Under sowing grass with wholecrop barley

[Fermanaghfarmer228]

Hello, there, so summer 2020, we ploughed and reseeded some of our Meadows in permanent grass. So my question is I was thinking of under sowing wholecrop barley after we take the first cut of silage of it around end of may. This would be done with a wag tail sower, and slurry also applied at this time. So it would be a cut of grass and wholecrop barley as a second cut. With the grass being given 6-8 weeks to grow.

Has any one done this, or would it take the barley to long to grow? Thanks

 

[davidroberts30]

Your going to plough and reseed and expect grass to grow In 8 weeks in june/July?

 

[serf]

Your going to plough and reseed and expect grass to grow In 8 weeks in june/July?

Think he means to take first cut off new seeds and spread barley seed onto grass stubble some how and get a crop of cuckoo barley to grow up with the aftermath

 

[deere 6600]

Better to sow barley and grass right now whole crop end of July beginning august nice reseed below

 

[Courier]

Sounds like the OP wants to oversow his barley on grass which was established 2 years ago

 

[Courier]

Better to sow barley and grass right now whole crop end of July beginning august nice reseed below

The best ways to establish a grass sward if the previous autumn’s conditions had been too challenging IMHO.
Only problem can be that the barley stubble if the crop has been taken for grain instead of whole crop can put off some grazing stock.