This evening, 18.04.2024, at 8 pm, another webinar with Hans Koch and Stefan Bohnacker starts. https://guttler.org/termine/
Overseeding brings higher yields
Many people know that overseeding brings higher yields from grassland. But to be really successful, it makes sense to check the most important parameters first. Lime or free lime is often lacking. As around 10 per cent of the calcium per year moves into deeper soil layers with the rainfall and is used up by microorganisms, the loss should always be made good promptly by liming. Lime ensures a good crumb structure and optimises the uptake of the other nutrients in the soil by the plants. Too low a pH value favours plants such as dock and rough meadow-grass. When is the right time to control them, and what else needs to be done? All of these things are covered in the webinars. Once the “homework” has been done, overseeding brings the desired extra yield.
Grassland today
Because the two speakers are in constant contact, the current situation of the grassland swards can be addressed:
- many fields were under water for a long time, could not be driven on, and in some places the plants have died off completely,
- on other sites, because of the shorter winter dormancy, the grasses grow through the winter almost without a break and first have to be harvested before the first care operation, because the plants are already 25 cm tall by the time the fields can be driven on.
This year we find ourselves somewhere between these two extremes. Accordingly, care after the 1st cut is already being discussed.
Rolling as a growth regulator
Experience with the prism roller as an alternative to chemical growth regulators will also be discussed. We are looking forward to it!
Water-saving cultivation before sowing maize and soya
With the Mediana and Matador front-mounted rollers, you create an optimum seedbed for monograin seeding. So it is worth checking the events on the Güttler website regularly or keeping an eye on what is offered on social media.
About Güttler GmbH
Güttler GmbH, based in Kirchheim unter Teck, was founded in 1981 by Fritz Güttler and his son Hans and remains a family business to this day. Güttler became known for the Prismenwalze® (prism roller), “the roller with the golden hoofprint®”. From the original idea of an optimal soil structure, a versatile product range for arable farming and grassland maintenance developed. Today the portfolio includes Prismenwalze® rollers, spring-tine cultivators and machine combinations for professional grassland maintenance.
