GLAS thread

Water John

I presume you would need 4 bags per Ha?

sonnybill

Anyone still not paid ? I got no 2017 yet

Lady Haywire

Has anyone used these folks? http://rathcormacgunclub.com/product/glas-seed-crop-mix/
Was going to order from them but thought I'd ask here first!

Water John

Yeah, used them last year. But it was oats. Seems change for this year. Most of my oats was eaten before it grew. He supplies a lot of gunclubs.

Lady Haywire

Water John wrote: »

Yeah, used them last year. But it was oats. Seems change for this year. Most of my oats was eaten before it grew. He supplies a lot of gunclubs.

Noticed that with our oats too! Though we did bring in pheasants with them, used to watch the field and you'd see the rustles through it & then one stalk would shake & bend over as they brought it down to eat:D

Base price

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Has anyone used these folks? http://rathcormacgunclub.com/product/glas-seed-crop-mix/
Was going to order from them but thought I'd ask here first!

No.
FFS, germination in the Sunny South East visa vie the colder climates of Leitrim.

Track9

Happy to recommend Triticale.
Planted this in 2017.Slightly boggy wettish low fertility ground.Triticale is tough & seems resistant to everything.The Triticale grew well & stayed intact over the winter.Seed cost was circa 55 euro per acre.The weather was so bad it was the first time ever we were unable to get second cut silage, but the Triticale kept growing.
Oats didn't do as well the previous year which was a drier year.
The place was overrun with Pheasants eating the Triticale & I was thinking now I know how Gobnait O Lunasa felt with all those wild birds she got for Christmas creating havoc ( Frank Kelly song )

Water John

Thanks for that, lads and lassies, the triticale looks a better option and will go with it this year.

Lady Haywire

Base price wrote: »

No.
FFS, germination in the Sunny South East visa vie the colder climates of Leitrim.

Base price

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Soil temperatures in the south would be warmer to aid better germination.

Capercaillie

Track9 wrote: »

Happy to recommend Triticale.
Planted this in 2017.Slightly boggy wettish low fertility ground.Triticale is tough & seems resistant to everything.The Triticale grew well & stayed intact over the winter.Seed cost was circa 55 euro per acre.The weather was so bad it was the first time ever we were unable to get second cut silage, but the Triticale kept growing.
Oats didn't do as well the previous year which was a drier year.
The place was overrun with Pheasants eating the Triticale & I was thinking now I know how Gobnait O Lunasa felt with all those wild birds she got for Christmas creating havoc ( Frank Kelly song )

In 2016 planted triticale,kale and mustard. Triticale grew great but mostly attracted rats/crows. The kale performed well in second year, loads of bumble bees (great yellow bumblebees), and great feeding for small birds (skylark, twite, linnets).

Hard Knocks

Doing some composting for glas3, deadline is Nov 18.
Can’t cut after Feb, but is there any deadline on infilling with slips

Starchasers

Just inquiring lads, I’m not in glas but my neighbour is and I’ve a right of way to cross his land via a narrow boreen to access our land. As he’s in glas, what cutting/ pruning of the trees on the road side of the (his) ditch do you think is permitted bearing in mind glas?? He’s kinda cranky but what is catching me is the branches that would rip off a wing mirror of a van or tractor etc unless there retracted etc

fepper

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Doing some composting for glas3, deadline is Nov 18.
Can’t cut after Feb, but is there any deadline on infilling with slips

The coppicing would be the most important at this stage,is it not getting late for infilling with whips at this stage

Hard Knocks

fepper wrote: »

The coppicing would be the most important at this stage,is it not getting late for infilling with whips at this stage

Cutting is done since December, didn’t plant with frost & snow, can’t you plant in a r month, but thought there was a deadline of March 1st etc

grassroot1

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Cutting is done since December, didn’t plant with frost & snow, can’t you plant in a r month, but thought there was a deadline of March 1st etc

ah we wont tell anyone:D

Defunkd

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Cutting is done since December, didn’t plant with frost & snow, can’t you plant in a r month, but thought there was a deadline of March 1st etc

Bare root whips can still be planted by do it lively. The colder weather is delaying things slightly but that won't last much longer.

furandfeather

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Has anyone used these folks? http://rathcormacgunclub.com/product/glas-seed-crop-mix/
Was going to order from them but thought I'd ask here first!

Ya I used them last year. Sowed the "johns delight" mix. I found it great stuff. It grew very well and attracted some amount of birds over the year

Water John

Looking at that, is it €200/Hectare?

sea12

Water John wrote: »

Looking at that, is it €200/Hectare?

Yep

sea12

sea12 wrote: »

Yep

When is the official date for closing the traditional hay meadows. Is it the 15th April

Water John

Yep.

sea12

Water John wrote: »

Yep.

I wonder will they relax it a little the year due to the fodder shortage and lack of grass

Water John

Well the cows might, break in.

Water John

Just note, someone posted on another thread that, you can graze until the end of April, derogation. Just from fear anyone missed it.

Hard Knocks

When is GLAS officially over?

Water John

It is a 6 year contract. I'm Glas 2 and going into my third year. Glas 1 bit ahead of me, Glas 3 a bit behind.

Hard Knocks

Water John wrote: »

It is a 6 year contract. I'm Glas 2 and going into my third year. Glas 1 bit ahead of me, Glas 3 a bit behind.

I thought they all ended the same time, with Glas1 being longest

sea12

It's a five year contract from when you first started is it not?

Water John

Could be 5. I might be mixing it up with the Beef Genome Scheme.

It's 5 years, ending in Dec 2020, for me. Mea Culpa.