SHOULD WE SPREAD THE WOODCHIP ON GRASSLAND???

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@FarmersSss 2 ай бұрын

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

@paulnewman2115 2 ай бұрын

Ask Farmer P he'll advise you on the woodchip

@kevinmcdonnell2298 2 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-nx6ms 2 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.

@farmerslife2612 2 ай бұрын

That was a great job on the land farmer Phil today 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@padraigking5185 2 ай бұрын

Good stuff

@paullynch277 2 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.

@TheFarmerTheCheesemaker 2 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

@johnearle6667 2 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.

@Ham68229 2 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.

@TadhgIrish 2 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.

@johnlydon533 2 ай бұрын

Great video Phil. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

@doyler7960 2 ай бұрын

Phil, woodchip onto ground for ploughing only - torture on grassland if you ever want to bale it for a few years after

@wallm1206 2 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.

@dessiemaguire343 2 ай бұрын

Wood chip will break down quicker when you turn it. It's let's the air at it

@tonymckeage1028 2 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

@brendanbannon78 2 ай бұрын

Great Job Philip

@oconnellsfarm811 2 ай бұрын

Was told if spread on grass put out tonne of lime it uses alot of lime to breakdown

@shaneodowd2208 2 ай бұрын

Woodchip spread end of the year. Sawdust is your best bet. Fast breakdown and good soakage (as long as it's dry)

@johncoakley4279 2 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.

@larrywhyte7582 2 ай бұрын

Some say wood chip can affect the Ph of the ground

@andrewwebb2691 2 ай бұрын

Yeah wait till you plough for beans they will help replace the nitrogen

@johnnymurphy2195 2 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. ❤❤❤❤

@senanhaugh8300 2 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

@antnewbon2673 2 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.

@colinwientjens1871 2 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-jm5yo 2 ай бұрын

Wait as long as you can you'll get more benefit out of it.

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 2 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.

@faFsman 2 ай бұрын

Get it on after the beet for next year but leave it in the dungstead as long as you can

@davidsata1 2 ай бұрын

Such a wet summer very hard on everything and is just miserable

@wulliewhyte544 2 ай бұрын

I would spread it on stubble and plough it in Phil

@kcahill2777 2 ай бұрын

If it’s not composted its not available to plants. Bit like bark mulch

@michaelkeogh9238 2 ай бұрын

The wood chip will eat up nitrogen out of ground

@RobinCookson-o8r 2 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-ij4pk 2 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

@irvenrathburn9421 2 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-rn5ip 2 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

@damianandrewcoyle5674 2 ай бұрын

U get the goats down there they clean everything up for u.

@irvenrathburn9421 2 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.

@jonathancassells641 2 ай бұрын

Put it out now when ground will let you 😅

@patodwyer721 2 ай бұрын

Nice one Phil

@jamesrobinson9381 2 ай бұрын

Would in not be better on the stubble ground and ploughed in

@alexthomson719 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you mow down your rushes instead of talking about them you certainly talk a good job

@georgedoorley5628 2 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

@frankcarty 2 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.