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The following is designed to try and help you
improve or renovate an existing grass pasture
or paddock.
This should nearly always be the first thing to
try and if successful you may only lose the
field for a season rather than for a year if
you sow a completely new ley.
The easiest and cheapest way to improve a
pasture is just to rest it for one season. Make
sure you split your grazing field into sections
so that each part has at least a season to
recover every 1 or 2 years.
If you need to reseed then check a few things
first.
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Does the drainage need improving. If the
problem is that the field keeps getting
waterlogged then buying seed will not overcome
this problem
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Is there enough fertility in the soil. Have you
done a soil test recently or ever?
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Has the field been taken over by weeds such as
docks, nettles etc. Controlling these in some
way before sowing grass needs to be part of the
process or you may find this problem worse
rather then better.
Look to renovate the field in either the spring
or autumn.
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Cut the grass back as short as possible.
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Chain harrow the ground hard to create a bit of
a seed bed.,
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Sow or broadcast a horse paddock renovation
seed mix
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Roll the field afterwards.
If need be apply some seedbed fertiliser to
encourage new grass to grow.
Ideally you need to be able to keep the horses
of this section for at least one season
If you need any more information or advice then
please feel free to contact us
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