We have been working on the small pasture, keeping the horses off of it and mowing and spraying for weeds. Last weekend I sprayed the whole pasture with Pasture Plus week killer and all of the weekds are yellow and all shrivled up. We did a soil sample and finally got the results back and the phos levels were off the page so the guy at the Co-Op said we need to put down 1 ton per acre of lyme then comeback in 4-6 weeks woth 30-0-6 fertilizer. Lyme is not to expensive. $30 per ton but the 30-0-6 is $510 per ton!
We’ve never done any soil testing or fertilizing here, and probably should, but I feel a little daunted by it. I mean... I don’t even know who to call to get four tons of lime delivered and spread.
We have a lot of weeds and undesirable grasses in the pasture that they won’t eat. We do pretty well just by mowing it a couple times a summer, but if it was mine, I’d try to figure out how to make it really better.
Since I can’t water it, it all dies by late summer anyway. I think a big part of keeping the desirable grass healthy would be the ability to water it.