Is it possible to make hay from a herbal ley ?
- Thread starter bobk
- Start date
michael N123
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Won’t you loose a lot smashing it up with the Tedder
Don't know to be honest , just trying make sowing it stacks
What? Another?
- Location
- North Somerset.
DEFRA civil servants responsible for SFI policy will surely know. After all they clearly believe they know more about farming and food production and how to manage the land than those of us who have been doing it for years.
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
My seed sales friend says he wouldnt recommend - would be like baling twigs.
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- Location
- Ceredigion
If you keep chicory out of it then yes
- Location
- somerset
made some dead standing red clover hayee sort of stuff last year, never turned it, looked bloody awful, and cattle cleared the lot 
l would think it would make some nice silage, we have included some in the pit, but not enough to take a sample. One would suppose its needs an additive, to help it ensile properly. Yield was fine.
l would think it would make some nice silage, we have included some in the pit, but not enough to take a sample. One would suppose its needs an additive, to help it ensile properly. Yield was fine.
- Location
- South Wales UK
All you need is the sun and heat.
Simple isn't it?
Simple isn't it?
Wasn't thinking now .... ffsAll you need is the sun and heat.
Simple isn't it?
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
bit early, its not been drilled yet....
- Location
- South Wales UK
Nor was I wtf
Definitely next year then
- Location
- Exe Valley
My herbal lay made lovely hay.
forecast good for next week!!
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’d have thought it would be possible, if you had a couple of weeks over 30 degrees. Certainly not reliable enough to plan on doing it though.
Cracking grazed fodder and/or haylage though, with minimal growing costs after establishment.
Cracking grazed fodder and/or haylage though, with minimal growing costs after establishment.
- Location
- South Wales UK
Better smoking it??
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Surely there are herbal lays and there are herbal lays,
"This action’s aim is to provide varied root structures. This purpose of this is to help improve and maintain the soil’s structure, carbon, biology and fertility."
You must establish and maintain herbal leys with a mixture of grasses, legumes, and herbs on the land entered into this action.
Must surely be possible to put together a mix of grasses, legumes and herbs that would provide a varied root structure but also make a decent hay crop and last 3 years or preferably 6 to have potential to stretch it into a second SFI (if it still exists in 3 years...)
"This action’s aim is to provide varied root structures. This purpose of this is to help improve and maintain the soil’s structure, carbon, biology and fertility."
You must establish and maintain herbal leys with a mixture of grasses, legumes, and herbs on the land entered into this action.
Must surely be possible to put together a mix of grasses, legumes and herbs that would provide a varied root structure but also make a decent hay crop and last 3 years or preferably 6 to have potential to stretch it into a second SFI (if it still exists in 3 years...)