regrowths. I think MCPA will kill.

case5130

No rag worth thank god haha

bogman_bass

MCPA does a good job on it.

Charliebull

i have the cuckoo flower (or so a wise man told me) in my silage fields and they bone dry, never seen them before in it

fcuking GLAS would pay me to have them planted:mad:

Muckit

Charliebull wrote: »

i have the cuckoo flower (or so a wise man told me)

I had to google them. Yeah loads of them here too this year. I have to say I like them. Buttercups, dandelions...ugh!

Charliebull

Muckit wrote: »

I had to google them. Yeah loads of them here too this year. I have to say I like them. Buttercups, dandelions...ugh!

supposed to be bad luck to bring them into the house, something to do with fairies, also ancient folklore would have you know that they appear when a new child is born within the landholding

case5130

Have few them growing in a wet field and the brothers misses is due soon

AP2014

Charliebull wrote: »

supposed to be bad luck to bring them into the house, something to do with fairies, also ancient folklore would have you know that they appear when a new child is born within the landholding

After last weeks yes vote I don't think the fairies will have a problem anymore!