All the more reason to try to get the following grass established early and cheaply. It's a field that'll take several weeks and 5 or 6 passes to get a grad seedbed after maize otherwise. Expensive AND unpredictable when it could easily be October before the maize is cut next time.Clay? Nothing to worry about there then.
Hydraulic top link pulled right in, thinking about it the 28 bodies throw soil a long way over might just have to put up with it
Exxtens is a very popular variety does a good job.All the more reason to try to get the following grass established early and cheaply. It's a field that'll take several weeks and 5 or 6 passes to get a grad seedbed after maize otherwise. Expensive AND unpredictable when it could easily be October before the maize is cut next time.
The Exxtens maize did very well this time.
You've turned it the same way as the rest of the field, why not start next to the hedge?
And make a right royal balls up of the headland with wheels marks all over!
I think what he means is in the picture you have posted is that you have started the field about 4 plough widths out into the field turning the soil towards the hedge and then ploughed the headland after but i nthe same direction meaning you have left a furrow where you don't need one. That bit of headland you are ploughing in the picture wouldn't have been run all over if you had ploughed it first as you don't turn on that bit?
Are you going to do anything to that now or leave it and see how the grass comes on? How rough is it going to be, wheel marks wise?
It's a double.However do you manage with only one flashing tit on the roof?
if you start next to the hedge, you make a mess in the corners, and after ten yrs the hedge is buried.
Thanks - only 29 hoggets to go, (and 5 old ewes that we haven't eaten yet!)All the best with lambing, hope it goes brilliantly for you! If you need any advice and such we are here
..hopefully they should just spit them out.. have just been for a look around and there's grass galore, 18 day round at the equinox??? may have to get a few more mouths on here!
Thanks - only 29 hoggets to go, (and 5 old ewes that we haven't eaten yet!)
My main issue is these girls are very fat, due to the small mob/large paddock issue, they have been on ad-lib feed for the past 5 months
I am worried about the size of the 10 or so singles but what will be, will be... I have nice small hands if it comes to that
if they have a lot of grass you don't need to feed as much cake, in fact here when the grass comes through we stop/give them only a bit of feed, as the grass does the rest.
top tip always carry a bottle of water with you for occasions such as these.
