bog land

Dylan collins

i have alot of bog land and i am wondering if there is any way i can improve it so i can get better quality stock off it does anyone have any suggestions is there any way to make it green or not

crackcrack30

Bord na Mona reclaimed hundreds of acres near the Blue ball/ boora area might be worth a trip down to walk it....... well drained of course.

Newholland_man

Keep open drains in it and you are better with 1/2 acre sections than with larger wans.also if you have a digger or are gettin a man in get him to pull in around 6 inches to a foot from the drain and slope the fields out towards the drains to allow water to run off

Dylan collins

what r livestock like on bog land

Newholland_man

Dylan collins wrote: »

what r livestock like on bog land

Depends on what its like and if ya have grass on it

Dylan collins

its like heather and that ****e would there be any way i could plough it then drain it fertilise it and make it green

Newholland_man

Dylan collins wrote: »

its like heather and that ****e would there be any way i could plough it then drain it fertilise it and make it green

Jeez be hard work gettin that ta a state ya could let cattle in on it and will always be soft

Good loser

See what others have done with similar land. Talk to them.

countryjimbo

Lime! As well as good drainage you will need lots of lime to increase the PH. Do a soil test and work from there.

White Clover

countryjimbo wrote: »

Lime! As well as good drainage you will need lots of lime to increase the PH. Do a soil test and work from there.

Not recommended to have Ph above 5.5 on bog land

Dylan collins

lads if i re seeded it what would the output be would the grass be okay im gonna try it this year im going to do a small section and work from there

Dylan collins

lads where do u think i should start do u think i should plough it then take a ph of the ground and then see what needs to be done once thats finished shall i reseed it

mayota

Dylan collins wrote: »

lads where do u think i should start do u think i should plough it then take a ph of the ground and then see what needs to be done once thats finished shall i reseed it

Will you put up some pics of the ground? What state is the neighbouring land in?

john p mc g

If you haven't deep draims your going to find it tough I made pipe drains with used tyres 6 ft down a few years ago and they are still flowing away.TAKE a while for them to block

Bass Reeves

Dylan collins wrote: »

lads where do u think i should start do u think i should plough it then take a ph of the ground and then see what needs to be done once thats finished shall i reseed it

If it is not as is land with a covering of turf there's little you can do. Rise the PH too much and the skin will leave the top of it and you will have a quagmire. If there is only a light covering of turf on it and it is relatively freedraining with a lot of fnain(white strawey type grass you see on this type of land) winter grazing with cattlevI help. To get the best of out of bog type grassland covered with heather etc winter grazing with some livestock is an advantage. You need to supplement to the minimum amount so cattle may stay a bit store ish. Grazing like this will clear heather and finain and allow more grassey area's to develop. For to achieve this you need cattle in a limited area however you do not want them poaching the ground very severely. There was some research done on this years ago with mixed grazing systems on mountains where cattle were grazed on the hill over the winter to improve grass quality for sheep.

yosemitesam1

Have you any better land you could spend the money on instead? Doing a bit of fencing, roadways etc on reasonable land is likely to give a better return than ploughing money into a bog...

Newholland_man

Dylan collins wrote: »

lads where do u think i should start do u think i should plough it then take a ph of the ground and then see what needs to be done once thats finished shall i reseed it

Drain it first nd do a right job of it when ya doin it