reseeding help

roosky

Hi all,

I am planning on reseeding a field but just wondering do i need to skin it before sprayin it off or what do the most of ye do...

I have sheep on it now but dont want to leave them on it to skin it as they have lambs with them......could i spray it with 4 to 5 cm of rough grass on it and plough that in

The Cuban

Yes you can spray it with that much grass left.
Have you soil tests done? Its the cheapest part of reseeding, you will know the correct fertilizer and lime amounts.
My method is slightly different.
I wait for a crop of silage, then 5 days before harvest I spray with Roundup.
Then after harvest, spread ground lime (about 1 tonne/acre).
Disc harrow twice (its heavy ground)
Power harrow
Spread half the required fertilizer (usually 1.5 bags of 10:10:20 for my land)
Power harrow again
Spread seed
lightly roll
Wait for the field to turn lightly green (usually 10 -20 days)
Spread the other half of the fertilizer

roosky

The Cuban wrote:

Yes you can spray it with that much grass left. Have you soil tests done? Its the cheapest part of reseeding, you will know the correct fertilizer and lime amounts. My method is slightly different. I wait for a crop of silage, then 5 days before harvest I spray with Roundup. Then after harvest, spread ground lime (about 1 tonne/acre). Disc harrow twice (its heavy ground) Power harrow Spread half the required fertilizer (usually 1.5 bags of 10:10:20 for my land) Power harrow again Spread seed lightly roll Wait for the field to turn lightly green (usually 10 -20 days) Spread the other half of the fertilizer

So like if i spray it now would i need to graze it after or just plough it in

J.O. Farmer

roosky wrote: »

So like if i spray it now would i need to graze it after or just plough it in

You can plough it in. The reason for cutting silage or grazing is to make use of the grass rather than letting it go to waste. once the spray moves to the root the grass is dead and the leaf will rot away anyway.

White Clover

The Cuban wrote: »

Yes you can spray it with that much grass left.
Have you soil tests done? Its the cheapest part of reseeding, you will know the correct fertilizer and lime amounts.
My method is slightly different.
I wait for a crop of silage, then 5 days before harvest I spray with Roundup.
Then after harvest, spread ground lime (about 1 tonne/acre).
Disc harrow twice (its heavy ground)
Power harrow
Spread half the required fertilizer (usually 1.5 bags of 10:10:20 for my land)
Power harrow again
Spread seed
lightly roll
Wait for the field to turn lightly green (usually 10 -20 days)
Spread the other half of the fertilizer

Similar method only I get all the p&K out at seeding time. P is crucial for root development. It is very immobile in the soil so it should be placed as close as possible to the seed.
I spread all the p & K before the contractor sows the seed

yosemitesam1

roosky wrote: »

So like if i spray it now would i need to graze it after or just plough it in

If you werent ploughing a heavy cover could stunt the new seeds with acids/allelopathy. But since your ploughing it should be grand

The Cuban

One more tip I forgot to add,
If you are letting a crop of silage grow first aim to spray and take the silage about a week before its ready, make sure its still standing and definitely there should be no lodged silage as the spray will not get to it all.