What should I do next?

Sugarbowl

I’ve a patch of rough ground shredded down and sprayed. What’s the next thing I should do? It’s not bad land, just old pasture mixed with weeds and rushes? Would ye suggest a disc harrow or rotovate it? Or something different? All suggestions taken...

Hard Knocks

Sugarbowl wrote: »

I’ve a patch of rough ground shredded down and sprayed. What’s the next thing I should do? It’s not bad land, just old pasture mixed with weeds and rushes? Would ye suggest a disc harrow or rotovate it? Or something different? All suggestions taken...

Sow some fertilizer to encourage the grass to get ahead start on the rushes
Next would be sort out any drainage issues
If you want new grass either oversow or plough
Don’t rotovate

Bass Reeves

If it rough ground you should have given it time for weeds to die back after spraying. If there a risk stones will come up I be inclined to disc rather than rotovate. You will need lime to prevent the trash from killing the young grass as it germinated. If you have not done it I would do test as well. 1-2K gallons of slurry before discing if you have it will not go to Easter either.

You could plough to bury the trash but that is dependent on no stoned. If stones Slurry, disc and lime before sowing

Mooooo

Rough ground with a lot of material on top I'd plough, have the best results here on heavier ground after ploughing. Stones will be there but if they need to be picked so be it. That said if there is a drainage issue that should be sorted first and foremost. I wouldn't have experience of peaty type land so plough may not be best option there

southkilkenny

Plough to bury the thrash and then till with disc harrow, level, lime, fert and grass seed in would be my method

Sugarbowl

What’s the problem with rotavating? Would it not break up and bury the remains of the rushes and the stumps and roots left behind?

blue5000

Sugarbowl wrote: »

What’s the problem with rotavating? Would it not break up and bury the remains of the rushes and the stumps and roots left behind?

If there's stumps and roots of trees still in it a disc is the best tool to use, 3 or 4 passes and you can sow grass seed after it. Any pics?

southkilkenny

Yes that would work but if alot of thrash there, could be very very soddy and require a lot of runs. But yes min till works also and no stones to pick!

Sugarbowl

The stumps of the rushes I refer to would be the root of the rush that is on the ground after the rush has been cut. These would be old mature rushes so there is a stump left behind maybe half a foot above the ground. They are rock hard. Wouldn’t think there would be any point setting seed on top of these.