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Silage thread

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  • #1172
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Out with the tedders

    Grand day here now. Getting the itch


  • #1173
    Blackgrass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Blackgrass


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Out with the tedders

    Give local contractors a shout your available, get the missus to the cash n carry for a slab of redbull crack on :D.


  • #1174
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,636 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Grand day here now. Getting the itch

    What did I tell ya


  • #1175
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,636 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Blackgrass wrote: »
    Give local contractors a shout your available, get the missus to the cash n carry for a slab of redbull crack on :D.

    Ah it takes the lads around here a few years to warm up to fancy machines like tedders


  • #1176
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    Cow Porter wrote: »
    hoping to cut mid to end of week weather permitting!! 90% grazed but seed head still not far away.

    re weather forecast yr.no seems most accuarte, use the met fax aswell and is good enough for 5 days.

    others in my bookmark are

    www.bbc.com/weather

    www.met.ie

    www.xcweather.co.uk

    http://www.weatherweb.net/index.php?lat1=58.5&lon1=354.5&lat2=52.5&lon2=354.0&lat3=54.0&lon3=359.5&lat4=51.0&lon4=359.0&lat=52.5&lon=358.5&city=Birmingham&country=United-Kingdom&vislat=52&vislon=-2

    http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/forecastmaps?LANG=en&UP=0&R=0&MORE=1&MAPS=n&CONT=euro&LAND=IE&ZEIT=201206071500&LOOP=1

    http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtv2.php

    http://www.farmersweather.co.uk/

    Have the weatherpro app on my phone, and it's pretty accurate. Anyone else using this?


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  • #1177
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Tested grass for Nitrogen today.
    hybrid at 27. Thats grand
    two paddocks that got a bag of urea first week of March up at 357 needs to be less than 200 to cut.
    how can that be??
    Cover of 5k on paddocks that got urea


  • #1178
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,809 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Tested grass for Nitrogen today.
    hybrid at 27. Thats grand
    two paddocks that got a bag of urea first week of March up at 357 needs to be less than 200 to cut.
    how can that be??
    Cover of 5k on paddocks that got urea

    No need to test,sun sorts sugars and tedding nitrogen with a good wilt.dont panic cutting opportunities will come.anyone local to ted grass for you,grass at this stage very green and needs spreading out to increase dm content and flush out n


  • #1179
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    No need to test,sun sorts sugars and tedding nitrogen with a good wilt.dont panic cutting opportunities will come.anyone local to ted grass for you,grass at this stage very green and needs spreading out to increase dm content and flush out n

    Thing is boss won't cut it now.
    hybrid got 3.5 bags of 18 6 12


  • #1180
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,809 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Thing is boss won't cut it now.
    hybrid got 3.5 bags of 18 6 12

    Unless weather is suitable I wouldn't cut either ,cold windy day here with heavy showers .looking like I've a good window Wednesday/Friday .will knock surplus paddocks first and take it from there,grass racing ahead here


  • #1181
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Unless weather is suitable I wouldn't cut either ,cold windy day here with heavy showers .looking like I've a good window Wednesday/Friday .will knock surplus paddocks first and take it from there,grass racing ahead here

    Ah to wet here now will leave it till Wednesday /Thursday too


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  • #1182
    Cow Porter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭Cow Porter


    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Have the weatherpro app on my phone, and it's pretty accurate. Anyone else using this?

    Forgot I had that, 😳


  • #1183
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,955 ✭✭✭visatorro


    seen a couple of field mowed looking fairly damp today. we got about ten nice heavy showers


  • #1184
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Was going to knock Thursday but a full fine week ahead from Saturday so knocking Sunday maybe?


  • #1185
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,297 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    Was going to knock Thursday but a full fine week ahead from Saturday so knocking Sunday maybe?
    I wouldn't be relying on those very long range forecasts anything after 4-5 days is crystal ball gazing.


  • #1186
    farmerjj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭farmerjj


    Its like march here today. Bitter


  • #1187
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Your right. It's not a tedder you need for silage, it's weather!!


  • #1188
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    I wouldn't be relying on those very long range forecasts anything after 4-5 days is crystal ball gazing.
    I used mod the weather forum here,in fact I set it up back in 2003,I'd put chances of fine from Saturday for most away from west/north coasts at 80% + going on model trends,regardless will be near enough on Thursday to decide if you get me?


  • #1189
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    I used mod the weather forum here,in fact I set it up back in 2003,I'd put chances of fine from Saturday for most away from west/north coasts at 80% + going on model trends,regardless will be near enough on Thursday to decide if you get me?

    And what about us poor misfortunates on the west coast? ;)


  • #1190
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    Saw a couple of paddocks baled yesterday evening and it wasnt pretty.some desperate showers around


  • #1191
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    just do it wrote: »
    And what about us poor misfortunates on the west coast? ;)

    Hey,if I was a miracle worker,I'd still be farming :D
    But yeah keep an eye on the forecast, there's a high lurking to the south and that building north would warm things up and dry it out by Sunday
    It could be a dryer pattern for a few weeks then with some interruptions if you get me?
    Opportunities


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  • #1192
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    Hey,if I was a miracle worker,I'd still be farming :D
    But yeah keep an eye on the forecast, there's a high lurking to the south and that building north would warm things up and dry it out by Sunday
    It could be a dryer pattern for a few weeks then with some interruptions if you get me?
    Opportunities

    Be Jaysus, you're for the block if it goes tits up :)


  • #1193
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    Mowing first split on Thurs Fri pitting in Mon. Next week ditto as we have a stag on long weekend and it'd a hoor yo miss it


  • #1194
    votuvant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭votuvant


    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Have the weatherpro app on my phone, and it's pretty accurate. Anyone else using this?

    Yeah. I use it too.

    Its pretty good.


  • #1195
    Ameila
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭Ameila


    Got the results back from lab nitro 80 sugar 2.5 , are those figures ok or what do ye ladies and gents think lad in lab said they are good .


  • #1196
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Ameila wrote: »
    Got the results back from lab nitro 80 sugar 2.5 , are those figures ok or what do ye ladies and gents think lad in lab said they are good .

    2+ for sugar if you can get it closer to 3 all the better .


  • #1197
    Ameila
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭Ameila


    td5man wrote: »
    2+ for sugar if you can get it closer to 3 all the better .

    What about the nitro ? .


  • #1198
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Ameila wrote: »
    What about the nitro ? .

    A1. Needs to be below 200


  • #1199
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,909 ✭✭✭stanflt


    As frazzled would say I panicked last Thursday and knocked the grass

    Had wagons self propelled harvester and balers in on Saturday

    Tedded twice


  • #1200
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    stanflt wrote: »
    As frazzled would say I panicked last Thursday and knocked the grass

    Had wagons self propelled harvester and balers in on Saturday

    Tedded twice

    Foot slipped off the clutch.


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  • #1201
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Thinking of panicking myself tomorrow! Mow at lunch, 2 shakes, rake and bale Thursday tea time. Hopefully the only moisture will be my sweat on the rosary beads :)


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