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Reseeding grass proven a waste of time?
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 6471590" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Doesn’t it depend on what grassland species are there already?</p><p></p><p>If you have a field entirely full of couch and annual meadow grass then it doesn’t really matter how you manage it, you won’t improve it much. If you have some productive species present then managing it appropriately can encourage those species and increase production.</p><p></p><p>I had a guy soil testing a year or so ago, who had last been to do the same three years previously. He tested several fields on an off lying block that I had defended into small fields (existing fences having been long gone, and left as gappy hedges), where I have been grazing rotationally every year. He commented that my swardlifting and reseeding program was obviously paying dividends. I have never used the swardlifter on that block (no need) and had only reseeded a couple of the worst fields. However there was ryegrass and clover in the existing (abused) swards, which have been encouraged. Still working on encouraging the clover more, but Fibrophos application seems to be the daddy for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 6471590, member: 348"] Doesn’t it depend on what grassland species are there already? If you have a field entirely full of couch and annual meadow grass then it doesn’t really matter how you manage it, you won’t improve it much. If you have some productive species present then managing it appropriately can encourage those species and increase production. I had a guy soil testing a year or so ago, who had last been to do the same three years previously. He tested several fields on an off lying block that I had defended into small fields (existing fences having been long gone, and left as gappy hedges), where I have been grazing rotationally every year. He commented that my swardlifting and reseeding program was obviously paying dividends. I have never used the swardlifter on that block (no need) and had only reseeded a couple of the worst fields. However there was ryegrass and clover in the existing (abused) swards, which have been encouraged. Still working on encouraging the clover more, but Fibrophos application seems to be the daddy for that. [/QUOTE]
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