Reseed now or spring

At this stage I'd wait for spring, too late to start unless it is ground that has been dug up for drainage etc. I would walk thru it see what weeds are there and at a stage for spraying if so spray with a selective herbicide.

Would also feed it away before the closed period, slurry fert or dung, will help boost indexes before spring and and will help get a few extra grazings. Target it for the spring then

Most grass will germinate in 14 days

All depends on what you know about your own ground.

Stuff that was sown late last year grew well over the winter for this spring. Also the weather turned and there was ground sprayed off that wasn't sown till April this year.

I sowed grass in early March this year and it grew well. Lads that waited till mid April then got caught with the late frosts in May and the grass got checked. Then stuff sown in May git caught with the drought and got dirty as the weeds could outperform the grass that had no moisture.

Reseeding is a gamble at the best of times. There is no such thing as a one stop method. Your really st the mercy of the gods and the weather at the best of times. Seen farmers do everything right and the crop be poor and lads that did the bare minimum and got a Savage crop.

What is the best time to use a post emergence spray and are there any suitable for clover?

Chickweed usually is sorted by either mowing or grazing.

You may not need to spray till the spring if you sow late as the weeds may not get established with the harsher weather and of it does the weeds will die back over the winter where the grass will keep establishing. How often have we seen more grass growing in Dec than the previous Oct.

I've sown in Oct some years and stopped in Sept in others due to weather. It all depends on the back end on how kind it is weather wise.

It’s all about the weather....... you’d need good weather all along but it’s possible. That said, I’d be letting out a few sheep as opposed to 30 dry cows.

I wouldn't plough unless you really had to. That type of ground would respond well to discing and powerharrow. Would be quicker too and easier to level

Burying your best topsoil plus can be harder to level at times. If the ground is as dry as you say it'll turn to powder very quickly and easily hence discing would do

If you do plough get it rolled just before it dries out fully. Helps with the tillers afterwards when you flatten it down

Be careful with that type of soil. For that type of ground my advice would be to spray off (you are getting late for that now tho) Disc maybe twice. Remove stones. Add lime and fert. Roll just before the powerharrow and roll again afterwards. That type of ground gets very wet or very dry easily so there is a possibility of the grass struggling if not much rain arrives after sowing hence why autumn would suit better than Spring so it will need a good solid seedbed. Consolidating the seedbed is the most common overlooked part of reseeding. It's becoming that much of an issue I'm starting to run a front press infront of the powerharrow.

Yes. Spray tomorrow of your determined you could plough if you wish after a week. Roll after the plough and then landlevel. Pick your stones and roll again. Then roll after your powerharrow or that ground could even be stitched with a greenmaster if levelled enough

I'm reseeding and stitching for the next 2 weeks at least.

Sow as soon as your happy it's level and dry and rolled

What did you give it during the year fert wise? Is it a clover sward? New reseeeds generally need to be fed

Great growth at the moment, grass seed would absolutely fly at the moment

I think no matter what way the weather comes you’ll never have a field ready for grazing in 4 weeks at that time of year. If you were unfortunate enough that we got another April like this year then the grass might not be even appearing above ground by early May.

We never did much reseeding but we always worked off the assumption that mid April was in or around when you get the seed in and you would be grazing 7 weeks later…

Depending on year, you might be able to go earlier, or it could be later too…

Will you be doing all the work yourself? If not, have you spoken to your contractor as to what they recommend? Depends on what tools or machinery they have too.

No offence, but you just need to decide yourself. As others have said, it’s a gamble as it’s all so weather dependant. I would think you would need to decide fairly sharpish if you intend to do it this autumn…

EDIT - What seed are you planning to put in? Heavy clover, or just ryegrass or a mixed multi species job? If it’s clover or multi species, you have less options for spray so would it be correct to say they suit autumn seeding more?

A neighbour reseeded last Autumn and didn't spray it so had to resow this spring, his land was boggy and prone to chickweed