section of new grass not performing

morphy87

i sowed 10 acres of grass the last week of august,got two ton of lime to the acre and 12.5 kgs of grass seed and was sprayed off for two weeks before sowing and was disced harrowed and then sowed and it also got 2.5 bags to the acre of 10 10 20 and then was rolled,their is a section not performing at all,very little grass up if anything weeds,i am going to use a post emergence spray in the spring,any opinions on this would be welcome thanks

buffalobilly

to late now for post emergence spray
if it was mine it would have put 6 bags of
10 10 20 3 when sowing and 3 more after
i sprayed it about 5 weeks after sowing

morphy87

buffalobilly wrote: »

to late now for post emergence spray
if it was mine it would have put 6 bags of
10 10 20 3 when sowing and 3 more after
i sprayed it about 5 weeks after sowing

I was advised the best time to spray it would be the spring just before the start of the big growth,as it was slow to take off in the autumn,what do you reckon?

buffalobilly

i think they will be well established by then

49801

Any idea what reason is for poor patch. Is the soil poor, hole dug there, rubble underground...
OR related to poor establishment and soil/seed contact

Mooooo

Rabbits or pests the likely reason unless there was something up with the machine that set it. Scatter some seed on that patch when it's warm enough

morphy87

49801 wrote: »

Any idea what reason is for poor patch. Is the soil poor, hole dug there, rubble underground...
OR related to poor establishment and soil/seed contact

It was on a top of a hill.so maybe this would be a reason?

morphy87

Mooooo wrote: »

Rabbits or pests the likely reason unless there was something up with the machine that set it. Scatter some seed on that patch when it's warm enough

Would they not do the same again? I am talking about two acres in total,would you spray it in the spring?

Mooooo

morphy87 wrote: »

Would they not do the same again? I am talking about two acres in total,would you spray it in the spring?

Are there a lot of weeds in it? The weeds have to be actively growing in order to take in the spray. At current temps I'd say they are but with temps set to drop at the end of the week not sure if it would work as well it, it may do.

morphy87

Mooooo wrote: »

Are there a lot of weeds in it? The weeds have to be actively growing in order to take in the spray. At current temps I'd say they are but with temps set to drop at the end of the week not sure if it would work as well it, it may do.[/quote

This is the thing the rest of it is flying it but this section is not,very little in it weeds or grass maybe it failed?

49801

We sowed grass on a slope with a power harrow combination drill. Direction of travel was accross the slope. It emerged uneven as the drill was deeper on one side. I’d never use again on a slope.