The Reseeding/Stitching Discussion Thread.

DJ98 wrote: »

Reseeding a piece of ground here at the minute, soil sample results say its requires 3tonne of lime to the acre, would this be too much to put out in the go due to the weather conditions at the moment? I know 3 is the max at any one go

In years past 3t tended to be the normal amount. The point now being made is the ground tends to be brittle and easily poached, esp a reseed. So in some senses depends on the use of the reseed.
You could look at going 2t now and similar in two/three years time.

Was lucky to get 5 acres of red start kale in last Tuesday before the heavy rain, i know it a prob a week or so late but long story.My question is about fert ,it’s supposed to get 3 bags to the acre but ground conditions won’t allow and the forecast isn’t too promising either suppose I can’t get it out for say a month should I go ahead and throw it out or would it be too late to work??

morphy87 wrote: »

Have done a nice bit of reseeding the last few years but it was always disced and power harrowed, I am going doing another field but the field is rough so thinking of ploughing it never ploughed before

So what is it, you plough first then roll and then give it two runs with the land leveler and then power harrow and then sow and roll again?

Also would it make much of a difference to the job on who is driving the plough and tractor?

Big difference if you plough with someone who knows what they are doing as opposed to a fella just ripping the ground.

morphy87 wrote: »

You would probably know as you do a lot of that work, you have probably sown after good plough men and bad men,if it was rushed would it make much of a difference? That’s the one thing that would worry them, a contractor sending on a lad and just rushing in and out

Depends on the land too. Some ploughed land, you could sow straight after it and others you could be tilling for a week getting it sort of level again. No 2 jobs are the same

Dunedin wrote: »

Leaving aside quality of the man/woman on the plough, that is the sequence. Only other thing to consider is when to shake the fert/lime. Personally, I shake just before I sow and roll all after and out the gate then.

Yeah I'd agree with ya there. I do the same as the fert and lime is mixed into the ground

Level before you lime otherwise you could have lime missing is spots and overloaded elsewhere

Duke of Url wrote: »

Hi All

Im not a farmer but I have a question about overseeding my Garden,

Would around this time be the best time to overseed my lawn?

It would be fine. If you are just improving the lawn you might need to scratch up a bit of earth with a rake, scatter seed, rake again to cover and then roll. If a small area instead of rolling just tamp it down firm with the back of a shovel.

Reggie. wrote: »

Depends on the land too. Some ploughed land, you could sow straight after it and others you could be tilling for a week getting it sort of level again. No 2 jobs are the same

Would most people power harrow it though? I presume it’s done in the process as I listed in my first post?

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah cos most contractors have the seed box on powerharrows so we sow like a one pass

The last bit I done, we disced it then gave it two runs of the power harrow and then we sowed, he had the grass seed box on the harrow

Dunedin wrote: »

Leaving aside quality of the man/woman on the plough, that is the sequence. Only other thing to consider is when to shake the fert/lime. Personally, I shake just before I sow and roll all after and out the gate then.

We always got the lime put out before its powerharrowed

Is it gone too late to sow typhon?

DJ98 wrote: »

Is it gone too late to sow typhon?

I'd say so. Abit to close to frost appearing

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

We always got the lime put out before its powerharrowed

Sorry should have said that was when using granlime. If using quarry lime, get it out as early as you can before tilling as it’ll help break down the trash.

Reggie. wrote: »

That's abit heavy but each to thier own. Roughly 15kg an acre is the norm

I never go more than 13.5kg- if index’s are correct there’s no need- I find with ploughing that you get a serious germination compared to the likes of a gutler- with ploughing and correct management the sward will last 50 years - I’ve seen gutler jobs being needed to be re done after 4 as the rye grass has died and been replaced by wild meadow grass
If not ploughing I’d direct drill- clover seems to establish far better when it’s direct drilled
These are only my experiences with my land type so mightn’t be the same for everyone