What to do with italian

[frederick]

Love it early on hate it later. 5 weeks after third cut its just seed heads and a bit of green in bottom and sHort of N.

Do I cut it and put my strong glasses on to find the swath and then fert and get a fifth. Or now its rained can I apply more N and hope the bottom grows again and then cut in 5 to 6 weeks and hope to have something.

It doesnt like the dry.

 

[DrDunc]

Cut it

Once it sets seed the leaf just disappears even faster than it grows and doesn't come back.

 

[ollie989898]

Love it early on hate it later. 5 weeks after third cut its just seed heads and a bit of green in bottom and sHort of N.

Do I cut it and put my strong glasses on to find the swath and then fert and get a fifth. Or now its rained can I apply more N and hope the bottom grows again and then cut in 5 to 6 weeks and hope to have something.

It doesnt like the dry.

A lot of grass around about is looking the same, not just the italians. None of them like the dry, they all hunker down and put up the odd seed head, that is it. Also bear in mind that the shorter term leys just don't have the same root mass as a ley that has been there a deal longer.

 

[pappuller]

Love it early on hate it later. 5 weeks after third cut its just seed heads and a bit of green in bottom and sHort of N.

Do I cut it and put my strong glasses on to find the swath and then fert and get a fifth. Or now its rained can I apply more N and hope the bottom grows again and then cut in 5 to 6 weeks and hope to have something.

It doesnt like the dry.

Cut it, we have one that went in last autumn, will be cut every 6 weeks next year for bales for dry cows and reseeded next autumb

 

[Andrew]

Fly over with the mowers and leave it, or put some sheep on it.

 

[DrDunc]

Fly over with the mowers and leave it, or put some sheep on it.

Sheep will just eat the best bits and leave every stalk until last ?

 

[Andrew]

Sheep will just eat the best bits and leave every stalk until last ?

Thats why you cut it.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Take what's there and re set it.
Cheaper the better.

Slurry and a dab. There must be some residual N about judging by how mine are re growing after cutting a week ago.

 

[Tirglas]

If you can graze it? Premow it for the cows all the better with a conditioner a lot of self seeding for next year as they fall off the mowing and treaded in as the cows graze if you want to leave it down another year that is

Saying that I've just burnt off an Italian ley for long term grass and im worried a bit about the self seeding because a few seedheads showing in it.......

 

[organicguy]

This is why I will not plant italian or Hybrids. On an organic system we will only get straw at 3rd cut. All late perennials, seem to cope much better.

 

[upnortheast]

As above, medium & late perenials much less keen to go to seed . Last longer to

 

[Bald Rick]

THIS is the only Italian worth doing anything with

 

[pappuller]

THIS is the only Italian worth doing anything with

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Oh babbie [emoji7]

 

[celtis man]

THIS is the only Italian worth doing anything with

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Looks high maintenance to me [emoji847]

 

[More to life]

Looks high maintenance to me [emoji847]

Not so much at 84

 

[ollie989898]

Fast women and fast bikes. Lethal combination, especially italians.

 

[celtis man]

Not so much at 84

Could still be demanding [emoji848][emoji160]

 

[Kiwi Pete]

THIS is the only Italian worth doing anything with

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She was simply smashing ????

 

[Roy_H]