Calcifert

[Still Farming]

Was some of that sea shells and sea weed products ?

 

[Chae1]

I've rented some grazing ground for one year, soil tested and it's ph 5.3 not much point spending on it for someone else but will have to do something

Oats will grow fine on low ph soil.

 

[jackrussell101]

Does anyone have any recent prices for Calcifert?

I'm hoping to direct drill wheat into a burnt off grass ley this coming Autumn, at what point is the ideal time to spread the Calcifert in relation to drilling?

Also, once drilled is it a good idea to spread some nitrogen? As I've heard the dieing grass ley can lock up nitrogen for the following crop?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Found the best stuff to put on to aid drilling was Limex , but we are just to far away for it to be viable

 

[jackrussell101]

Found the best stuff to put on to aid drilling was Limex , but we are just to far away for it to be viable

Thank you, would you apply that pre drilling or post? If before, ideally how much before?

 

[Simon C]

Does anyone have any recent prices for Calcifert?

I'm hoping to direct drill wheat into a burnt off grass ley this coming Autumn, at what point is the ideal time to spread the Calcifert in relation to drilling?

Also, once drilled is it a good idea to spread some nitrogen? As I've heard the dieing grass ley can lock up nitrogen for the following crop?

@Simon Chiles is your man

 

[Simon Chiles]

Does anyone have any recent prices for Calcifert?

I'm hoping to direct drill wheat into a burnt off grass ley this coming Autumn, at what point is the ideal time to spread the Calcifert in relation to drilling?

Also, once drilled is it a good idea to spread some nitrogen? As I've heard the dieing grass ley can lock up nitrogen for the following crop?

I haven’t got a recent price for calcifert as I’ve only just finished using up last years. Then I think was £120/tonne. Use it at 500kg/ha to achieve the results you need. At last year’s price it works out at about £24/acre which to my way of thinking is better than re drilling and isn’t money wasted even if it stays dry. I’d put it on pre drilling for best results, I find quite a few calcifert granules in the seed tench when I do it this way round.

 

[jackrussell101]

So I've got an old grass permanent pasture that needs some lime, how much calcifert per ha would you need to apply to sort the job?

Also, does anyone know how much calcifert is roughly?

 

[JeremyD]

So I've got an old grass permanent pasture that needs some lime, how much calcifert per ha would you need to apply to sort the job?

Also, does anyone know how much calcifert is roughly?

I think it's around £130 tonne. Maintenance you will need circa 100kg ha severely acid probably 700+ kg ha

 

[farmgineer]

A 1/7th of the bulk lime suggested

Or 75kg/ha to raise Ph by 0.1, or so I was told