2nd cut ground depletion?

[Magik22]

Managed to take the silage cut earlier than normal this year, which is an unusual scenario! I’m thinking of pushing on for a second cut, which I don’t normally do because it’s hill ground and normally silage is made late July/August. But the elder is warning me of the impact on the ground of taking a second cut. I can’t find any info as to how accurate this is, I figure as long as you’re putting back in enough you can take more away?

 

[multi power]

As long as you replace the nutrition you have removed then no problems at all

 

[Longlowdog]

Not wanting to hijack thread but hopefully on the same lines,
how much N.P.K from a bag do you need to put back for every tonne of green hay you take from a field if it will not be fed back to the same field?

 

[Chae1]

I generally work on 60 units of k to replace offtake from a cut of silage.

90 units N for 2nd cut, be cutting that back a bit now though.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Splatter it with sh!t at the backend

 

[mar]

I was at a Teagasc silage demonstration a few weeks back and they said that every four bales of silage removes a bag(50kg) of 0-7-30

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Managed to take the silage cut earlier than normal this year, which is an unusual scenario! I’m thinking of pushing on for a second cut, which I don’t normally do because it’s hill ground and normally silage is made late July/August. But the elder is warning me of the impact on the ground of taking a second cut. I can’t find any info as to how accurate this is, I figure as long as you’re putting back in enough you can take more away?

Dont cut to late .needs time to recover for the winter

 

[michael N123]

Dont cut to late .needs time to recover for the winter

I’ve cut in October a few times and actually cut grass for a friend in November last winter

 

[milkloss]

Cutting regularly can improve grass no end but needs feeding with it.