Too late for chancing another cut?

turfin

I've got a 3rd cut in and have surplus bales, sold all quickly which got me thinking if it would be possible to fertilize and try for another cut to sell around late October.

There's still great growth here but I've never tried getting a cut so late. It seems there will be a market for the bales though, so I'm thinking about it. I've dry ground and am in the mid west. Any thoughts?

Dozer1

Hope not fired out fertiliser today on ground cut last week in the hopes it'll grow. Savage regrowth since it was cut already

greenfield21

What will you spread on it?

turfin

greenfield21 wrote: »

What will you spread on it?

The land has got a lot of slurry all year so something like 27-2.5-5. I'm not decided yet tho. It's just when I realized the demand there is for bales and there's actually s few quid in it this year if it works out.

turfin

Dozer1 wrote: »

Hope not fired out fertiliser today on ground cut last week in the hopes it'll grow. Savage regrowth since it was cut already

Are you hoping for another cut or are you going for grazing?

Angus2018

It's risky but you could get lucky. By October you'd have a lot of lads rethinking their current fodder supply, they'd rush to buy your bales.

turfin

Angus2018 wrote: »

It's risky but you could get lucky. By October you'd have a lot of lads rethinking their current fodder supply, they'd rush to buy your bales.

I'd say there will be demand for fodder alright, it's just the growing and cutting of it so late in the year. I suppose there's 1 way to find out..

Dakota Dan

turfin wrote: »

I've got a 3rd cut in and have surplus bales, sold all quickly which got me thinking if it would be possible to fertilize and try for another cut to sell around late October.

There's still great growth here but I've never tried getting a cut so late. It seems there will be a market for the bales though, so I'm thinking about it. I've dry ground and am in the mid west. Any thoughts?

You won’t have much bulk from now to October especially if you’ve 3 cuts taken off it already.

turfin

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You won’t have much bulk from now to October especially if you’ve 3 cuts taken off it already.

I'd question if that would affect the yield if the fertility was still ok though.

Siamsa Sessions

Have a few acres closed here as well and half-hoping to get 3-4 bales an acre from it. Having said that, if the weather changes or it looks like there's not enough bulk, we'll just graze it.

alps

turfin wrote: »

I've got a 3rd cut in and have surplus bales, sold all quickly which got me thinking if it would be possible to fertilize and try for another cut to sell around late October.

There's still great growth here but I've never tried getting a cut so late. It seems there will be a market for the bales though, so I'm thinking about it. I've dry ground and am in the mid west. Any thoughts?

You certainly would do the country a good turn if you tried it. It will grow, and there will make bales, however they will be really wet and soft. They will not be the type of bale that will be economically viable to transport over a long distance, but certainly better than a snowball in January to someone.

_Brian

turfin wrote: »

I'd question if that would affect the yield if the fertility was still ok though.

Temperature and sunlight is also against you.

cute geoge

I make a third cut in october every years ,it depends on the weather the cutting date .Last year it was out in November i baled some third cut as it was only then that i got a few dry days together ,I had to draw bales with handler as loaded trailer could not pull out of field .This would be sloggy enough ground so if third cut could be made last year there ,it could nearly made every year .Bales wet and soft and took ages for them to preserve .I was expecting the bales to be sour last year as it being later and wetter then usual ,in fact there was not too much water in them and cows ate them up and i was glad of them .The secret is wait until forecast is dry and grass is dry ,sure the worst can happen is the grass not be cut until the spring .Waste of time though cutting if grass is ringing wet or grass gets wet before baling

High bike

There a few bag of feet out 3 weeks ago in the hope I'd get a third cut end of Sept early Oct . Not great growth there since will wait and see sure the weanlings will be glad to graze it if it's not good enough to cut