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Mark Tupman posted an update
6 months ago (edited)
It’s proving to be a tricky season.
We could all do with some green feed.
Are we going to get enough rain in the South West this week to trigger germination? We’ll see, but quite probably.
If so, will there be enough follow up rain to sustain the species that germinate?
On the other hand, if we don’t seed and the existing seed bank gets away, we will need to carry out some form of weed control before seeding.
To seed or not to seed ?
Any thoughts.
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We have just seed coated today and will seed half of the farm on Monday and Tuesday and then another third of the farm in four weeks time.
May average rainfall is 132mm and lowest on record is 50mm. So we are taking the punt that the rain will materialise along with cooler temperatures.
we also have lambs due to start dropping from mid to late June so really want 4-6 weeks of growth.
Fingers crossed
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Seed – we have seeded everything we planned to do, it now looks like we will get at least an inch this week and should get germination, the dew is enough to keep it going in the furrows until next rain
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@Gemma and Justin Todd yup, looks like we’re out of the woods. Happy days 🙂
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