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spreading dung in summer.

  • 07-07-2015 10:27pm
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    f140
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    normally spread all the dung before the closed season. have steep land which has never seen dung and half shows the signs of it. spread slurry alright in it as I can go across it with the tank but the dung spreader only slips sideways. can never go up or down before closed season as its nearly always too soft.


    I would be able to spread it up and down now in the summer when the land is bone dry but how long would it take before I would be able to graze it again if it was spread straight after a grazing?


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  • #2
    il gatto
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    f140 wrote: »
    normally spread all the dung before the closed season. have steep land which has never seen dung and half shows the signs of it. spread slurry alright in it as I can go across it with the tank but the dung spreader only slips sideways. can never go up or down before closed season as its nearly always too soft.


    I would be able to spread it up and down now in the summer when the land is bone dry but how long would it take before I would be able to graze it again if it was spread straight after a grazing?

    It depends on the weather. Wet and it'll work into the ground quickly. If it's dry and sunny, it'll crust up on the surface.
    My cousins have a homemade spreader that's tiny. Goes on the lift. Too small to fill with a loader so they do it by hand. They mostly have slurry but this thing lets them get rid of the dung they do have in fields the tanker can't get to/travel on. They use a 135 or an old Zetor and there's no weight in it really.


  • #3
    farawaygrass
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    f140 wrote: »
    normally spread all the dung before the closed season. have steep land which has never seen dung and half shows the signs of it. spread slurry alright in it as I can go across it with the tank but the dung spreader only slips sideways. can never go up or down before closed season as its nearly always too soft.


    I would be able to spread it up and down now in the summer when the land is bone dry but how long would it take before I would be able to graze it again if it was spread straight after a grazing?

    Put out dung about two weeks ago, fairly heavy and on a bare field. We had some rain since and dung is all but gone with nice grass coming. Once you don't get a strong hard breeze to dry it out you'll be fine.


  • #4
    CloughCasey1
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    f140 wrote: »
    normally spread all the dung before the closed season. have steep land which has never seen dung and half shows the signs of it. spread slurry alright in it as I can go across it with the tank but the dung spreader only slips sideways. can never go up or down before closed season as its nearly always too soft.


    I would be able to spread it up and down now in the summer when the land is bone dry but how long would it take before I would be able to graze it again if it was spread straight after a grazing?

    Lash it out. Put some out 5 weeks ago after silage and two wks ago after taking out a paddock and it's melting away.


  • #5
    il gatto
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    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    Lash it out. Put some out 5 weeks ago after silage and two wks ago after taking out a paddock and it's melting away.

    With the weather the way it is, it'll be gone in no time.


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