I LEARNED how to PLOUGH! (I think?!) | Formulating a GRASS SEED mix.

[@allistercarswell8769]

Never seen a plough turn over as quick in my life. Was waiting on something snapping!lol excellent video, your insight and knowledge is great to listen to!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I wasn't concentrating and pulled the lever a bit hard. 🤣

[@keithaspin5160]

Absolutely loved the video.....ploughing demo was fantastic BUT I loved learning about grass seeds!!!!!! Great stuff and appreciated the engaging content very much!!!!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Grass seed bit was definitely the most interesting, should have shortened the ploughing bit. 😅

[@mrc6176]

@@FarmTheoryNI thanks for taking the time to share ur knowledge and videos always worth watching 👍

[@gerryryan2142]

Super video and camera work. If you have a really dirty old pasture the round up flex is the best for that. If you can spread slug pellets with the fertilizer,,,,do. Plenty around with all the wet weather

[@michealwhite8776]

Excellent video Andrew and congratulations on the 10K subscriptions, great detail on the grass mixture, looking forward to seeing the results!🚜

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Thanks 👍

[@Ai-lm9pb]

Andrew, if you look at the bottom of the furrow it is shining. That means that you have a plough pan. The plough pan is compacted soil created by the plough running at the same depth over a number of ploughings. This pan stops drainage and stops grass roots growing deeper. Two possible solutions, plough deeper or subsoil.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It looks like that but it's not, it's only on some spots and patchy, I think it's just so wet and clay based soils it's smearing.

[@philtorr-vo5lj]

Hi, still very wet for ploughing, your grass seed formulation is ok, Charlie Morgan would have told you about Abergain, Aber went down high sugar route ,Sarah Buckingham told me 15 years ago they lost persistence and disease resistance. 3kg of galgorm, gosford an seagoe , plus 1kg of timothy, leaving 4kg, add 1.5kg of ballyvov an drumbo for d value an ground cover with 1kg of gracehill. You are correct seed house mixs carry as you put it fillers.You should have a grassland an forage crop agronomist in Ireland to help you. We are a rare breed, ps havent put an early prg variety in a ley for 35 years. Your next step on formulation, requires a different ley mix for fields facing south or north, considering aspect an topography. REmember it takes 500kg of P and 600kg of K to move index from one to two. It will take 10 years. Good Luck.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Excellent advice!! I am all too aware of how expensive it is to move indexes, but my goodness does it make a difference!

[@daireharlin181]

Thick sole a good idea, i sowed a hybrid silage mix, festolium based last year. Sward is quite open and zerograzing in the shoulders is more challenging

[@EarlePriest]

Great video and great camera on the plough loved it.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Thanks 👍

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, The Ploughing was brilliant, I suspect the difference between the soils in that paddock would be explained by the original source of the soil, I was always taught downland soils are originally wind blown "loess" soils mainly clay with little organic matter and the lower soils would have been placed by water, with a high silt content and high organic matter, The mantra regarding seen mixes in New Zealand is 1 grass and 1 clover, decades of trials show that single species "mixes" yield best, thanks for sharing

[@rich7584]

What grasses would you be picking for a predominantly dairy grazing?

[@alimurphy155]

You are so funny 😂. Shot for everytime "earlies" is said in this video!!!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

🤣

[@bryanrobertson3068]

I know you must be really excited sbout something when you post a midweek video Andrew. Ploughing is addictive and you keep trying to get better at it. Still using the wrong tractor though. You'll see a big difference when you get the 3115 hooked up!!!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Okay, I will give it a go. 😅

[@faFsman]

Hi, great video thanks, your ploughing is well improved. I would have thought your ‘skimmers’ are trash boards, more suitable to stubble whereas grassland skimmers run tight to the disc. Would you consider using the Irish Department of Agriculture recommended grasseed varieties? You dismissed hybrid varieties very quickly, they are very suitable for silage production especially since you are reseeding on a regular basis anyway.

[@crumkill]

Will you be doing a video with a breakdown of the total cost of reseeding those 17 acres, its 20 years since i last done any reseeding so interested in the costs now compared to then especially the seed.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Yep! I'm keeping track!

[@rich7584]

How come you don’t use any clover? Do you spray a lot for docks and weeds?

[@danielg4482]

Like the subtle geowizard reference there.😂

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Yes!!!!!! 🤣🤣 He is great.

[@PB_657]

Great video. Really enjoy listening to your thought processes. I presume you’re using your smaller tractor as it’s only a 4 furrow plough?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Tyres on the big ones are the problem.

[@EoghanKelly-d2p]

What do you think is wrong with the aber grass seeds

[@claetuswoodroofe1854]

Was the 3 point linkage set in position that’s the picture of a fert spreader or draught that’s the picture of a plough? A small bit of draught will make the plough easier on the tractor to pull and save fuel. Your ploughing is good enough for what you require. They are thrash boards instead of skimmers on your plough they never do as good a job as skimmers but in difficult situations they work better than skimmers as they seldom block up.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I put it in the middle? No clue if that's correct or not.

[@claetuswoodroofe1854]

@@FarmTheoryNI middle would be fine maybe go a little more towards the plough symbol. We are spoiled with 4wd years ago with small 2wd tractors we had to use for draught setting to pull it

[@lesliebarfoot3981]

Nice bit of ploughing

[@AgriSpec4370]

We have heavy clay soil in fermanagh. We are suckler farmers. Would you prioritise reseeding or draining land in our situation? We have never reseeded. My grandfather always thought that reseeding would destroy the drains. All the land was drained in the 80s . Now a lot of the draining needs to be redone.

[@DjDj-ww6rh]

Definitely reseed and plough. Leave for whil after plough if you can

[@tomaswall6935]

Drainage first. No point in ploughing and reseeding without fixing the drains and getting the water away.

[@jamesmccullagh8212]

Always drain first if it hasn't been done in 30 plus years. No point putting the money into reseeding and ploughing and a year later come in and drain it. Prioritise drainage first and if drainage is done correctly and always clean sheughs, reseeding and ploughing will pay dividends in the long run, as the ground will soak properly. 100% drainage before ploughing etc especially if

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Depends, if there is a big wet hole somewhere, drain it. If the field is just generally wet I would plough and it may fix your issues.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Reseeding is absolutely key. It will transform your farm.

[@walt9234]

Love the videos! Can't help myself, but you don't have skimmers on your plough at all they are trash boards skimmers go alongside the discs

[@thepeoplespal5]

How long before you get a cut of grass out of these re-seeded fields?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It will tie in with the third cut, so probably the end of July, then another cut mid September.

[@JoeMcDonnell-yw4zd]

Hi does anyone know where he gets his grass seed. Think he says it at end of video somewhere

[@davidson321]

Fane valley

[@thomasforbes8904]

Put a set of skimmers on the plough and be much better But it looks fine

[@olivercoleman930]

Hi is there much difference do you know between Republic of Ireland and UK recommended lists, you'd imagine shouldn't be...

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Nope. I prefer the UK list.

[@JoeMcDonnell-yw4zd]

Hi Good learning video on ploughing. Could you say where you get your grass seeds from again. Could you give me name and address of company

[@adamfinlay8034]

do you ever look at using a legume in the mix?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

They don't survive, and definitely don't in silage swards. I push for too much yield.

[@6thcence897]

Would you do a video on fuel usage on jobs

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Sure, can do

[@davidmurphy3924]

Personally found the that style scimmer(trash board) disappointing in grass land have to plough too deep to a scim. Found the hight adjustable scimmer a much better fit. I also have no28 boards which are great can plough as shallow as 3-4inches

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Yeah, this was a cheap plough, it is what it is. 😅

[@finbarreburn5112]

In practice the ploughman has the ability to drain / dryout his field by ploughing in accordance with the gradient of the field, #CompetitionPractice 🤔

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I don't understand. 😅

[@geoffreymoore2204]

Do Holdens agri not do a great mix

[@johnosullivan815]

Why are u using Timothy? It is only used for haylage mix down in cork it a weed

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Now I'm doubting myself. 😅 I can experiment for all of us.

[@mikeysky8917]

@@FarmTheoryNITimothy is perfect for your ground. Tried and tested. Good choice.

[@olimckenna4000]

It might be considered a weed in Cork but we are a long way from Cork l. You'll find in a cold wet spring like this year and especially in heavy ground like you are in atm it will be growing way ahead of anything else.

[@UltanDorrian]

Multi species and Perennial rye grass

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Never using multi-weed swards. The research on them is all lies.

[@adamfinlay8034]

Need to do video on the research being false. Multi species getting popular here but I'm not sold on them

[@UltanDorrian]

@@adamfinlay8034 I dunno if u have wile bad compacted clay I think sometimes deep rooting grasses is better, or fodder rape to break the soil up with grass alongside

[@Rmac-eb2zb]

Plough isn’t set right if you need an hydraulic toplink

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Correct. 😅

[@mikica473]

Could you not have used recommended grass seed lists for southern ireland? Would make more sense surely!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Galgorm is the top Irish variant also. I like the AHDB list more.

[@johnbonham8059]

Are u afraid of d dark ?? Keep her lit when ur at it !!!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

How did you know? 😳

[@andrewbaird3431]

Ploughing is getting there but still making fundamental errors.😮 The front furs are big both ways! Take your tape measure to the field and measure the actual furrows behind the plough. Looks like you need to narrow the front fur or reduce the roll to stand the plough vertical will also narrow it. Definitely shouldn't need a hydraulic top link🤦 and as in another comment you have a plough pan , you need to go deeper or subsoil. Timothy? Was at a grassland meeting a few weeks ago and the expert was advising against using cardboard grasses

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I will take a tape measure with me later! 👍 I usually don't sow Timothy, the agronomist adviced me to. Not sure if it's a good or bad idea.

[@Derry2688]

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