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[The Agrarian]

No drab here at all the last few mornings, still plenty of grass in front of cows and youngstock. 1st cut in over 2 weeks ago and can still see the stubble. Been going over it with thin slurry from the store, don't think there's any point sowing fertiliser at the minute. 2nd cut won't be hard to lift if it doesn't get a slap of rain.
Never like looking for rain but a wet night and a few cooler days would be welcome. Summer holidays aren't far away so there's hope yet.

You weren't up early enough to see it.


Last week to me was perfect weather for working in. Loved it. Could take a whole summer of that with a wet night each week! Think this week will be a bit tougher though. Didn't sleep well last night.

 

[yin ewe]

You weren't up early enough to see it.


Last week to me was perfect weather for working in. Loved it. Could take a whole summer of that with a wet night each week! Think this week will be a bit tougher though. Didn't sleep well last night.

Unfortunately I was, hen house alarm this morning, 25oC inside at 5am. Not normal for a Sunday morning thankfully.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Is can not more volatile to scorching sunlight? Liquid urea would be the job I think ??

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is can not more volatile to scorching sunlight? Liquid urea would be the job I think ??

Liquid would scorch the grass though. Im gonna start spreading the cow grazing each morning this week before milkin time to hopefully help

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Liquid would scorch the grass though. Im gonna start spreading the cow grazing each morning this week before milkin time to hopefully help

Im not sure if it would I know people do use it but I don't know enough about it to say what it's like

 

[SantaCruz]

Think it would depend if you put it on with the droplet nozzles or a normal sprayer head

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Think it would depend if you put it on with the droplet nozzles or a normal sprayer head

Is the idea not to use ordinary fan nozzles on sprayer to get 100% n uptake via the leaf rather than being locked up in soil ?

 

[The Agrarian]

I'm sure it is. But ultimately, moisture is currently the most limiting factor to growth.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

I'm not saying it's for everyone but just an idea. if you had to buy setup for working with it would probably would be false economy. Have seen guys mixing granular urea DIY style unsure what the outcome would be.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

My point was granular fertiliser needs rain to get washed in were as liquid would work right away

 

[daveydiesel1]

Will this make much difference? Going on at 2kph

 

[Conrod96]

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Will this make much difference? Going on at 2kph

It’ll help abit although I’d do it in the evening then gets to soak during the night rather than being burned off by the sun

 

[shumungus]

1mm of rain = 4040 ltres/acre

 

[daveydiesel1]

It’ll help abit although I’d do it in the evening then gets to soak during the night rather than being burned off by the sun

It wasnt over warm at 5am but yes im for doin it this evenin again, problem is its a burn that wev had a mini dam in for years but after 3 or 4 loads its dry

 

[daveydiesel1]

1mm of rain = 4040 ltres/acre

So for round countin, 2 2000 gallon loads to acre is 18k+litres is around 4.5 mm rain

 

[Aircooled]

You need about 10 loads/acre

Repeat every 3 weeks

 

[Cowlife]

Nope. I considered doing a reseed one year. It would have been cheaper to redo it in the autumn

 

[SantaCruz]

Is the idea not to use ordinary fan nozzles on sprayer to get 100% n uptake via the leaf rather than being locked up in soil ?

Depends what liquid you use I'd looked at omex and they wanted the droplet nozels as they wanted it to bounce off the leaf and be taken into the soil. I think the foilier style is absorbed by the leaf but never really did much looking into it

 

[Davy]

It wasnt over warm at 5am but yes im for doin it this evenin again, problem is its a burn that wev had a mini dam in for years but after 3 or 4 loads its dry

The correct answer if an NIEA boy asks how much you suck out of the burn, is one load per day. How big the load is, they never said.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Depends what liquid you use I'd looked at omex and they wanted the droplet nozels as they wanted it to bounce off the leaf and be taken into the soil. I think the foilier style is absorbed by the leaf but never really did much looking into it

That sounds about right omex would be more popular on crops I think ?