After you piled up the woodchip and manure, you could stick an old silage sheet over the top, it will trap the heat and accelerate the wood chip breaking down
@paulnewman21152 ай бұрын
Ask Farmer P he'll advise you on the woodchip
@kevinmcdonnell22982 ай бұрын
The chip would be better on ground for ploughing can take a while to break down and could cause problems if you decided to make bales etc if the grass got strong
@PhilipQuigley-nx6ms2 ай бұрын
We’ve been using wood chip on a outdoor pad for nearly 20 years. When we are cleaning it out we mix it with dung from sheds bedded with straw. We push it all up in a big pile and spread in October. We spread it on grass fields not intended for silage. It spreads easily and it breaks down well into the soil. It does use up some N to start the process of breakdown but will return this back to the soil as it decomposes.
@farmerslife26122 ай бұрын
That was a great job on the land farmer Phil today 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@padraigking51852 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@paullynch2772 ай бұрын
For the woodchip, you need to pile it up asap when cattle are let out and then Hot Compost it, turning the pile regularly. Within only a few weeks it will be reduced to compost and ready to spread. Best to put it on sandy/gravel soil to add carbon and retain moisture. The key to hot compost is to keep it turned regularly. If it is very hot and dry in summer then spray the pile with water from slurry tanker - it will help the material to break down quicker. You should use a thermometer to monitor and check what stage the compost pile is at - plenty of videos online to learn how to efficiently hot compost material.
@TheFarmerTheCheesemaker2 ай бұрын
I use would chip for bedding in a pack barn. By the time it’s mixed with the dung for a few months it rots down quite well. I spread it on all my fields no issues. I mow high for faster regrowth and don’t scrape the ground with the rake. Never had an issue with it in the silage/ hay
@johnearle66672 ай бұрын
I am not educated about what to do with woodchip but I would spread it on stubbles after harvest and plough it in and maybe sow a winter crop weather permitting.
@Ham682292 ай бұрын
Yes, wood chips robs from you until it breaks down however, you can speed this process up and lose less "N" if you can get those "chips" down to more like a "sawdust" size, then you can spread it however you like, at that stage, it's a powder and won't effect the ground or your "N" levels. If you have to spread it, spread it next yr and spread it thinly or mix thinly with manure.
@TadhgIrish2 ай бұрын
Throw it out back end of year. More time to break down in the soil and the winter Edwin’s ad. Rained can get at it. As for pears. As the old saying goes sow pears for your heirs.
@johnlydon5332 ай бұрын
Great video Phil. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼
@doyler79602 ай бұрын
Phil, woodchip onto ground for ploughing only - torture on grassland if you ever want to bale it for a few years after
@wallm12062 ай бұрын
I worked with alot of woodchip on farms, the best I found was to spread it on ground you want to reseed and plough it down.
@dessiemaguire3432 ай бұрын
Wood chip will break down quicker when you turn it. It's let's the air at it
@tonymckeage10282 ай бұрын
Great Video Phil, the wood chip, don't spread it on pasture, the best option with all manure is to feed it into a methane digester, failing that spread it on to ground to be ploughed in the spring
@brendanbannon782 ай бұрын
Great Job Philip
@oconnellsfarm8112 ай бұрын
Was told if spread on grass put out tonne of lime it uses alot of lime to breakdown
@shaneodowd22082 ай бұрын
Woodchip spread end of the year. Sawdust is your best bet. Fast breakdown and good soakage (as long as it's dry)
@johncoakley42792 ай бұрын
Why noy draw it all out next spring and pile it in a corner of a tillage field and plough it in end of next year. You'll have space in the dung yard then, can always give the woodchip pile a turn or 2 during the year to compost it all down.
@larrywhyte75822 ай бұрын
Some say wood chip can affect the Ph of the ground
@andrewwebb26912 ай бұрын
Yeah wait till you plough for beans they will help replace the nitrogen
@johnnymurphy21952 ай бұрын
Well Phil. Leave it till dung till spring. At least if you leave it til then it will be where you need /put it . Ive seen your bottoms flood before and god only knows where the dung will end up. Let it compost. Turning if when fresh stuff is add will help compost the new stuff coz of thd fungal and microbile life already there. Great vid but can see whats going on/what your doing please. I know your a handsome dude but i aint got a clue what your at only fondling with a machine. Looking forward to see what tractor is the next project alone with a farm shop and to find out your old man had to fix on the telly handler. Take care Phil and better not leave out Liv ( the real worker) and thank you both for the content. ❤❤❤❤
@senanhaugh83002 ай бұрын
No dont phil we tried spreading it last year on ground after grazing it was a disaster when we put cattle back on the grass a couple of weeks later they wouldnt eat it
@antnewbon26732 ай бұрын
Half september half follwing spring. And make a little room for winter. Then i guess you can see weather it need rotting more than it was.
@colinwientjens18712 ай бұрын
Put it in a windrow somewhere that you can turn it all winter, or just put it in a big pile in a pig paddock and let the pigs turn it.
@Dave-jm5yo2 ай бұрын
Wait as long as you can you'll get more benefit out of it.
@user-zu6qn9ux9n2 ай бұрын
I make my own compost for the garden in small heaps and it’ll get to 70c no problem. Higher temperatures with more grass clippings. That heat is good as breaking woodchip down is a slower process. Turning adds oxygen and increase bacterial activity.
@faFsman2 ай бұрын
Get it on after the beet for next year but leave it in the dungstead as long as you can
@davidsata12 ай бұрын
Such a wet summer very hard on everything and is just miserable
@wulliewhyte5442 ай бұрын
I would spread it on stubble and plough it in Phil
@kcahill27772 ай бұрын
If it’s not composted its not available to plants. Bit like bark mulch
@michaelkeogh92382 ай бұрын
The wood chip will eat up nitrogen out of ground
@RobinCookson-o8r2 ай бұрын
I’d leave it another 1 year before touching the chip. Takes loads of N out the ground breaking the chip down.
@DN-ij4pk2 ай бұрын
Iv used it before. I left it in a pit for a year maybe more. It was piled up over a winter and not spread till the following back end. Their was still some chips on the ground the following spring. That be pushing a year and a half after it was under cattle. I didnt no that part about it sucking nitrogen out of ground. All i know for sure is. Dont put that shit anywhere you plan to make silage. Caus youl have it back in the yard again
@casto-2 ай бұрын
If you need the space I’d say put the chip out, you can always top dress with slurry in the spring to make up the difference. I’d say put it on grazing land or as someone has said, on a field to plough just in case it’s not rotted away before silage… never found it in our hay
@irvenrathburn94212 ай бұрын
Hi Phil, Farmer P uses wood chips along with straw he could give you the answer you're looking for as he also has a tree service and knows a lot about tree bugs and plants.
@Alan-rn5ip2 ай бұрын
Id leave it till the spring and if possible mix it up again in the winter with the digger. Would help to have it well composted
@damianandrewcoyle56742 ай бұрын
U get the goats down there they clean everything up for u.
@irvenrathburn94212 ай бұрын
Hi Phil, you are doing it right, turn the pile of muck and chips as much as you can and add a bag of Fertilizer high in nitrogen that should do the trick.
@jonathancassells6412 ай бұрын
Put it out now when ground will let you 😅
@patodwyer7212 ай бұрын
Nice one Phil
@jamesrobinson93812 ай бұрын
Would in not be better on the stubble ground and ploughed in
@alexthomson7192 ай бұрын
Why don't you mow down your rushes instead of talking about them you certainly talk a good job
@georgedoorley56282 ай бұрын
reseeding ground that floods is not a good job ........the reseeds do not last long ..........spend the money on fertiliser and lime instead
@frankcarty2 ай бұрын
When you spread the dung from the milled peat bedding on the land, did it have any impact on the soil's PH? Just wondering as the peat should be acidic.
@billyroberts67272 ай бұрын
I would reach out to farmer P he uses wood chip 👀
@johnwanley17162 ай бұрын
Forgive me for being ignorant but could you not get goats on that ground to eat it all down. ?
@stephenquinn8457Ай бұрын
Does it take the dung long to wash in
@doyler79602 ай бұрын
Phil the 99 could do with some TLC.
@johnsweeney17122 ай бұрын
Great video. Would some clay off the shop & car park mixed in with the wood chip rot it down faster? Keep up the good work.
@jack-qh4sg2 ай бұрын
How much longer is the sunflower open for
@jamessymington19072 ай бұрын
@farmer p he uses woodchip
@jimmy752562 ай бұрын
Seems to work out good for him
@jimxyz81502 ай бұрын
On the phil
@ronaldlucas53602 ай бұрын
Rain Rain Rain
@adamholmes64932 ай бұрын
You must be barking mad to 😂😂😂
@Adrian-tj6ye2 ай бұрын
Can’t top fields now 😂 no shear bolts no ..?
@FARMERPHIL36902 ай бұрын
It’s be more than shear bolts would end up breaking🙈
@Droledope2 ай бұрын
C-13666
@franreynolds85062 ай бұрын
DO NOT put wood chip down
@greggroome27912 ай бұрын
👏👏👍👍👌👌💪💪🙏🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪
@homey30512 ай бұрын
Can you put some dirt in the spreader and spread it out on some of them soft spots