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Will McGirr started the discussion Guilford/Onion Grass in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
I have thick mats of it on some paddocks & it’s clearly choking out/retarding the growth of what has been sown in. How to deal with it without herbicide?
in one paddock in year one – we put free range pigs across it and that cleared some patches.
year 2 I tilled the whole paddock with an offset disc & sowed into that.
year 3 it’s back again -…
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Will McGirr replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Hi Mark,
thanks for the reply and input. After emergence last year I sprayed on your suggested mix – does it need to be put on every year? I didn’t put it on yet this year.
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
This is a site where we had a severe infestation of RLEM last year.
This year I have given it all the nutritional and biological help I can, no pesticide, and it’s hardly been touched by the RLEM (see photo) so must be doing something right.
I’ll post an up close tomorrow.
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Hi Will,
Yes, the RLEM is definitely making its presence felt around the place atm.
There is definitely something about healthy plants or plants growing in healthy soil that seems to impart red legged resistance as we commonly see healthy plants untouched while others in not such a good paddock are getting hammered.
The exact reason for this is…
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Looks like getting those foliars out earlier gave the plants a good head start & stave off RELM, I got some out on a couple of paddocks at the same time as you and no sign of them whereas the other paddocks all have some to varying degrees, only got foliars on them last week – plants looking like they are going to grow through the damage though…
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tom wilde replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Brett will you foliar go out through a normal boom spray doing 100l/ha? I’m thinking maybe not the lime product but the rest?
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tom wilde replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Thanks Brett for the detailed info. Great to hear you’re having success against them with the limited foliars. Good news
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Brett Hazelden replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
This is the Tow and Fert spraying out at Kate and Lloyds farm. Gets about a 8-10m width.
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Brett Hazelden replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 10 months ago
Hello All
Touch wood I’ve had no red legs (yet!!)
About 3-4 weeks after seeding (30 April) I put out the following mix
Per 500 litre tank load = covers 2-3ha with the Tow and Fert
Fish Hydrolysate 35 litres (brewed on farm)
JS mix 8kg (made on farm and ~8 months old)
Seaweed solid extract 850g (Soil Dynamics)
Fulvic Acid Powder 1.5kg…
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