Yellow tips on grass (picture)

Icelandicseige

What nutrient is lacking thats causing this?
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charolais0153

Icelandicseige wrote: »

What nutrient is lacking thats causing this?
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Compaction maybe

Icelandicseige

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kay 9

Sulphur required possibly

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Who2

Lime sulphur potassium phosphorus. A soil samples 15euro it’ll give you a more accurate result.

The Rabbi

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I'll give my own thinking, just in case the picture never arrives.

Yellow tips are the result of a build up and blockage of calcium in the roots preventing the various other nutrients from reaching the furthest points of the grass.

To combat this the plant needs access to boron. Either applied to the soil or via the leaf. Boron is available in dung and slurry. So you could apply that way or else in a granular fertilizer.
Another quicker faster working way to apply it would be to apply a seaweed spray.

Icelandicseige

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Hmm.
It kind of looks like that but not as bad although i might have caught it early.
Although fertiliser was spread on it a month ago and there is plenty of clover to fixate nitrogen so hmmm, was planning on getting the whole place soil tested this autumn, I suppose ill find out then. It was only reseeded last autumn.The plan was to cut silage from it I cant spread now anyway.

Icelandicseige

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I'll give my own thinking, just in case the picture never arrives.

Yellow tips are the result of a build up and blockage of calcium in the roots preventing the various other nutrients from reaching the furthest points of the grass.

To combat this the plant needs access to boron. Either applied to the soil or via the leaf. Boron is available in dung and slurry. So you could apply that way or else in a granular fertilizer.
Another quicker faster working way to apply it would be to apply a seaweed spray.

Am having trouble with space on my phone as is another app could cause blockages ha. But thanks. That could be it as the field has not had a slurry or dung application in a long time. You could be right with that.

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Am having trouble with space on my phone as is another app could cause blockages ha. But thanks. That could be it as the field has not had a slurry or dung application in a long time. You could be right with that.

It'll do it the power of good anyway.

Boron is a very soluble element and essential element and dry weather makes it completely unavailable to a plant. It saved my bacon this year anyways. But those applications came from soil test recommendations.

I'd really consider a seaweed spray as well if you have access to a washed sprayer.

Icelandicseige

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It'll do it the power of good anyway.

Boron is a very soluble element and essential element and dry weather makes it completely unavailable to a plant. It saved my bacon this year anyways. But those applications came from soil test recommendations.

I'd really consider a seaweed spray as well if you have access to a washed sprayer.

We do have a sprayer alright, think it was used last for spraying Round up before reseeding. You think we should spread slurry now or would that just ruin our silage? How long would you have to wait after spreading before you could cut? Or wait till we cut and then spread Slurry. Ill definitely mention the seaweed spray to the father.

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We do have a sprayer alright, think it was used last for spraying Round up before reseeding. You think we should spread slurry now or would that just ruin our silage? How long would you have to wait after spreading before you could cut? Or wait till we cut and then spread Slurry. Ill definitely mention the seaweed spray to the father.

When are you planning on cutting the silage?

If it's this year. Wait till after.
If next year go ahead.
The times length don't matter as much it's your own judgement, to make sure no slurry ends up coming back in on the silage.

If you not going cutting it for a fortnight you could still go with the seaweed spray.
Although if you're planning on making silage in November you'll be on the front page of the Farmers Journal.