Producer Sarah Mason
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Ended up just extending the sacrifice paddock a bit and have bought some Oaten Hay to keep the mob going. Means I can give the rest of the paddocks a bit more time…
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
And to you also Eric, hope you get a good dousing! We seeded 10ha with multi species and are also keeping it locked up to go to seed this year. Will have plenty of standing feed for summer/autumn next year 😃. Having a year off lambing.. happy days!
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Sounds very similar to what’s happening at ours. Got some foliars on some of the paddocks last week but got foiled by the rain so will be pulling out all stops as soon as this front has gone .. with very similar mix to what you are putting on ( except I had to buy the fish hydrosylate & seaweed tonic .. maybe I’ll make my own this spring.
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Will be watching but strip size should mean moving on after 2 grazing days.
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When to start grazing the green?
I’ve bitten the bullet and moved the mob out of the sacrifice paddock and onto the green this morning – would have preferred another week but have run out of hay and there’s none to be found anywhere locally it seems. According to Dr Judi Earl we should be aiming for around 3000kg DM/ha in order to ensure we can leave a residual of 2000kg…
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Reply to Percentages of species and the sub species in a multi mix pasture
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
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Online Guide to Pasture Biodiversity in the Lower Blackwood
Biodiversity - the root of soil health and resilience
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Reply to Potassium in our soils
Hi Will, you’ll find some useful information in this article…https://lowerblackwood.com.au/targeting-plant-nutrition/.
My understanding is that the volume of potassium required generally can’t all be addressed through foliars, improving soil biology will assist making what you have in the soil more available, helpful to know your totals as Max…
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Targeting Plant Nutrition - Lower Blackwood LCDC
The application of nutrients, or fertilisers, that plants require is an important component in primary production operations. For numerous reasons, crops or
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Kate Tarrant posted an update in the group
7 months agoPerennial & Biodiverse Pastures 7 months ago -
Kate Tarrant posted an update in the group
7 months ago (edited)Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures 7 months agoWe were keen to experiment with dry seeding this year so decided to go early. Late March we seeded (using a disc drill) 10ha of the farm with a multispecies mix of mostly annual soil builders – Oats, Peas, Vetch, Serradella, Tillage Radish,
Linseed, clover plus some warm season starters Sunflowers & Buckwheat, and a small amount of…
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Hi Kate,
I am interested in your seeding rate? And what percentages of each seed in your mix?
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Book Favs/Recommendations in the forum General Discussion 8 months ago
Reply to Book Favs/Recommendations
Hi Robbie, there are so many but here are some of my go to’s:
For the Love of Soil – Nicole Masters
The Farm as Ecosystem – Jerry Brunetti
Holistic Management – Allan Savory
Fertility Pastures – Newman Turner
Natural Sheep Care – Pat Coleby
Natural Farming – Pat Coleby
The Ecological Farm – Helen Atthowe
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