lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
As above. We have a field sprayed off a good three weeks now. We have had a little rain. But not enough to encourage me to drill it yet. How long can I wait ?
When is the latest you have (successfully) drilled grass seed.
- Thread starter lazy farmer
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I've just ordered some grass. Fine here for another few weeks.
QED.
It’s a bit like serving cows, nothing is going to change until it comes out of the flask/bag!
- Location
- Cornwall.
Better to drill now and wait for the rain (it will surely come) than wait for the rain and can't travel the ground.
What type of mix?
Perennials will germinate fine with a soil temp of 7-8c. Hybrids, IRG & Westerwolds even colder.
What type of mix?
Perennials will germinate fine with a soil temp of 7-8c. Hybrids, IRG & Westerwolds even colder.
5th November in 2018. Had a dry week after planting. Thats the key. Let them germinate
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Why do you need rain to drill.
Get it in the ground. Roll well. Then wait. It will rain. It will grow.
The seed is just as safe in the soil as it is in the bag but as others have said wait and get it wrong and it might be too wet.
lazy farmer
Member
- Location
- som/dor border
The fear is a little bit of moisture to create germination followed by a thirsty death.
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
We routinely drill after maize with no problems,3rd week October is the latest I’ve ever done it,seeing as you’ve not got to worry about getting the maize off then I would be cracking on
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I don't think you will get a thirsty death. The day length is much shorter and the night dews are likely enough to prevent that. Rain will be coming.
My new lawn was pure dust, had a heavy shower and sowed as soon as dry enough to travel (it is a big lawn) dutch harrowed the seed in and sowed again and rolled it to buggery.
Looks good now after scarcely any rain once the soil dried from that earlier heavy shower.
- Location
- somerset
a retired scat's rep close to you, reckoned more grass seed was sold for december, than any other month, quantifying that, by saying it went to landscaping road work projects, but it still grew well.
Cut off for me, is mid oct, for ryegrasses, but mid sept for anything else. Weather is king.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
It’s not hot enough there for that I would think. Latest we have gone is 15-20 of November. Not unheard of for the seed to not come up till spring.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Get it drilled.
- Location
- Wiltshire
Last year I drilled Italian in early October, 2019 it was later. Haven’t started on this years grass, planning on doing some next week.
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- Location
- cornwall
Get on with it, the rain will arrive and you won’t be able to go it.
We’ve got away with it in mid October before. But late September is the latest I would officially go here in sunny Cornwall
We’ve got away with it in mid October before. But late September is the latest I would officially go here in sunny Cornwall
- Location
- South Molton
Clover in by end of September for me