Grass seeds

Coolfresian

Can anyone recommend a good grass seed mixture or varieties for 2 cuts of silage and some grazing then? It's a dry field, will only be used for silage and grazing for heifers etc after the second cut. Too far from parlour to graze.

mahoney_j

Coolfresian wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good grass seed mixture or varieties for 2 cuts of silage and some grazing then? It's a dry field, will only be used for silage and grazing for heifers etc after the second cut. Too far from parlour to graze.

7 kg abbergain 7 kg abberchoice 1 kg white clover

Coolfresian

mahoney_j wrote: »

7 kg abbergain 7 kg abberchoice 1 kg white clover

Thanks! Unsure what to put in it as i have usually just being resseding the grazing block, first silage field in years to do.

Seen a mix with 3.50 kg aberchoice 2 kg abergain 2.25 kintyre and 3 drumbo 0.5 clover. Too much varieties in that mix?

Or 2.5 seagoe 2 dunluce 3 abermagic 3.5 clanrye.

WOuld u generally get your own mixed than the brand bag?

mahoney_j

Coolfresian wrote: »

Thanks! Unsure what to put in it as i have usually just being resseding the grazing block, first silage field in years to do.

Seen a mix with 3.50 kg aberchoice 2 kg abergain 2.25 kintyre and 3 drumbo 0.5 clover. Too much varieties in that mix?

Or 2.5 seagoe 2 dunluce 3 abermagic 3.5 clanrye.

WOuld u generally get your own mixed than the brand bag?

I'd usually get own mix

visatorro

mahoney_j wrote: »

7 kg abbergain 7 kg abberchoice 1 kg white clover

Is the clover less effective if not intensively grazed?

White Clover

mahoney_j wrote: »

7 kg abbergain 7 kg abberchoice 1 kg white clover

Hard to beat White Clover!!!

mahoney_j

White Clover wrote: »

Hard to beat White Clover!!!

I've changed tune towards clover now ,didn't put any in mixes for last few years but included this year and even stitched 2 kg per acre into existing awards. Still I wouldn't like to have as much as clonakilty have .i need grass in spring not bare patched

Reggie.

mahoney_j wrote: »

I've changed tune towards clover now ,didn't put any in mixes for last few years but included this year and even stitched 2 kg per acre into existing awards. Still I wouldn't like to have as much as clonakilty have .i need grass in spring not bare patched

Your the same as stanfit

Water John

The clover is at risk because of the cutting low for silage rather than benefiting from grazing, IMO.

CloughCasey1

Water John wrote: »

The clover is at risk because of the cutting low for silage rather than benefiting from grazing, IMO.

If second cut is early in July there will be benefit of clover from then on. If its two late cuts then wont grow well into sward.