OVERSEEDING OUR PADOCK

In this film I am overseeding one of our hay padocks and show all the steps we do.

[@chriskennedy7534]

Thanks youtube for recommending an early vid Missed the "G'day n welcome to farming like Australia"

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

That was a while ago. John

[@chriskennedy7534]

@farminglifeaustralia6716 Yea, didn't realise you'd been at it for so long. See you in another 5 years

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

@@chriskennedy7534 Gee I might be dead by then. John

[@Bernie5172]

Necessity is the mother of all inventions. I used the top part of a gum tree, leaves and all to cover some seeds. just tied a few branches on to the back of my Pajero. and dragged them around for a few hours Worked a treat

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

Its true about necessity being the mother of invention I come up with some crazy crap trying to solve some of my issues. John

[@JESUS-js9oe]

I will bet the results were great

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Nice farm

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

We like it. John

[@jordanathompson6747]

Thanks for the video mate ! We’re about to overseed a couple paddocks, same as you the drillers are just too expensive and contractors won’t touch it due to the small size of the job. So fingers crossed we get some results !

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

Its a hard one alright. All up I have done about 200 acres and only had one failure due to no rain. John

[@JESUS-js9oe]

@@farminglifeaustralia6716, :)

[@franc362]

Very smart, yes indeed necessity take you to improvise and be very smart My respect for the Australian farm people

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

Thanks Francisco for watching and commenting. John

[@celerysweat_pro9784]

Hi John. Nice video. I’m at Dayboro and have very stubborn Seteria grass I want to kill to grow Rhodes grass. Any tips?

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

I dont have a lot of experience with setaria. As much as it goes against the grain the quickest way would be to poison the setaria and replant rhodes. You could also plough in a dry season a few times and expose the roots of the setaria constantly until you are sure its going to rain then plant the rhodes. The second option is what I would do in my country. We have a long period from August until November, a lot of years, with very low rainfall exposing the roots will not get rid of the seed in the ground but if you plant heavily the rhodes will be the dominant species. If things go well. Poisoning the grass will not get rid of the seed either. John

[@celerysweat_pro9784]

Thanks John. It’s such a tough grass, I think spot spraying it would work. We don’t get much rain August to early November either. It’s only 2 acres but I need to do something.

[@Forester-qs5mf]

You could also seed the paddock first then run over it with your discs and attach the tire drag behind the discs, which would save you one pass.

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

Thats a good tip. John

[@AttitudeAdjuster]

Dear John, LOL Seriously thou what a Great Video, Matey would you mind if I showed you our place and asked your help as Your Genuine approach to trying to get a job done on a limited Budget is what so many of us need to see and hear. I Love Your work Garry

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

No worries Garry I will help any way I can . John

[@Trapezius8oblique]

Hi John I want to reseed over my existing grass that is a bit light on right now. I’ve directed toward a tyne plough /ripper. I think the discs is all I need as you are doing. It is fairly compacted in places from stock. What do you think I should use? Thanks in advance

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

Fire Minx Not having seen the ground its a bit hard but I would do a test. If the discs will make a reasonable seed bed then thats ok. It might be quicker to rip it lightly if its a bit compacted then disc. John

[@Trapezius8oblique]

Farming Life Australia thanks John enjoy your videos

[@AttitudeAdjuster]

John where abouts do you buy seed from and any idea for Horses a good mix?

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

I buy my seed from premium seeds I believe they have a branch in Brisbane. As far as the veriety they would be better placed to advise you than me. I do know that most seed companies have blends taylored for horses. John

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Here it's boma rhodes

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

The rhodes we use for hay is a local X breed. John

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Here it's just broadcast by hand.

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

That works fine if you have some help. We do a fairly big area at a time. John

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

@@farminglifeaustralia6716 Even with a seed spreader like you have the tactics I see is they broadcast boma rhodes seeds on existing grass in the paddocks .no ploughing is done.just seed spread together with farmyard manure stored in hips thrown from the back of articulated tractor.The grass is left to grow at the beginning of rainy season.then harvesting is done.manure is spread first.later they just broadcast seeds.

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

@@farminglifeaustralia6716 I use Napier grass ,some silage and normal dry grass like what you feed pigs as hay to keep costs down plus mineral salts and DCP.

[@marshallduncan3898]

If your doing it on the cheap go and buy yourself a bag of finch seed from a rural supply shop, you'll pay $30-$40 for 20kg and you'll get 6 or 7 different types of millet. Also do t spray out your wynn cassia out it's a good nitrogen builder.

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

No I dont spray out the Wynn Cassia only knock it back to plant. That was planted a while ago and its come back very good. Thanks for the tip re the finch seed. John