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You mow it that short?!The mower will flatten the cow sh!t
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You mow it that short?!The mower will flatten the cow sh!t
Disc mower will drag the patties out with its skids, most mowers only have optional topping skids and they usually sit in the back of a shed somewhere.You mow it that short?!
Yeah if a person is just going for a look, then why don't they quit farming and go into the golfing business?yes i do know what you mean.
and actually i do have a few areas that are,shall we say looking a little untidy atm.
they will keep for winter use with a front and back fence
Well, but how by mowing do you keep from just getting more annual weeds?Depends. Apparently mowing is quite good for getting rid of annual weeds.
It was me, I think.I think mowing after every grazing is a bit much but have seen farms where it works & their grass is amazing.
I would say every year is different, on a dry year I would have thought it would do as much harm as good .
Topping to reduce weeds is all about timing, if their anywhere near seeding your creating a problem but most don't like being cut before that stage.
@Kiwi Pete mentioned in another thread about being "disruptive " ( I think KP said it? ) , I think a mower can be disruptive whereas a topper doesn't really cut low enough but you certainly wouldn't want to "disrupt" to many times a year.
Well, but how by mowing do you keep from just getting more annual weeds?
So when do you mow it and at what height do you mow it?I believe you mow them before the seed head forms and thus they don't reproduce, also, hopefully in the mean time your sward will have put out more tillers so that any seeds still in the soil don't get opportunity to germinate in future.
Topping twice seems to work ok. They then don't have the energy to reproduce and the sward has thickened so they don't germinate in future.So when do you mow it and at what height do you mow it?
Most times after mowing bare soil is exposed and this lets very little but weeds grow(if even that in some conditions), and this just leads to more mowing, soon you are in a rut that can be difficult to get out of.
So none of this ground level mowingTopping twice seems to work ok. They then don't have the energy to reproduce and the sward has thickened so they don't germinate in future.
yes, top at 5/6 ins, just taking the heads off.So none of this ground level mowing
That makes at lot more sense, just cutting the tops off, before they go to seed.
For nettles and thistles I always look at wiping as the first option, bearing in mind that wiping is a multiple pass operation, not do once and forget.My farm is overrun with nettles and thistles. Only fields that haven't been effected are the spring lambing fields, that are closed up after tight grazing and used for silage a few months later. Mowing seems to keep them as clean as a whistle. Lambs graze the after grass in autumn and their rested up after that until the spring. Rest of farm is regularily topped, but the place just gets worse each year. Weed licking or blanket spraying on the list for next year.
I have 3 small fields where blackthorn would take over if not topped down every year.if you mow try to keep a decent stubble length, 75-100mm.
a lot of our fields have 360 * hawthorn hedges that sucker way out into the field if not cut down every now and then . stock dont stop them im afraid.
So why don't you try to fix it with a different method that fixes it a little more permanently, and save yourself having to mow constantly?I have 3 small fields where blackthorn would take over if not topped down every year.
See a lot of your weed problems start with the soil condition. So thistles and other unpalatable plants are really just like billboards saying "hey! this soil is poor and/or mismanaged" as they tend to grow in poor or dried out soils.My farm is overrun with nettles and thistles. Only fields that haven't been effected are the spring lambing fields, that are closed up after tight grazing and used for silage a few months later. Mowing seems to keep them as clean as a whistle. Lambs graze the after grass in autumn and their rested up after that until the spring. Rest of farm is regularily topped, but the place just gets worse each year. Weed licking or blanket spraying on the list for next year.
See a lot of your weed problems start with the soil condition. So thistles tend to grow in poor or dried out soils.
Since when is topping once a year 'constantly' ?So why don't you try to fix it with a different method that fixes it a little more permanently, and save yourself having to mow constantly?