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FYM on silage ground

  • 12-06-2015 5:57am
    #1
    CloughCasey1
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    Hi all. Would anyone here spread fym after only silage cut or wait until closing for winter?


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  • #2
    Greengrass1
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    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    Hi all. Would anyone here spread fym after only silage cut or wait until closing for winter?

    We spread stuff in april and cut silage off it this week. Minimal dung left.
    I dunno if I'd do it now though tbh. Weather now could get very dry and dung might not break down as well as it did over last month with the wet and mild weather


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    CloughCasey1
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    We spread stuff in april and cut silage off it this week. Minimal dung left.
    I dunno if I'd do it now though tbh. Weather now could get very dry and dung might not break down as well as it did over last month with the wet and mild weather

    Same field got dung end of February just looking to spread some while weather is fine and wouldn't dare do grazing ground. Thought it might help drive in after grass without having to buy bags of fert.


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    Greengrass1
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    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    Same field got dung end of February just looking to spread some while weather is fine and wouldn't dare do grazing ground. Thought it might help drive in after grass without having to buy bags of fert.

    If it's well rotted fire it out.
    ah I'd still put out 80 kgs of N and k


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    Timmaay
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    If it's well rotted fire it out.
    ah I'd still put out 80 kgs of N and k

    80 units n in total not plenty for any sorta 2nd cut? How much in the fym? Surely 50/60 bag N plenty?


  • #6
    dodo mommy
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    CloughCasey1 wrote:
    Same field got dung end of February just looking to spread some while weather is fine and wouldn't dare do grazing ground. Thought it might help drive in after grass without having to buy bags of fert.


    Why would you not put it out on grazing ground?


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  • #7
    _Brian
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    If your not taking a second cut horse it out. No matter what it will be gone for first cut next season.
    I wouldn't throw it out if your takin a second cut, if it gets baked hard it takes a long time to break down and any traces at all will spoil silage.


  • #8
    Greengrass1
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    _Brian wrote: »
    If your not taking a second cut horse it out. No matter what it will be gone for first cut next season.
    I wouldn't throw it out if your takin a second cut, if it gets baked hard it takes a long time to break down and any traces at all will spoil silage.

    We've always done it and no probs. Dunno why lads get so technical about dung. Lads in dg are same.
    oh ye can't spread it in sprint sure it'll be in the silage
    I'm yet to find any dung in the silage here


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    Greengrass1
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    Timmaay wrote: »
    80 units n in total not plenty for any sorta 2nd cut? How much in the fym? Surely 50/60 bag N plenty?

    Ah I wouldn't count dung having much N in it.
    Sure 1k gallons of slurry spread now will only have 5 units of N in it


  • #10
    CloughCasey1
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    dodo mommy wrote: »
    Why would you not put it out on grazing ground?

    It sours the grass and the cattle don't seem to be too happy on it. At least with the silage ground I know I'm putting back in some of the losses in nutrients from the cut of silage and will take longer than a topped paddock to get back into grazing.


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