Autumn another vital opportunity for reseeding

There are two main opportunities for reseeding, in the spring and early autumn.

Early autumn (August) is usually the best time for reseeding pastures that are heavily infected with docks, bad grasses, and other weeds. Spraying a late crop of silage with glyphosate about 10 days before harvesting gives an ideal opportunity to give a good kill of these unwanted species, while also providing a crop of silage.

Direct seeding into a fine firm seedbed, which has been ploughed, tilled, and rolled, is a good, traditional method, and still popular.