Looking good. Thats something likenwhat mine looked like before they went nuts and smothered the new grass underneath
Sowing peas...!!
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
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I hope that's the case with these.
At least, my paddock is green, I don't like seeing it sitting there looking dead.
Will head up tomorrow and see if there's any thistles to dig out and remove all the bird scarers.
At least, my paddock is green, I don't like seeing it sitting there looking dead.
Will head up tomorrow and see if there's any thistles to dig out and remove all the bird scarers.
JD-Kid
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- Akaroa.. New Zealand
grub out the docks too HAHAHA
ummmm it looks a bit thin if the peas will chock out the grass if still a bit open may toss on some turnips and have it for grazeing
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Pete I could swap you some rain for a week of sun
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Starting to come away now.
Had 10mm of rain since last report, from a distance now it is starting to get a nice blue hue, instead of looking like a grass paddock. Pretty happy with how even it came up, plant numbers, and the rate the grass came back.
A wet spring may have been different but we seemed to miss out all the crap this year. Sent it up north!!
@JD-Kid how are you making out? Old mate at St Andrews reckons it's wet enough there?
Council info says soil is at 32% field capacity (from 100% in August)
TelesnaAg
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- Portland, Victoria - Australia
Looking good...we have an awesome spring...my mate just planted 60ha of vetch for hay and seed...oats going great..i havent seen yet though...i get 20kg of chick pea seed tomorrow..will seed wednesday...
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Pretty blimmin good here too.
Well on top of the cultivationing, fert going on for beet tomorrow, will have them in a month earlier than last year I'd say.
Will be interesting to see how your seeds pan out - any idea of soil temp?
Chucked my probe in today when I took pictures and it was 16.6, higher by a degree in the peas.
Shows what insulation pasture cover provides from the sun!
Have a warm week forecast (not for you) and then rain after.
Going to ring around and try to find some sheep or I'll have to get the mower out.
JD-Kid
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- Akaroa.. New Zealand
starting to dry out a bit got a few paddock to rip up sprayed out a few weeks ago
will get tailing finshed in a week or so not bad numbers so far in some mobs
a few semi perm paddocks and 3 into the radish kale cross
still a heap of feed about just got to control it to make the most out of it
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Been a good lambing for you?
I bet the price goes wild this year
I'm just about tip scared to go into store lambs this year, there won't be much shortage down this way but they're way too high still
Quite nice to actually be ahead of things instead of waiting for the puddles to disappear.
Grass on the dairy has been going stemmy for about a fortnight already!
Will be interested to see how your radishes get on, and how deep they manage to drill down. Are you going to go deep with the chisel plough, or are they doing the work themselves?
JD-Kid
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yea will be inresting had some in the garden and they did seem to dig down quite a bit also fast breaking down once worked in so good from that point of viewBeen a good lambing for you?
I bet the price goes wild this year
I'm just about tip scared to go into store lambs this year, there won't be much shortage down this way but they're way too high still
Quite nice to actually be ahead of things instead of waiting for the puddles to disappear.
Grass on the dairy has been going stemmy for about a fortnight already!
Will be interested to see how your radishes get on, and how deep they manage to drill down. Are you going to go deep with the chisel plough, or are they doing the work themselves?
do tend to go in quite deep with chisel plow which maybe a waste of time if they can go deep but better to be a bit looser soil to help them
rape will open the ground up too but find the stems and roots slower to break down once worked in
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- Owaka, New Zealand
That's probably an ideal mix then, bit of instant biology boost, and something 'slow release' for when the critters are hungry.
That's sort of the main issue of have with "the typical wintering system" - the deadness afterwards - I have so much ticking along in there to feed til there's something else to give them sugar.
It's a good year to experiment for me, so much in the silage stack that I can do with a paddock or two out for a while.
I'm reaching the decision I'm going to copy your type mix down the back and possibly try some DoubleTake triticale and Balansa clover behind the peas, as a bit of a multigrazer through winter.
And put a kg of leafy turnip in each mix.
Can't hurt to try new stuff.
That's sort of the main issue of have with "the typical wintering system" - the deadness afterwards - I have so much ticking along in there to feed til there's something else to give them sugar.
It's a good year to experiment for me, so much in the silage stack that I can do with a paddock or two out for a while.
I'm reaching the decision I'm going to copy your type mix down the back and possibly try some DoubleTake triticale and Balansa clover behind the peas, as a bit of a multigrazer through winter.
And put a kg of leafy turnip in each mix.
Can't hurt to try new stuff.
The balsana will be interesting
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Apparently, from Kev's Balansa thread, all fingers point at a late sowing being the best for it in the UK - and the aussie boys have to, for moisture.
There's some in my younger paddocks and it is awesome in cool weather, kicks off a bit before the white (although hard to really tell this season as it just grew right through) but that's what I want.
Already got too much grass before the local stores come online, need to make the winter months count, as that's the strength of Catlins farming.
So mild down here, worst part is getting a fluke freezer or two.
Bit worried about fluke this year, worms etc, will likely have to get some proper controls down their throats and not play hippy happys..
The hoggets I grazed over winter did a good job of cleaning it out though, but not enough frosty frosty like you will have woken up to
There's some in my younger paddocks and it is awesome in cool weather, kicks off a bit before the white (although hard to really tell this season as it just grew right through) but that's what I want.
Already got too much grass before the local stores come online, need to make the winter months count, as that's the strength of Catlins farming.
So mild down here, worst part is getting a fluke freezer or two.
Bit worried about fluke this year, worms etc, will likely have to get some proper controls down their throats and not play hippy happys..
The hoggets I grazed over winter did a good job of cleaning it out though, but not enough frosty frosty like you will have woken up to
JD-Kid
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tryed balansa here never had much luck with it
so others have gone beter
crimson is lookng OK and so is gland clover this year has been wetter tho
arrowleaf grew not bad last year
so others have gone beter
crimson is lookng OK and so is gland clover this year has been wetter tho
arrowleaf grew not bad last year
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- Owaka, New Zealand
My mate from school works as an agronomist and simply wants to put a broad mix of everything in stock, in the bag, and see what grows.
There's a lot of clovers that like the soil and climate here.
Big solar panels on some of them.
Ive read the balsana thread but dont really remember what everyone had to say ill have to read it again
Quite cool here this.morning but all frost was gone by 9am not really cool enough to kill fluke IME but its drying up so that will help. Stock look much happier now its not raining for a change
Tups in with the young ewes this week hopefully the sun will get them in the mood
Quite cool here this.morning but all frost was gone by 9am not really cool enough to kill fluke IME but its drying up so that will help. Stock look much happier now its not raining for a change
Tups in with the young ewes this week hopefully the sun will get them in the mood
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Hippy clover....
I'm pretty sure it's a Relish, hard to say with so many varieties in the mix. Don't quote me.
I sowed it before we took over the farm, one of the few things in the purchase agreement that went in our favour.....
I designed the mix, he paid for, I sowed it...
(So it was a fairly comprehensive mix!)
I'm pretty sure it's a Relish, hard to say with so many varieties in the mix. Don't quote me.
I sowed it before we took over the farm, one of the few things in the purchase agreement that went in our favour.....
I designed the mix, he paid for, I sowed it...
(So it was a fairly comprehensive mix!)
I dont think ive heard of that one before. Looks well anyway
I need to find a cheap way to get stuff like that growing here. A mix has to be better than stright ryegrass and some white clover... i gwt fed up earing the same thing all the time i bet stock do too
I need to find a cheap way to get stuff like that growing here. A mix has to be better than stright ryegrass and some white clover... i gwt fed up earing the same thing all the time i bet stock do too
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- Owaka, New Zealand
You wouldn't like a tractor if it only had two gears that worked!
They are a good start, of course because one fills in for the other - most of the time.
But what grows when they don't?
That's why folk have issues, and extra costs, to fill all these UhOh's...
I believe you need a variety of plants with a variety of different root depths and types to really cover your butt, and get full potential out of the soil.
Fortunately most of "the competition" think that's hogwash - which suits me fine!!
Seed is expensive but so is fert, and supplement, and another acre...
They are a good start, of course because one fills in for the other - most of the time.
But what grows when they don't?
That's why folk have issues, and extra costs, to fill all these UhOh's...
I believe you need a variety of plants with a variety of different root depths and types to really cover your butt, and get full potential out of the soil.
Fortunately most of "the competition" think that's hogwash - which suits me fine!!
Seed is expensive but so is fert, and supplement, and another acre...