Best time to reseed

The part time boy

I am hoping to do some reseeding next year . Wondering what best time of the year to do it ?

Mooooo

The part time boy wrote: »

I am hoping to do some reseeding next year . Wondering what best time of the year to do it ?

April/ May weather dependant. Have reseeded every month from April on and generally once they can be done so they can be sprayed and grazed they'll do fine. For that reason I think spring/ summer is better than late autumn

Bass Reeves

Unless it is sprayed off it is getting too late.

Floki

The biggest problem with Autumn reseeding is making sure to have it grazed enough before growth stops and conditions get too wet with the oncoming winter. Having it grazed twice or more before winter is ideal to let the grass tiller and thicken out.

The only other issue with reseeding is drought or frost harming the seedling
before its rooted and developed properly.

charolais0153

July august time is when well do it anymore

Floki

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Unless it is sprayed off it is getting too late.

Depends on the weather really and maybe part of the country.

I have reseeded in the first week of October and it was fine.

The part time boy

Mooooo wrote: »

The part time boy wrote: »

I am hoping to do some reseeding next year . Wondering what best time of the year to do it ?

April/ May weather dependant. Have reseeded every month from April on and generally once they can be done so they can be sprayed and grazed they'll do fine. For that reason I think spring/ summer is better than late autumn

Problem with that is demand . I am reseeding 1/3 of the ground i farm. I am only farming 25 acres at the moment .

I have a lot of 2 cuts of sillage so was thinking of only selling one cut in one of the feilds . So it Probably be end of june early July that i have the aftergrass . Would reseeding in july be stupid. I know your more tham likely to get a no rain but with this new climates that can easly happen in may also

Nekarsulm

Ploughed a field today. Its 2 weeks sprayed. Only 5 acres so will disk and level it tomorrow evening and seed it Saturday.

Will run sheep on it when it's established.
Well, that's the plan anyway.....

Mooooo

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Ploughed a field today. Its 2 weeks sprayed. Only 5 acres so will disk and level it tomorrow evening and seed it Saturday.

Will run sheep on it when it's established.
Well, that's the plan anyway.....

Once you dont be running after the sheep

Nekarsulm

Mooooo wrote: »

Once you dont be running after the sheep

I have a dog for that

yellow50HX

The part time boy wrote: »

I am hoping to do some reseeding next year . Wondering what best time of the year to do it ?

what type of reseeding do you want to do and how is the land?

we under sow for reseeding as find it the best solution for here. grow fodder beet for the winter so will follow that with reseeding in apr/may. plough, power harrow then spread barley with fert spreader, run of grass harrow then spread the grass seed and roll. spray for weeds then cut for arable silage in july. ready for grazing in aug.

the arable silage is ideal for weanling/yearnings as i dont need to give them expensive ration as well

Hard Knocks

yellow50HX wrote: »

what type of reseeding do you want to do and how is the land?

we under sow for reseeding as find it the best solution for here. grow fodder beet for the winter so will follow that with reseeding in apr/may. plough, power harrow then spread barley with fert spreader, run of grass harrow then spread the grass seed and roll. spray for weeds then cut for arable silage in july. ready for grazing in aug.

the arable silage is ideal for weanling/yearnings as i dont need to give them expensive ration as well

Would the barley be gone after the cut or would there be a trace left?

Sam Kade

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Would the barley be gone after the cut or would there be a trace left?

It would be gone, you cut at the milky ripe stage so any fallen seeds will hardly germinate.

Timmaay

Depends on what part of the country you're in also, too much risk of a drought from mid June onwards here to bother risking it, we've had good results from reseeds in sept/Oct around here, moving back to April from now on because there is a high demand for autumn grass with the milk cows.

The part time boy

To answer a few questions there.

I am i north cork . Very dry land on limestone. But grass does not burn in dry period.

I need to plough it as i have big drains from putting slurry out in jan one year (long story)

Would reseeding in july be foolish ?

yellow50HX

The part time boy wrote: »

To answer a few questions there.

I am i north cork . Very dry land on limestone. But grass does not burn in dry period.

I need to plough it as i have big drains from putting slurry out in jan one year (long story)

Would reseeding in july be foolish ?

Its September now so you have a few months to figure it it out.

if it needs ploughing then next spring would be the best time. you could use it to out winter then plough it up in the spring. graze it down as much as you can make sure to give a good killing off before you do.

Reggie.

Just oversown a 3 acre field myself yesterday

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

Just oversown a 3 acre field myself yesterday

5 acres down 3wks and another 8 to do.

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

5 acres down 3wks and another 8 to do.

Go by the weather and not the calender. Very lucky with conditions this week I was

visatorro

Reggie. wrote: »

Just oversown a 3 acre field myself yesterday

Presume that was your machine and it wasn't sprayed off?

Reggie.

visatorro wrote: »

Presume that was your machine and it wasn't sprayed off?

Yep. Were ya looking at the videos

Floki

Reggie. wrote: »

Go by the weather and not the calender. Very lucky with conditions this week I was

I can't see there being a problem with frost this autumn at this juncture.
More like problems with rain if anything.

Reggie.

Floki wrote: »

I can't see there being a problem with frost this autumn at this juncture.
More like problems with rain if anything.

All I need is a few weeks

Floki

Reggie. wrote: »

All I need is a few weeks

Don't want to depress you but it looks very iffy.
Might be a day here or there if you're lucky.

That's from looking at those stupid models.

Reggie.

Floki wrote: »

Don't want to depress you but it looks very iffy.
Might be a day here or there if you're lucky.

That's from looking at those stupid models.

I mean for the grass to grow. It's already in the ground. Nice growthy weather here for the week. Seeds should strike by next tues

visatorro

Reggie. wrote: »

Yep. Were ya looking at the videos

Seen one there now. Be sure to post results!

Reggie.

visatorro wrote: »

Seen one there now. Be sure to post results!

Agritech are on board with that field so the results are being well monitored unfortunately :eek:

visatorro

Reggie. wrote: »

Agritech are on board with that field so the results are being well monitored unfortunately :eek:

Unfortunately? Meaning you can't post.

Dealt with agritech years ago. Got seed mixture wrong on arable silage for me.

Floki

Reggie. wrote: »

I mean for the grass to grow. It's already in the ground. Nice growthy weather here for the week. Seeds should strike by next tues

I sowed last Friday and then needed a half bag to finish on Saturday morning.

But you could see some shooting up yesterday on your hands and knees.

Reggie.

visatorro wrote: »

Unfortunately? Meaning you can't post.

Dealt with agritech years ago. Got seed mixture wrong on arable silage for me.

No I meant if it goes wrong, there would be no way of hiding it

It's thier rejuvenation mix and the local REP never sold any of the seed around my area or seen it sown either. He's a keen interest in the results as my method would suit the local horsey men that want as little disturbance as possible on the land.

Reggie.

Got a good strike on the grass seed after 13 days sown

charolais0153

Reseed after 30 days

MfMan

Nice pasture. Post-seed spray it yet? Where is that?

charolais0153

MfMan wrote: »

Nice pasture. Post-seed spray it yet? Where is that?

Not yet. As in the country?south mayo.

yewtree

charolais0153 wrote: »

Reseed after 30 days

looks an excellent job, what method did you use?

charolais0153

yewtree wrote: »

looks an excellent job, what method did you use?

Disced a few times. One pass. Roll

Reggie.

charolais0153 wrote: »

Disced a few times. One pass. Roll

Sown in aug?

charolais0153

Reggie. wrote: »

Sown in aug?

Yes. The 12th

mengele

charolais0153 wrote: »

Reseed after 30 days

what fert is that after getting since you set it?

charolais0153

mengele wrote: »

what fert is that after getting since you set it?

3 bags10 1020 and lime at sowing. Nothing zelse sincs

jimini0

Sorry for hijacking thread.
Somebody started a thread a while back about reseeding without chemicals. Can somebody point me in the direction of it?
I have a long strip of land along a river and open drains running into it so I'm Hoping to get pointers on how to do it without chemicals

Nekarsulm

Sowed 5 acres today, here in Cavan. Probably the last chance to get it in.