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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1392276" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>Thanks Gizmon. I am a couple of years into doing something similar. I am going through my paddocks one by one. They basically are native grasses with some introduced clovers on some pretty rough country that hasn't been cultivated since they were cleared back in the 60's and 70's. I start with giving them one good cultivation initially to level them out and fill in all the stump holes and try and get a good seed bed add lime and chicken litter then start with a Millet which I bale and then graze it off and then spray it out in the last week of summer and then drill in oats for winter feed then spray it out again for the millet and this is where I am with my first paddock now and will probably give a tetraploid rye a go this winter and next summer I would like to put in some cow pea or lablab to try to put a bit back into the soil before putting back to pasture of a perenial rye, fescue and clovers. I have another paddock under way as well, the millet this summer being the first forage cereal rotation.</p><p></p><p>I must say I am surprised at how well things have gone in my poor sandy soils but then I guess there is nothing that money can't fix. I really think that the soil structure has improved with just spraying them out and drilling in the next rotation in. The hay I have made I am going to use to prepare my bulls for their sale in August so I can cut back on the grain I use.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to get a photo of my millet, it is looking pretty impressive at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1392276, member: 16453"] Thanks Gizmon. I am a couple of years into doing something similar. I am going through my paddocks one by one. They basically are native grasses with some introduced clovers on some pretty rough country that hasn't been cultivated since they were cleared back in the 60's and 70's. I start with giving them one good cultivation initially to level them out and fill in all the stump holes and try and get a good seed bed add lime and chicken litter then start with a Millet which I bale and then graze it off and then spray it out in the last week of summer and then drill in oats for winter feed then spray it out again for the millet and this is where I am with my first paddock now and will probably give a tetraploid rye a go this winter and next summer I would like to put in some cow pea or lablab to try to put a bit back into the soil before putting back to pasture of a perenial rye, fescue and clovers. I have another paddock under way as well, the millet this summer being the first forage cereal rotation. I must say I am surprised at how well things have gone in my poor sandy soils but then I guess there is nothing that money can't fix. I really think that the soil structure has improved with just spraying them out and drilling in the next rotation in. The hay I have made I am going to use to prepare my bulls for their sale in August so I can cut back on the grain I use. I'll have to get a photo of my millet, it is looking pretty impressive at the moment. Ken [/QUOTE]
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