Does grass seed germinate after being ensiled and digested by cow?

sonnybill

I feeding cows haylage out on a mountain... They removing plenty vegetation , high lumps of Dung everywhere, might even run chain Harrow on parts of it to disperse dung , would ye reckon the seed contained in the dung germinate or no?

TwoOldBoots

I'd say it would. Just like unrolled barley or oats germinates out of horse dung.
The other side of it is the rusher is very successful at this method too. I saw newly reseeded ground get reinfected with rushers from sheep taken out of the scrubland to graze there

sonnybill

TwoOldBoots wrote: »

I'd say it would. Just like unrolled barley or oats germinates out of horse dung.
The other side of it is the rusher is very successful at this method too. I saw newly reseeded ground get reinfected with rushers from sheep taken out of the scrubland to graze there

Wouldn't be worried about the rushes as silage ground would be clean but I see what you are saying .

Often see the seed left in bottom of ring feeder and draw the boot on it when I moving the feeder and hoping it'll germinate

Dakota Dan

I'd say they wouldn't sh1t out enough seed to cover the ground just spread a bit if grass seed and roll.

sonnybill

Dakota Dan wrote: »

I'd say they wouldn't sh1t out enough seed to cover the ground just spread a bit if grass seed and roll.

Rough , non traffic able with tractor , if grass seed gets into heather a bonus but you wouldn't seed / roll it , might pull a 6ft chain Harrow after quad on a few of the flat sections alright where the ****e / they lie but mostly wet or steep rock outcrop

sonnybill

sonnybill wrote: »

Rough , non traffic able with tractor , if grass seed gets into heather a bonus but you wouldn't seed / roll it , might pull a 6ft chain Harrow after quad on a few of the flat sections alright where the ****e / they lie but mostly wet or steep rock outcrop

This kinda stuff

Odelay

sonnybill wrote: »

This kinda stuff

Would the heather not be an advantage there to bind the soil?

sonnybill

Odelay wrote: »

Would the heather not be an advantage there to bind the soil?

Ah yeah it would but it's all stemmy heather , needs to be cut or controlled burned really to have young more palatable heather .. In summer bit of grass for variety would be nice too, ecologists would hate to see grass coming through in the sward .. I won't seed it with rye grass but if some old meadow grass, Timothy etc were to germinate in the Rocky / bare areas via the haylage/dung route I'd be happy

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