Farming without bagged Fertiliser

[sjt01]

Is that a granular or liquid product? Who's the cheapest supplier?

Round us it is vapourwear

 

[scholland]

The key ingredient to the grass above was h20.

Obviously water is important but I figure it's worth noting a reduction in N with good grass growth when we've had our normal amount of rain.
It's bloody hard for farmers who are dry but that doesn't take away from the results I've seen.

It hasn't been very warm up here so growth hasn't been exceptional at all.

 

[Sid]

Is that a granular or liquid product? Who's the cheapest supplier?

I can sell you some granular, you just add water, £10/t , application rate of 10t/acre how much do you want?

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I can sell you some granular, you just add water, £10/t , application rate of 10t/acre how much do you want?

The ironic thing is: the more fert you buy, the more rain you need at the right time.

 

[Sid]

The ironic thing is: the more fert you buy, the more rain you need at the right time.

Nitrogen fertiliser-been making water do the vertical for over 50 years!

 

[Henarar]

The ironic thing is: the more fert you buy, the more rain you need at the right time.

fert farming don't work of a dry time

 

[Kiwi Pete]

fert farming don't work of a dry time

Can be a useful tool coming out of a drought, not so useful when it puts you in one

 

[vantage]

How do you spot a Cornish farmer at a meeting?
He’ll be the one in the rolled down wellies, giving the host and salesman a grilling!
Fair play to you @Beef farmer and @Walwyn for an informative meeting.

 

[easy farming]

How do you spot a Cornish farmer at a meeting?
He’ll be the one in the rolled down wellies, giving the host and salesman a grilling!
Fair play to you @Beef farmer and @Walwyn for an informative meeting.

What did you learn please?

 

[Beef farmer]

How do you spot a Cornish farmer at a meeting?
He’ll be the one in the rolled down wellies, giving the host and salesman a grilling!
Fair play to you @Beef farmer and @Walwyn for an informative meeting.

Same wellies, different colour grass

 

[vantage]

Same wellies, different colour grass View attachment 1054128

Two weekends of rain has certainly turned it around here!

 

[Coreycow]

I’m curious to know if anyone is using Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) in their mix to help with nitrogen take up?
We’ve started recently but with this dry spell growth rates are slow. So hard to tell if it’s doing anything.

 

[vantage]

I’m curious to know if anyone is using Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) in their mix to help with nitrogen take up?
We’ve started recently but with this dry spell growth rates are slow. So hard to tell if it’s doing anything.

Yes, plus mag chloride to keep liquid longer on the leaf. It’s a see as you go approach, plus going late in the evening/ morning. Junior finished the first lot on 3rd cut , 2.30 am today!

 

[Coreycow]

Yes, plus mag chloride to keep liquid longer on the leaf. It’s a see as you go approach, plus going late in the evening/ morning. Junior finished the first lot on 3rd cut , 2.30 am today!

Yea we’re going late in the evening, and early morning, but not 2:30 early (or late).

we’re going with 10 units of N and 2.5 kg hectare not sure if it’s too little or too much. And this dry spell throws another variable in the mix.

 

[crashbox]

Nothing going on here until we've had a damp good soak.

And by then probably be getting close to NVZ closed period...

So just slurry and FYM till next Spring I reckon...

 

[richy]

What would be a typical mix for silage ground thinking , the t+f isn’t the quickest way of putting out fert on grazing fields but it must be very time consuming putting on higher rates.