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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #2252
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,910 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Is it just around here or has every blooody dandelion in the country gone to flower in the past week?:mad: Grass is scarce enough without having to spray them.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #2253
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Is it just around here or has every blooody dandelion in the country gone to flower in the past week?:mad: Grass is scarce enough without having to spray them.

    Be thankfully for your blessings. Last year I had waves of both grass and dandelions. This year I have neither!


  • #2254
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Rain held off so far here.
    Vet gone and all clear in the test too.
    Always a releif. :)


  • #2255
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Anyone got the jarmet sprayer , is it good to go when you unload first, apart from a couple valves to be fitted, there is a valve to go in centre of adjustable rail what is that, spent last hour trying to figure it out
    there should be a pipe going from the centre boom to the flick over valves on the manifold, its a pipe with a right angle bend on one end.
    the hand grip type valve switches between spraying and mixing and the knob on the end adjusts the pressure.
    fill with water first time and spray a known area to get the application rate right


  • #2256
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Is it just around here or has every blooody dandelion in the country gone to flower in the past week?:mad: Grass is scarce enough without having to spray them.

    What isyour soil ph like? Dandelions are often a sign that land needs lime.


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  • #2257
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    freedominacup wrote: »
    What isyour soil ph like? Dandelions are often a sign that land needs lime.

    Reseeded field, right next to a large limestone quarry, on my way to and from work. It's plastered with dandeloins:eek:


  • #2258
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,910 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    freedominacup wrote: »
    What isyour soil ph like? Dandelions are often a sign that land needs lime.

    Soil pH is mostly around 7.0 but some peaty wet land here too and it wouldn;t be as bad, maybe they just haven't had a chance to come up there yet. I see a neighbour has the cattle set stocked on a 28 acre field and there are none there at all.

    Poaching over the last few wet summers hasn't helped.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #2259
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Is it just around here or has every blooody dandelion in the country gone to flower in the past week?:mad: Grass is scarce enough without having to spray them.

    What's good to kill them?


  • #2260
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Had a heifer calving last night , the crubs and snout were coming at half ten . She is batsh1t crazy so I said Id leave her get good and sick . By four o clock there was no change so I got the father to try and put her into a shed .
    Not a hope of getting her anywhere , she kept charging us . In the end we had to leave it , I thought the calf was dead wit all the messing and being calving so long but lo and behold she had a fine limo bull thrown out and licked .
    I got half a bottle of beastings into him there so hopefully he will suck now .


  • #2261
    quadboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭quadboy


    Rang a dealer there to talk about quad sprayers and said im better off getting a weed wiper that there the perfect job for rushes but are also very expensive, opinions?


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  • #2262
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    any know where one could pick up a second set of hands, :D

    crazy here at moment


  • #2263
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    hugo29 wrote: »
    any know where one could pick up a second set of hands, :D

    crazy here at moment

    I have a worn out set here if they would be any good to you.


  • #2264
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bob charles wrote: »
    I have a worn out set here if they would be any good to you.

    better than nothing bob, do the ladies not complain about rough hands now adays:D


  • #2265
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    bbam wrote: »
    Rain held off so far here.
    Vet gone and all clear in the test too.
    Always a releif. :)

    1st shower of rain here in afew weeks, and we were glad of it ha, got a very dry sandy field reseeded last week and it badly needed the drop of rain.


  • #2266
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Timmaay wrote: »
    1st shower of rain here in afew weeks, and we were glad of it ha, got a very dry sandy field reseeded last week and it badly needed the drop of rain.

    careful, we said that over here about 3 weeks ago, it hasnt stopped raining since:(


  • #2267
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    hugo29 wrote: »
    better than nothing bob, do the ladies not complain about rough hands now adays:D

    I don't know how I survived before without wearing gloves in the parlour, hands in bits the whole time, hours spent scubbing the hands before a night in the town ha!


  • #2268
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    hugo29 wrote: »
    better than nothing bob, do the ladies not complain about rough hands now adays:D

    money follows rough hands, cant beat a good tub of teat ointment to have then as smooth as a babies backside.


  • #2269
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Anyone use barrier cream for their hands? We have it hear at work to prevent dermatises. I notice that hands always clean better after a dirty job like oil or grease.


  • #2270
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Anyone use barrier cream for their hands? We have it hear at work to prevent dermatises. I notice that hands always clean better after a dirty job like oil or grease.

    lads you do realise we are having a discussion about hand creams, lol


  • #2271
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    In some industrial applications, with machine coolants etc, you have to have some protection. It can destroy your hands. I worked with a guy once that had bad dermitisis, continously rubbing his hands.


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  • #2272
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    quadboy wrote: »
    Rang a dealer there to talk about quad sprayers and said im better off getting a weed wiper that there the perfect job for rushes but are also very expensive, opinions?

    Google rope wick applicator plans and build your own. Never be as good as commercial job but it'll be a sight cheaper.


  • #2273
    quadboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭quadboy


    The cousin has made a few weed lickers so I might get him to make one but hes fairly busy so might be a while waiting for it so might just pay the 265 or whatever for the boominator and work away with it and it will be handy for spot spraying too, Was quoted nearly 800 for a logic sprayer with boom.


  • #2274
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    sold a calf to someone on friday, movement cert gone etc, they came back today to say calf was dead this morning:eek: they did the same to me a few years ago too. I was really annoyed as i have sold loads of calves and no one has come back to me... any one else ever have to deal with this, btw i have only lost 3 calves myself this year and the calf was perfectly healthy when leaving here on friday evening


  • #2275
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,901 ✭✭✭mf240


    Tell him tough.


  • #2276
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    mf240 wrote: »
    whelan1 wrote: »
    sold a calf to someone on friday, movement cert gone etc, they came back today to say calf was dead this morning:eek: they did the same to me a few years ago too. I was really annoyed as i have sold loads of calves and no one has come back to me... any one else ever have to deal with this, btw i have only lost 3 calves myself this year and the calf was perfectly healthy when leaving here on friday evening[/

    Tell him tough.
    i was too soft the last time, was totally not in the humour for "her" to ring me this morning.... lets say i dont think they will be back here for calves again;)


  • #2277
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    I have bought plenty of animals that were found dead the following morning and never went looking for a penny, unless you pointed out a defect and it caused the animals to die (which Im sure you didnt) the buyer has no comeback.


  • #2278
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    whelan1 wrote: »
    sold a calf to someone on friday, movement cert gone etc, they came back today to say calf was dead this morning:eek: they did the same to me a few years ago too. I was really annoyed as i have sold loads of calves and no one has come back to me... any one else ever have to deal with this, btw i have only lost 3 calves myself this year and the calf was perfectly healthy when leaving here on friday evening

    People have some nerve.
    I wouldn't entertain them at all, if you did - what is the cutoff? A week ? A month ?

    They'll them it's unfortunate but luckily you have another if they want to buy a replacement :)


  • #2279
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bbam wrote: »
    People have some nerve.
    I wouldn't entertain them at all, if you did - what is the cutoff? A week ? A month ?

    They'll them it's unfortunate but luckily you have another if they want to buy a replacement :)
    i hung up... and then got 2 missed calls from her, really annoyed me. I think she was expecting me to go an collect the calf and then i would have to pay disposal cost, but i posted the cert yesterday:) so its in her herd now


  • #2280
    Manoffeeling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭Manoffeeling


    bbam wrote: »
    People have some nerve.
    I wouldn't entertain them at all, if you did - what is the cutoff? A week ? A month ?

    They'll them it's unfortunate but luckily you have another if they want to buy a replacement :)

    Give them a boot in the hole and run em


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  • #2281
    towzer2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭towzer2010


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i hung up... and then got 2 missed calls from her, really annoyed me. I think she was expecting me to go an collect the calf and then i would have to pay disposal cost, but i posted the cert yesterday:) so its in her herd now

    Tell them to bring the calf to the Lab to see what it died of. More than likely you'll never hear anything back.


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