- Location
- Ceredigion
The man who set the drill up and the man who advises farmers in Ireland said no , he's not from Delmonte, but he seems to know his stuff
Grass Renovation thread
- Thread starter Kevtherev
- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Ah, you should probably have had a Simtech with sponge rollers in.
They allow you to drill mixes of very different sized seeds without problems. I DD bird seed strips every year with a mix of barley, mustard and slug pellets.
I’d have thought a mix with slug pellets would be more uniform than one with lime prills , as has been suggested by several.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Doing grass seed next so will stick in in the seed this tim
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Are you doing grass to grass derek?
- Location
- Ceredigion
Yes, and it's risky , but I'm putting Limex on at full rate and its a very potent seed mix . If you don't try you don't learn
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Have a dig with spade after chapel and see if there are any leatherjackets about.
- Location
- Ceredigion
What do they look like
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Browny Grey in colour pic off google
- Location
- somerset
what's in your potent mix ?
- Location
- Ceredigion
Sorry I'm not allowed to advertise, but a few on here ,drilling it , so if I disappear all of a sudden you know why [emoji23]
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
and they remember to be aware that some is blantant sales pitch whilst hopefully most is genuine sharing of knowledge and experienceAs long as everyone remembers that some of it is worth precisely that.
Aye, Beware the Sales pitch by people selling be it ...
livestock, .
..contractors ...machinery... seeds fert... etcetc... the list is long...
Best tip in the simple category.ir is..on here, for livestock keepers ir or those that drench rather..is..after washing out yer drench gun .....leavevit filled with clean water until next use
livestock, .
..contractors ...machinery... seeds fert... etcetc... the list is long...
Best tip in the simple category.ir is..on here, for livestock keepers ir or those that drench rather..is..after washing out yer drench gun .....leavevit filled with clean water until next use
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Situation update:
My seedlings haven’t grown in a week. Can’t say they’ve gone backwards but I expected growth.
Harrumph.
My seedlings haven’t grown in a week. Can’t say they’ve gone backwards but I expected growth.
Harrumph.
Or applying pouron ..Aye, Beware the Sales pitch by people selling be it ...
livestock, .
..contractors ...machinery... seeds fert... etcetc... the list is long...
Best tip in the simple category.ir is..on here, for livestock keepers ir or those that drench rather..is..after washing out yer drench gun .....leavevit filled with clean water until next use
Rotavator is good for grass renovation
breaks up old turf... anyway...and broadcast which is natures way...
- Location
- Ceredigion
How did you sow your seeds, and what seed
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
And taste like chicken. Very easy to mix up with weevils, but the taste test is the definitive One.
- Location
- somerset
cows have been on a reseed, by night, rape and grass by day, previously they were 4yr ley by night, the milk went up 2 litres a cow, seeing that we take care, to try and pick a good ley, and are fussy about drilling it, the difference is 'bottom' ground, the other not a lot higher up, but you can see the dead bits, on the lynches in the field !
- Location
- Ceredigion
Have you ever tried A Cockle Part type ley . Never used it myself , but supposed to be good on drier land
Other than that have a look at Base Ryegrass
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- Location
- Ceredigion
I just love it , just 8 days and its greening over ,
Where have you been all my life , all those days riding furrows with an old Nuffield, ruptured myself in the end , days and days breaking my back picking stones, all i need now is a deckchair , so i can sit in the field and watch it grow [emoji23]
Ime sure its the slag in the slits [emoji23]
Where have you been all my life , all those days riding furrows with an old Nuffield, ruptured myself in the end , days and days breaking my back picking stones, all i need now is a deckchair , so i can sit in the field and watch it grow [emoji23]
Ime sure its the slag in the slits [emoji23]
- Location
- somerset
tried the old cockle park, reverted to small leafed white clover, by 3 rd year.
on a different subject, we grow kale for winter, and redstart for summer, this year, the kale has 'beaten' the rape, is there any reason, other than tradition, that says, kale for winter, not summer ? Very little difference in price, as 2kg/acre kale, but drill rape at 7/8 kg !