Fertiliser for grazing

blue.dub4sam

I will be baling silage tomorrow. I want to graze afterwards. What fertiliser and quantity would be recommended.

Bass Reeves

It all depends on whether it got slurry or not in the spring. If not 3 bags of 18-6-12. If it got slurry in the spring a bag of 18-6-12 and a bag of CAN or something similar

blue.dub4sam

No slurry in the spring. Is 3 bags 18.6.12 not a bit excessive for grazing.?

liosnagceann75

1 bag of pasture sward to the acre after the ground greens up

Box09

Bass Reeves wrote:

It all depends on whether it got slurry or not in the spring. If not 3 bags of 18-6-12. If it got slurry in the spring a bag of 18-6-12 and a bag of CAN or something similar

No need for that amount, never see that money back!

Bass Reeves

Box09 wrote: »

No need for that amount, never see that money back!

It all depends whether you want grass in 5-6 weeks or a grazing in September.. This was obviously closed since mid April or earlier. Butt will take ages to recover. Spread now in case weather drys up too much, fertlizer spread now with dampness available will go into roots.straight away and will stay there.

If land did not get slurry or a decent amount of P&K in the spring it need to be replaced. It also depends on the amount of grass needed for the autumn. I am stocked at nearly 2LU/HA so I always hit ground after silage that has got slurry something similar. If two cuts are taken even if it gets slurry both times I still give it 2bags of 18-6-12/acre and another 15&20 units of N. From now on you will be trying to build up autumn covers.

It better to spend money on fertlizer than in ration or nuts

GrasstoMilk

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It all depends whether you want grass in 5-6 weeks or a grazing in September.. This was obviously closed since mid April or earlier. Butt will take ages to recover. Spread now in case weather drys up too much, fertlizer spread now with dampness available will go into roots.straight away and will stay there.

If land did not get slurry or a decent amount of P&K in the spring it need to be replaced. It also depends on the amount of grass needed for the autumn. I am stocked at nearly 2LU/HA so I always hit ground after silage that has got slurry something similar. If two cuts are taken even if it gets slurry both times I still give it 2bags of 18-6-12/acre and another 15&20 units of N. From now on you will be trying to build up autumn covers.

It better to spend money on fertlizer than in ration or nuts

Fully agree. If you dont put out the p and k you wont have the grass.
A tonne of fert will feed alot more animals than a tonne if meal!

older by the day

Can't beat a bit of watery slurry or pig slurry to green up after silage if you had any bit. Water it down well and save some fert.

Bass Reeves

older by the day wrote: »

Can't beat a bit of watery slurry or pig slurry to green up after silage if you had any bit. Water it down well and save some fert.

Cost of spreading slurry and artificial fertlizer are virtually the same when all costs are taken into account. Water slurry is an expensive fertlizer if very watery. Some.of the stuff being spread out of lagoon's is more expensive than bag fertlizer