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Drought 2020

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    #62
    greenfield21
    Registered Users Posts: 976 ✭✭✭greenfield21


    We can only hope everyone will get their WBC in before the rain. See a neighbour here got bogged down this Eve and had to get a excavator so ground still fairly damp. Also take a moment for silage gougers who are still trying to sell last winters bales.


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    #63
    ruwithme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭ruwithme


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    We can only hope everyone will get their WBC in before the rain. See a neighbour here got bogged down this Eve and had to get a excavator so ground still fairly damp. Also take a moment for silage gougers who are still trying to sell last winters bales.

    Bogged down??? jayus i can't believe that. only young cut rushes growing round here the likes of it not seen for most folks memory anyway.

    what country? sorry county?


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    #64
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Long term forecasts saying rain will come in ten days from now sorry to be the bearer of bad news.


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    #65
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    kk.man wrote: »
    Long term forecasts saying rain will come in ten days from now sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

    Lads lose the run of themselves, rain us never far away on this island.


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    #66
    lab man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭lab man


    greenfield21 wrote:
    We can only hope everyone will get their WBC in before the rain. See a neighbour here got bogged down this Eve and had to get a excavator so ground still fairly damp. Also take a moment for silage gougers who are still trying to sell last winters bales.

    whatdo you mean by silage gougers?


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    #67
    Gillespy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    kk.man wrote: »
    Long term forecasts saying rain will come in ten days from now sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

    2018 was like that. Weeks on end of promised rain kept being pushed back.

    I'm not comparing the two or complaining. This is perfect weather for us here. Forecasting a nice sup this evening then plan is silage and slurry out before that rain day 10.


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    #68
    Aravo
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Aravo


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    We can only hope everyone will get their WBC in before the rain. See a neighbour here got bogged down this Eve and had to get a excavator so ground still fairly damp. Also take a moment for silage gougers who are still trying to sell last winters bales.

    What was this great field used for prior to Glas. Sounds like it's a piece of bog. Loads of contractors hate WBC, being sent into a very wet, boggy piece of land and getting stuck. And then if there was an inspection, every reason under the sun as to why the WBC didn't grow would be given, still looking for the euros.


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    #69
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    kk.man wrote: »
    Long term forecasts saying rain will come in ten days from now sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

    Theres no such thing as long term forecast


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    #70
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    I took it from the Met twitter account, tbh. I can't follow the site since they changed it around a while back.

    We've had 2mm in the last week.
    Saw a nice mist over your place this morning. This morning was a day I wished I was in it :)


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    #71
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    kk.man wrote: »
    Long term forecasts saying rain will come in ten days from now sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

    I find met Éireann aren’t much good predicting part two days. I seen the forecast for the week ahead is for eastern wind, which is worrying to see at this stage. Grass very slow now. Last evening was the first proper grass day in a long time, it was very close.


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    #72
    endainoz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,711 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Timmaay wrote: »
    I considered that here before (Esp as we experience droughts about 1 in 3 summers here), however the conclusion I came to was that that I'd lose far more during the normal wet periods than I'd gain in them few droughts. If we are in for alot more regular summer 2018, then yep it might be worth consideration, however in the likes of the north island in NZ where they experience droughts regularly they have still stuck with the monocultures, and instead usually go down the irrigation road.

    That's exactly the point though, diverse awards can be true for opposite conditions of drought, making ground much more resilient to poaching and water logging. The idea of going down the irrigation route in Ireland sounds a bit ridiculous to me.


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    #73
    Gawddawggonnit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,244 ✭✭✭Gawddawggonnit


    endainoz wrote: »
    That's exactly the point though, diverse awards can be true for opposite conditions of drought, making ground much more resilient to poaching and water logging. The idea of going down the irrigation route in Ireland sounds a bit ridiculous to me.

    Ryegrass monocultures are useless in dry situations. Multi species work particularly well with/without irrigation in dry situations.


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    #74
    endainoz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,711 ✭✭✭endainoz


    For sure, it's almost as if teagasc are giving incorrect advice by pushing ryegrass and loading nitrogen into it. :rolleyes:


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    #75
    Robson99
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    Anyone else finding there meadows underperforming ?


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    #76
    Neddyusa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    Robson99 wrote: »
    Anyone else finding there meadows underperforming ?

    Anything closed up since winter is doing Ok, maybe a week behind normal, but anything grazed in spring is going to be a long time bulking up.


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    #77
    jimini0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭jimini0


    Robson99 wrote: »
    Anyone else finding there meadows underperforming ?

    I wish I had fertiliser out 3 weeks earlier. I would be making hay now. Hopefully in 3 weeks the weather will be like this


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    #78
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,262 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Robson99 wrote: »
    Anyone else finding there meadows underperforming ?

    Yes, even when shook and in some cases, generously so.

    Trees are 2 weeks behind here, never mind grass.


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    #79
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,262 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    endainoz wrote: »
    For sure, it's almost as if teagasc are giving incorrect advice by pushing ryegrass and loading nitrogen into it. :rolleyes:

    No but ryegrass and 21 day grazing certainly are hit harder in drier weather.

    That's a species issue in its root depth and how its roots die back after a tight grazing, up to 90% after a silage cut.

    Teagasc do a lot of good work but there is a one cap fits all approach while.

    People have to take bits of systems that fit their land, system and needs.


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    #80
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,826 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Robson99 wrote: »
    Anyone else finding there meadows underperforming ?

    Picked 30 acres today for milkers. 25 x 22ft silage trailer loads off it. Surprised how heavy it was. Not grazed
    Mowed yesterday


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    #81
    ted_182
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    GrasstoMilk wrote: »
    Picked 30 acres today for milkers. 25 x 22ft silage trailer loads off it. Surprised how heavy it was. Not grazed
    Mowed yesterday

    Baled 17 acs today, same as you not grazed, near 11 bales to the acre, mowed and tedded yesterday so got a nice wilt, i was shocked, i would have thought 7 max, wont be much good for milkers at that yield i feel


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    #82
    Fred Daly
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    A lot of thunder rain this evening.


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    #83
    SouthWesterly
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    Having had only 5mm this month, we had 20mm in an hour this afternoon.
    Was very welcome.


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    #84
    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭Tileman


    SouthWesterly wrote: »
    Having had only 5mm this month, we had 20mm in an hour this afternoon.
    Was very welcome.

    Yea we had a few very heavy showers yesterday evening. You can see everything growing this morning.


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    #85
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,475 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Had an hour of soft rain yesterday evening and than half hour again this morning.
    Should help, put out some fert yesterday on few paddocks to keep grass going.


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    #86
    keepalive213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭keepalive213


    Boggy land doing ok here, still seems to put up grass with minimal rainfall.
    Banks land (machair) is starting to burn up already.
    Another week of northerly winds and no rain on the way, i hope the stalks of my apocalypse potatoes dont get burnt.
    Turf home last Friday, only 3 weeks 3 days cut and bone dry.


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    #87
    Reggie.
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    keepalive213 wrote: »
    Boggy land doing ok here, still seems to put up grass with minimal rainfall.
    Banks land (machair) is starting to burn up already.
    Another week of northerly winds and no rain on the way, i hope the stalks of my apocalypse potatoes dont get burnt.
    Turf home last Friday, only 3 weeks 3 days cut and bone dry.

    Still talk from MT cranium about next week becoming unsettled after the weekend


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    #88
    Jeo John
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Jeo John


    Only getting rain in spots in the west nothing worth taking about great turf weather that's about it .The trouble is when it starts raining it probably won't stop


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    #89
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    I am happy not to have much rain. Sowed 20 kilos of wildflowers into an unimproved upland meadow. Low grass growth helps the wildflower seedlings compete for light.

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



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    #90
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    I am happy not to have much rain. Sowed 20 kilos of wildflowers into an unimproved upland meadow. Low grass growth helps the wildflower seedlings compete for light.

    Is there much maintenance with them at the start? Did you burn off the grass first or just spread the seed?


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    #91
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    farawaygrass wrote: »
    Is there much maintenance with them at the start? Did you burn off the grass first or just spread the seed?

    Ideally you would want to start with a place that has the old style finer grass and a low base fertility. The wildflowers should exist with grass giving you the old style species rich meadows.

    Can Recommend this for info https://youtu.be/rKzE5t8Zkzc

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



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