Suckndiesel
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- Location
- Newtownards
Don’t know, they carried out a gamma test as well on the last test so sending another 6 away, hoping it maybe picks up some of the ones the skin test isn’t getting but will have to wait and see
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Don’t know, they carried out a gamma test as well on the last test so sending another 6 away, hoping it maybe picks up some of the ones the skin test isn’t getting but will have to wait and see
Thats our hope!
Happy at it
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- Location
- NI
Does anyone show at ballymena on a thurs? What time would they start taking cattle?
- Location
- Co antrim
Ud needa be on quite early to be near start o sale. Between 6 and 7
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- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
How many days after ploughing a grass ley can I start cultivating. It wasnt burned off
- Location
- Northern Ireland
When it's dry enough?
- Location
- East meath/dublin
As soon as its dry enough that it wont stick to the wheels . If it was bare then not burning off wont be much of an issue . Power harrow i presume ??
it's not over
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- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
Had aftergrass clipped with dry cows. Quite bare. Yip.using my new 20 year old power harrow
Mouser
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- Location
- near Belfast
Doesn't kill weeds I dont think. Just stops old grass getting up too quick and taking over sward. Roundup on side of lane in early spring. Nettles and thistles 3ft high in August every year. No grass though. Definitely no use on docs.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Timing. You're too early for the thistles and the nettles. And nettles are quite tough. Need to go again.
Regarding more weeds after reseeding. Cultivation brings up a new layer of seeds into the right conditions for germination, which may have been lying dormant for years. The soil contains a huge seed bank. It's an endless job controlling them.
Regarding more weeds after reseeding. Cultivation brings up a new layer of seeds into the right conditions for germination, which may have been lying dormant for years. The soil contains a huge seed bank. It's an endless job controlling them.
Suckndiesel
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- Location
- Newtownards
Do you post spray the reseed?
Yes. I'm new to the reseeding game,we used to never bother. Last year's field hadn't been turned in sixty years. I just thought with round up I wouldn't need to spray for a few years. I was wrong so I just don't see the point. If you get the sod well turned there will be no old grasses.
Ballygreenan
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- Location
- Tyrone NI
Bear in mind it's in the best interests of the spray manufacturer NOT to formulate a product which will kill the weeds, better for them to merely check them back for a while!
True but I find money spent on spray is probably the best spent money on grass land. The sward you’re left with is better than any reseed.
Bogeyman
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- Location
- North Antrim
Your an old cynic Ballygreenan
I did my reseed with half strength Ally and now done with Roundup to plough next week. Weather pemitting
I did my reseed with half strength Ally and now done with Roundup to plough next week. Weather pemitting
Ballygreenan
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- Location
- Tyrone NI
Lime is the best money spent on grass land!!
- Location
- Co antrim
Any1 on here feedin field peas or beans? Cant remember what ther called. Thoughts?
- Location
- Co. Antrim
Had a spring reseed this year real bad with weeds gave it a spray and cut off the weeds with the double chop has came back real nice clean swards calf’s loving it
- Location
- Northern Ireland
How are you to know how the ploughing is going to go though before you do it? I get issues with soil sticking to the boards here in certain conditions, which obviously affects the quality of the turn.
You've cut off all the annual weeds, which come ahead faster after sowing, and die after they're cut. But perennial weeds like dock seedlings are slower, and its next year that you'll see a rash of them, unless it's very clean ground. And they'll be harder to kill then as they'll have developed a root.