- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Thunderstorms aboutFull moon on Sat .
If i were a betting man i would sooner put money on sowing seeds atm than cutting fer hay
Will we be ploughing for re seeding in the future?
- Thread starter hoff135
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I wouldn't mind if it were to make it cooler, got trouble keeping the tractors from getting too atm
- Location
- Ceredigion
Slurry on today
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- Location
- East Dorset
I think it is called intensive grazer for a reason . Now you have buggeredit by cutting it.
- Location
- Ceredigion
HM.17 Intensive Grazer Grass Seed Mix, Dual PurposeI think it is called intensive grazer for a reason . Now you have buggeredit by cutting it.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
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- Location
- East Dorset
That is a funny title .Dual purpose yes but to claim intensive grazer as well, no.
looks like a useful, straightforward mix.
mind you i reckon for me , all the clover mixes could have more kg's of it added. find cheapest variety and just add more clover.
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
HM17 contains late diploids and some Timothy
Not really what I’d recommend or use as a cutting ley.
Intended more as a grazing ley.
Not really what I’d recommend or use as a cutting ley.
Intended more as a grazing ley.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
What do you know? The last load of grass we got involved with caused mayhem with the rozzers.
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Yes forgot about that little job
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Why the cheapest variety? Do you not think any progress has been made by plant breeders over time?
i only suggest cheapest as i dont know why else they don't add more,? ie is it because clover makes the mix more expensive /not as competitive price wise ??
always seems too little to me, like a token amount.
Anyway, i often buy small packets of bits and bobs (that's an advantage of the Mole Valley store) and add to proprietary mixes , apart from anything it makes life more a bit interesting ☺
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Too much clover and it will dominate the sward.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I agree that more clover seed would be handy to get it to spread faster, certainly in lower input grazing leys. I've added a 'red clover booster' to my reseeds this year, which just adds 0.5-0.7kg/ac of red clover to the mix.
The mixes I've put in also include Aberlasting, which looks to be a pretty exciting advance ............... if anyone can get excited about clover.
- Location
- Ceredigion
I never said it was a cutting ley , I said I cut it , most farmers will cut a grazing key once a year, especially if like me they graze late in the spring , no use have a cutting ley and shutting it off for silage at the end of April
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yes Aberlasting caught my eye , i see mole valley are adding it to mixes.I agree that more clover seed would be handy to get it to spread faster, certainly in lower input grazing leys. I've added a 'red clover booster' to my reseeds this year, which just adds 0.5-0.7kg/ac of red clover to the mix.
The mixes I've put in also include Aberlasting, which looks to be a pretty exciting advance ............... if anyone can get excited about clover.
all our grassland is low input , when i ordering seed i useully round the amount ordered down to the acerage not up (like some do
) as then even if i dont add extra clover to the mix , i add chicory or as ive written before , or ...just let it be 'more open' in the establishing phase, i reckon that gives smallermore vulnerable seed s /seedlings chance to compete.i love clover, its free nitrogen and more protein.
- Location
- Ceredigion
I keep a few hundred kgs of clover in stock , everyone who comes for seed is asked if they want extra , no hassle for them to mix it in the seeder
- Location
- Ceredigion
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- Location
- East Dorset