Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures
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Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months agoAn update on where we are at with our multispecies paddocks .. germination was excellent, didn’t seem to be any ill effects from sitting in the ground for 6 weeks prior to the break. We have just done a foliar feed across all of the paddocks using the attached recipe plus added some of our Johnson Su compost extract (2kg/ha). The whole job was…
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tom wilde replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months ago
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I’ve also got a battle on my hands! I’m going to try and foliar spray one of Mark’s recipes hopefully next week and see if it slows the buggers down. Brett do you know the amounts used for molasses/milk spray?
Photo is of last years multi species(which was also attacked badly), I’m guessing there was a huge egg population laid last spring as I…
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months ago
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Hi Will, We have had some red legs in some of the paddocks we seeded to multi species.. in particular they were hammering the legumes & brassicas. Mark Tupman @mark suggested spraying out Magnesium Suplhate at a rate of 5 to 7kg/ha along with some molasses… our soils are quite deficient in magnesium & I think if my understanding is correct,…
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Brett Hazelden replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months ago
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I haven’t tried this but apparently a mix of milk and molasses diluted in water and sprayed out over the area might do the trick.
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Max Stam replied to the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months ago
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From Lyudmyla Sharma on Farm-made Biofertz(Facebook)
Adding chitin to seed coating or in furrow feeds and breeds microorganisms capable of assimilating chitin including entomopathogenic fungi that are indigenous to your soils – in affect creating in situ IPMO. Fermented insects crustaceans and other arthropods, fish scales and fungal …
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Will McGirr started the discussion Red Legged Earth Mite in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 5 months ago
I’m having a severe infestation on my broad leafed plants/seedlings – on radish, clovers & Vetch.
Any non chemical ways of halting this?
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Michael Spagnolo replied to the discussion Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 6 months ago
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Thanks Kate and Mark
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 6 months ago
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Hi Michael,
For grazing purposes a general recommendation would be to use a standard ryegrass and clover mix that had early, mid and late season varieties in it and add some other hardy, graze tolerant species into the mix for diversity.
My suggestion would be to lower the usual rate of ryegrass and clover by around 30% and add 1-2kg of a…
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 7 months ago
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Hi Michael, Dr Judi Earl recommends the percentages shown in the photo attached to this reply. You’ll also get some really good information in this content hub… https://lower-blackwood.shorthandstories.com/online-guide-to-pasture-biodiversity-in-the-lower-blackwood/index.html
lower-blackwood.shorthandstories.com
Online Guide to Pasture Biodiversity in the Lower Blackwood
Biodiversity - the root of soil health and resilience
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Michael Spagnolo started the discussion Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 7 months ago
Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture
Anyone have some guidance or resources to share regarding percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture for seeding purposes. <div>
Ideally providing early mid and late varieties of each.
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