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Sowing grass

  • 09-08-2015 9:05pm
    #1
    DJ98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭


    Have a half acre of weeds at back of sheep shed and now I want grass in it for ewes and lambs next spring. Just wondering what do I need to do to get grass instead of weeds, I know it has to be sown down but I'm new to the game so don't know the full procedure. Thanks for your help (note: never had grass before only weeds)


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  • #2
    grazeaway
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    Have a half acre of weeds at back of sheep shed and now I want grass in it for ewes and lambs next spring. Just wondering what do I need to do to get grass instead of weeds, I know it has to be sown down but I'm new to the game so don't know the full procedure. Thanks for your help (note: never had grass before only weeds)

    Spray the weeds with round up to kill em,
    once the have died back cut them out and plough or rotovate the ground,
    spread your grass seed with your fertiliser spreader,
    Roll to compact and cover,
    Spray with a post emergence spray after a few weeks to kill off any new weeds


  • #3
    Sacrolyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    grazeaway wrote: »
    Spray the weeds with round up to kill em,
    once the have died back cut them out and plough or rotovate the ground,
    spread your grass seed with your fertiliser spreader,
    Roll to compact and cover,
    Spray with a post emergence spray after a few weeks to kill off any new weeds




    And after that you just Grazeaway...


  • #4
    DJ98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭DJ98


    Cheers if I sow it down first week of September when could it be grazed?


  • #5
    CloughCasey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭CloughCasey1


    DJ98 wrote: »
    Cheers if I sow it down first week of September when could it be grazed?

    Give it approx 5 weeks (unless there is an almighty groth spurt) then spray for weeds then ten days after you could graze. Check the guidance on the post emergence spray for how long you need to leave it until grazing. Also would be no harm to shake a bag of gran lime after rotavator and bag 10-10-20 after sowing.


  • #6
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    DJ98 wrote: »
    Cheers if I sow it down first week of September when could it be grazed?

    I sowed grass last sept and it git a very dry time and didn't do aswell as it should reckon I'll be reseeding it again in 2-3yr.
    Can you spray it today. Plough in 5-7 days amd sow.
    Get it in before late August imo.

    Whats ph p and k like?


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  • #7
    DJ98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭DJ98


    I don't know anything about p p and k


  • #8
    Greengrass1
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    I don't know anything about p p and k

    Ring up your local teagasc and ask an advisor to come out. He'll do a soil test and break it down for you then when the results come back. He'll be able to advise you too on what to do.
    If your a client of course


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