Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year ago
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I have successfully established chicory, plantain, cocksfoot, perennial veldt grass and phalaris over the last three seasons. I have tried winter active tall fescue as well, however it’s probably more suited to higher fertility loams. Where I have got it to grow, it goes reproductive too quickly.
Cocksfoot, veldt grass and chicory are good…
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoManaged to get our 9.5ha of irrigation paddocks seeded this weekend using the Soilkee mulcher and seeder after coating the seed the day before. Also added in some guano to the seed mix to see if it helps putting it down the same seeding slot.
We have not killed the existing pasture but rather cut it down with the mulcher to allow it to…
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Great work Brett! What variety of Pennisetum is it.. haven’t heard of that in a mix before??
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoa year ago (edited)
Anyone thinking of doing some warm season seeding shortly should be able to find some information gems in our Online Guide to Pasture Biodiversity https://lowerblackwood.com.au/online-guide-to-pasture-biodiversity-in-the-lower-blackwood/. Happy reading!🤓
lowerblackwood.com.au
Online Guide To Pasture Biodiversity In The Lower Blackwood - Lower Blackwood LCDC
This article outlines learnings from the LCDC's project 'Pasture Biodiversity to Build Soil Health & Resilience in the Lower Blackwood'. It includes
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Dean Campbell posted an update in the group
Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoWith the improved drag
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Nicely done Dean, look forward to seeing it in action 🙂
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Dean Campbell posted an update in the group
Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoView more comments-
Hitech drag!
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Such an awesome little machine!
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Murray Gomm posted an update in the group
Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoI’m happy to see chicory and plantain coming thru my vine inter row cover crop after sheep have grazed the crop down. Looking forward to them both being actively feeding microbes during summer also. the cover crop (Goodies Farm mix plus linseed, chicory, plantain and primrose) were sown mid April. I felt a bit guilty cultivating thin strips with…
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That sounds like a great mix of species Murray.
We dry seed the inter rows in late summer, when all the weeds are dead, to avoid tilling.
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Murray,
We converted a small rotary hoe to a strip seeder with tyre drags behind. Seemed to work quite well. I’ll try get a video of it for you.
Dean
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion How's our Pasture Going? in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year ago
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No soil air, no soil life.. no soil life, no soil structure .. in the paddocks spread with dam soil that is.
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Mark Tupman started the discussion How's our Pasture Going? in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year ago
Lower Blackwood LCDC recently ran a workshop on Monitoring and Recording Data for a Pasture Program. Participants got out in the field and had a go at gathering information on the status of their pasture and soil, to identify where things were going well, or not so well.
A range of different methods were explored to get an indication of how… Read more
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year ago
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Next time I move the sheep I’ll have to see how that compares with the graze at beer can height analogy (ie are the lower leaves also yellowing at beer can height, or 10cm) or does it need to be higher)
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions in the forum Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year ago
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Good question Kate! I wish there was an easy answer :-/
Adequate recovery is not as important for annual species because, let’s face it, they are only around for a short time anyway.
We do however want to get as much good forage out of them as we can in a season and hopefully build some soil too, through good root development and… Read more
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