Base price wrote: » Eventually got both areas sown, harrowed (yesterday) and fertilised and rolled today. I was driving out with the roller from the last area this afternoon when the rain arrived. A neighbour was supposed to broadcast the seed for us but couldn't due to a relatives death and gave us a loan of his wagtail. No problems with the oats but the linseed was difficult. We didn't use a carrier and set the wagtail at the setting that he told us. I could hardly see a blue seed anywhere so we upped the settings. We used 75Kgs in just over 2 hectares :eek: Crows & Jackdaws are a problem and we were up this morning with the shotguns. Seems perverse that one is attempting to scare away crows in order for the seed to grow for "wild birds"!!
sea12 wrote: » Great looking soil there base. I'd say it will be a great crop for the birds
Water John wrote: » djmc, that's sounds like a grudge against crows. Is it only your bales are attacked or have they just got a mean streak against humans in general?
I said wrote: » Can ya cut silage of low input pastures after 15th of July the fcuking place is gone mad with grass
High bike wrote: » i know where you'd get a few nice stores to control that grass growth for ya:rolleyes:
TPF2012 wrote: » Just about to sow oats and mustard for the wbc. What fertiliser if any did you put out? Wasn't going to put any on it but speaking to contractor, thinking of putting a bag of 10 10 20 to the acre here now.
Capercaillie wrote: » I put 10-10-20 at 100kg/Acre on my Triticale/mustard/kale at planting (May 6th). Gave it a shake of 10-10-20 at weekend as well
limo_100 wrote: » yours is a month planted how did it do for you? Ours is planted two weeks this friday linseed and oats, theres no sign of the oats but the place in covered in linseed put out no fertilizer yet was told I'd crush the seed
TPF2012 wrote: » Wasn't going to put any on it but speaking to contractor, thinking of putting a bag of 10 10 20 to the acre here now.
jimmy G M wrote: » Why are you putting fert out? What did contractor say? I wasn't going to bother with fert at all to save a few bob.
nealger wrote: » I'm going sowing oats and linseed today or tomorrow. Going using a wagtail spreader. Never seeded anything before so fingers crossed!! My question is to you who have experience in doing this is.... Do i have to mix the oats with fertilizer or can i spread it on its own?. I know i need to mix linseed with fert because the seed is so small. Can i use replenish fert or does it have to be 10.10.20?
Muckit wrote: » https://woodlandantics.wordpress.com/tag/hay-making/ Nice article on haymaking in England.
limo_100 wrote: » Are you doing the hay meadows?
Muckit wrote: » No I'm not. If we got summer weather like this consistently for the next 5 years l would! I put in for LIPP. A pity that this ground can't be cut for traditional hay meadow even after July 15th.
salasdel2016 wrote: » They they look at LIPP?