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amanda

  • Joined Sep 2009
next question...fertilise my fields
« on: September 29, 2010, 10:10:59 pm »
Hi again,
My next question, after ive killed off or dug up all my ragwort is, can i fertilise my paddocks at this time of year? Ive bought the stuff but not sure if it would work in the autum?  :horse: ???

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: next question...fertilise my fields
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2010, 08:08:32 am »
Does it need fertilizer? Did you have a soil test done?

You shouldn't put on fertilizer after grass stops growing or it will simply lie in the soil and be leached out by rain over the winter. You certainly shoudln't be applying nitrogen at this time of year.

 

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