Is it too late for Lime

cacs

Hello
I could not get lime out in September for a number of reasons.
I was thinking of waiting until the weather drys up probably in February and putting it out then. I have tested my land and j know it is deficient in lime.
Is it too late in February to put it out.

freedominacup

cathal irwin wrote: »

Hello
I could not get lime out in September for a number of reasons.
I was thinking of waiting until the weather drys up probably in February and putting it out then. I have tested my land and j know it is deficient in lime.
Is it too late in February to put it out.

No. Often put lime out in Feb. A tonne of lime spread is hardly any more expensive than a bag of compound fert yet no one ever discusses spreading a bag of 10-10-20. Half a tonne per acre per year spread here on average. Basically a quarter of the farm getting two tonnes per acre every year.

cacs

freedominacup wrote: »

No. Often put lime out in Feb. A tonne of lime spread is hardly any more expensive than a bag of compound fert yet no one ever discusses spreading a bag of 10-10-20. Half a tonne per acre per year spread here on average. Basically a quarter of the farm getting two tonnes per acre every year.

Great thanks

patsy_mccabe

Is it silage or grazing ground.
I'd be more concerned if it was silage ground.

cacs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Is it silage or grazing ground.
I'd be more concerned if it was silage ground.

Both silage and grazing. We are fairly low on ph I was just going to put out 2 tone to the arce this year

freedominacup

cathal irwin wrote: »

Both silage and grazing. We are fairly low on ph I was just going to put out 2 tone to the arcs this year

No point in putting out more no matter how much you need according to soil test. Put more out next year. Silage or grazing wouldn't concern me spreading in Feb. I know we covered some silage ground this year. First cut analysis was 82d, 12.2me and 18% protein. Face analysis done a fortnight ago was a bit higher on me. If this is lime having a detrimental effect on silage ground I'll put up with it tbh.

cacs

freedominacup wrote: »

No point in putting out more no matter how much you need according to soil test. Put more out next year. Silage or grazing wouldn't concern me spreading in Feb. I know we covered some silage ground this year. First cut analysis was 82d, 12.2me and 18% protein. Face analysis done a fortnight ago was a bit higher on me. If this is lime having a detrimental effect on silage ground I'll put up with it tbh.

Ok that is good to know. That's a very high DM. Thanks for that

freedominacup

cathal irwin wrote: »

Ok that is good to know. That's a very high DM. Thanks for that

Dmd not dm. Dm around 25%.

cacs

freedominacup wrote: »

Dmd not dm. Dm around 25%.

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