Cut, fertilise, spread slurry or cry...

[Jdunn55]

So I've just checked my silage ground and I'm not sure what to do...

It's probably just below welly boot height

It's had no fertiliser or slurry yet

Options that I can see:

Option A:
Cut this week, get slurry and fertiliser on and have a big cut at the end of may?
Yes I'll only get 3ish bales/acre but they should be good quality?

Option b:
spread 2500 gallons of slurry and 100kg of urea/acre as normal, Trample the grass and not cut until the end of May?
Yes it will be a big cut but quality could be well back??

Option c:
No slurry and half rate of 50kg of urea and cut 10th-20th may? Still trample grass but a half decent balance between quality and quantity?

In my head I'm leaning to Option A would be best?
Means I can get some more slurry out, I can reset the grass, there's still plenty of moisture in the ground atm for a good second cut then and I have 150-200 bales of rocket fuel?

Any other ideas?

 

[dinderleat]

A reset go again plenty there for a decent crop

 

[Mouser]

Definitely no slurry, I'd probably cut if conditions allow.

 

[More to life]

Plus 1 for reset now.

 

[Tasteless]

Slurry or fert now is pointless. If you can be on I'd be on.

 

[DairyNerd]

If you want quality cut this week, get your slurry and fert on for second cut end of May.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Agree with the above. No point in putting fertiliser or slurry on that. Nip if off sharpish, slap fert and slurry on and go again when it comes, just don't scalp the stuff by cutting it low.

 

[TheRanger]

Sounds like dreamland. No chance of even travelling here for weeks, no fert on, tower nearly overflowing and no grass.

 

[Agriimark]

get it off. restart on a fresh. be wasting time and diesel getting fert or slurry on that. looks well for having neither on there

 

[sidjon]

Option A , cut end of May for 2nd cut, then drill your maize

 

[vantage]

Well @Jdunn55 , you have your answer, a clear winner!

 

[davidroberts30]

A

its what ill be doing

 

[Thick Farmer]

C

 

[kiwi pom]

If the weathers fine leave it a week, then cut and reset.

If you do cut this week post it in Agricultural Matters they will have absolute meltdown

 

[daveydiesel1]

If it has had no power to it i seriously doubt it will be "rocket fuel"

 

[som farmer]

get it cut, and get the slurry on, and go for a decent 2nd cut.

the winter growth of grass, which yours basically is, are probably lower in quality than you think, its all been washed out, bit of disease etc

will say, the ley looks good, and weed free.

 

[Fedupfarmer]

Think i might cry just had mother of all thunderstorms

 

[pappuller]

Think i might cry just had mother of all thunderstorms

Fookin ace innit

 

[TheRanger]

Make hay while the sun shines, we've had near 30mm in the last 24 hours.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Its challenging, i still need to drill my Wheat from last August

The grass in the above pics has gone too far now.
Just cut when conditions allow.