New ley, eat off?

[Overrun]

hi,

New ley drilled August, mainly ryegrass for strip grazing cattle next year. Most stood at around 9inch tall , graze off with sheep now and have fresh growth next year or leave it till next year..?

Tia

 

[Spartacus]

sheep in, it'll help it grow come spring!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Im grazing all my new leys with the ewes now to clean it off

 

[Kevtherev]

Graze to help it tiller

 

[jemski]

I have the same question, mine had one graze for 3 days and is now similar. However I will be turning out at lambing in late Feb onto it. Should I give it another short graze or keep it shut up?

 

[Kevtherev]

Short graze then pull the sheep off probably won’t hurt but don’t overdo it.

 

[M-J-G]

Not sure of the OP's location, but up this way it would be a no brainer.
If we were to get snow or frost on that kind of grass it will take it a year to recover.

 

[Overrun]

Located North Yorkshire. Hope to get eaten off before any major frosts then.

thanks.

 

[ollie989898]

Nip off, leaving it tall and it can all flop over and be minging. Definitely get the sheeps in.

 

[neilo]

I have the same question, mine had one graze for 3 days and is now similar. However I will be turning out at lambing in late Feb onto it. Should I give it another short graze or keep it shut up?

Have you got a decent sized mob that you could let in for a few days? They'd take the top of it, but not get the new shoots that come after 3 days.

 

[More to life]

When next year big difference between feb and may