Fertiliser on dry grassland

[Moors Lad]

Bit late putting fert. on to land we want to cut for haylage. The land is obviously getting drier as time passes - is it a waste of time/fert. putting it on until there`s prospect of rain? Does it just sit there or will it actually just turn to "gas" and be lost? TIA

 

[Derrick Hughes]

No it goes in

 

[Formatted]

No it goes in

If it's not wet enough to dissolve you'll lose a third of it to gas after about 3 days. Wait for the rain

 

[balerman]

Something like Nitram will be gone in with a slight dew.A good compound would be ok too.Course blended fertiliser or Urea would sit there or turn to gas.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Something like Nitram will be gone in with a slight dew.A good compound would be ok too.Course blended fertiliser or Urea would sit there or turn to gas.

Dads said a dose of Nitram was as good as a shower of rain . He carried on regardles in the 76 drought and had grass to the end

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I put some nitrogen on some grass 3 wks ago . Had no rain on it but you can see where I missed !

 

[Danllan]

I put some nitrogen on some grass 3 wks ago . Had no rain on it but you can see where I missed !

Is it near a neighbour or road...

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Is it near a neighbour or road...

Thankfully ...hidden from view

 

[N.Yorks.]

Was thinking about this when it was first cold and dry - grass takes up around 2.5kgN/ha per day, so 10 days cold and dry probably means there is a case for reducing a first application onto grassland. Save the fert and save risking too high N in silage come end of May?

 

[Estate fencing.]

I put some nitrogen on some grass 3 wks ago . Had no rain on it but you can see where I missed !

I did the same. Plenty of grass where I put nitrogen on. Didn’t do one corner of a field and there isn’t a blade there. Did have snow melt though to wash it in a bit.

 

[Estate fencing.]

Thankfully ...hidden from view

Im a dreadful tractor diver at the best of times (let alone in the middle of lambing when I’m tired) I struggle to judge 24m! Some might have got double and some might have got half!

 

[Johngee]

Had the same problem last year with similar weather. I put nitrogen fertiliser on some silage fields end of April until I’d used up what I had then didn’t order more until the rain came in June when I applied some to the remaining fields. It was quite obvious which fields had the fertiliser in the spring when we came to cut

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Im a dreadful tractor diver at the best of times (let alone in the middle of lambing when I’m tired) I struggle to judge 24m! Some might have got double and some might have got half!

Concentration is my problem ......I'm alway looking over the hedge !

 

[Raider112]

Im a dreadful tractor diver at the best of times (let alone in the middle of lambing when I’m tired) I struggle to judge 24m! Some might have got double and some might have got half!

The Nitrogen I used this year wouldn't get anywhere near 24m, it's like sugar and doesn't go far at all, I had stripes right across the field.

 

[lloyd]

Concentration is my problem ......I'm alway looking over the hedge !

Careful people have got in trouble for much less.