Producer Will McGirr
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
a day agoGrazing Management a day agoI have a question about fertiliser and seeding. Is it better to apply fertiliser together with the seed, or is it better to apply post-emergence?
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Hey Will,
I’ve done a lot of research and trials with planting treatments and am of the view that other than very lightly coating seeds with low concentration dilutions of certain nutrients such as cobalt, manganese, molybdenum and zinc, its best to stick to biologicals at planting i.e. compost/vermicast slurries extracts, inoculants etc……
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Will McGirr posted an update a week ago
Any developments on starting a micro abbatoir for our area?
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Hi Will, I’m not up with the latest but Michelle @southampton might be able to tell you. Let us know what you find out!!
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
6 weeks agoGrazing Management 6 weeks agoSweet Vernal Grass
I have several paddocks that are dominated by this – any advice I was there on how to vastly reduce it?
I’m working on my soil, amendments and liming every year.
any particular amendment I need to increase?
in the autumn, should I till it and then seed? Or direct drill into it?
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Hi Will,
liming won’t get rid of it, however it will help with the establishment of improved species like clover and ryegrass. I would suggest improving one paddock at a time. A soil test will be helpful in identifying if phosphorus is available. (Colwell P test in conjunction with PBI). If it is low you will improve your chances of success by…
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
3 months agoGrazing Management 3 months agoPretty nube question here – what kind of grass is this? I have a lot of it & stock not eating it at this stage.
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sweet vernal grass. Not a highly productive or palatable grass. Common where there is low soil fertility- particularly low phosphorus!
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That’s me alright – low phosphorous and low potassium. Thanks for that Eric
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
5 months agoPlant Nutrition 5 months agoWhen to start putting on Foliar sprays
I haven’t heard this discussed very much – what time of year to begin applying Compost tea brews etc. at the moment it’s very wet and in a lot of our paddocks you couldn’t take anything heavier than a quad on them as they are so waterlogged. So it’s seems that winter is mostly out? So is it then spring…
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Early in the season (autumn) is good too Will, especially with the biologicals and a bit of trace mineral support, sets the plant up for life.
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Reply to Grazing before leaving for hay
Thanks Mark – this is what I was leaning towards. So will give a good grace
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Grazing before leaving for hay
We have fairly poor soils and growth of an oats and pasture mix that was sown in autumn, is fairly patchy right now – some areas are great others look bad. In a paddock we want to cut hay in, is it a good practice to give it one light graze over with cattle and then leave it till hay time? Or just keep the gate locked until hay cutting time?
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Is the key then to get the other grass/legume species to be the most dominant & to out compete the Guilford grass?
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Reply to Red Legged Earth Mite
Thanks Kate – that’s helpful
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Thanks Eric – I’ll look into it
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