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Oz[_1_]

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Sorry, I should add.Email replies only please.

Hmmm....

That's not the best way to get information, and an even worse way to get
reliable information.

Indeed most people with experience will say NO emails and do it all on
the groups.

You do not need to give your location away, mid wales coastal is about
all that is needed.

Soil pH (alkaline or acid), rainfall, drainage (clay or well-drained),
current plants dominating the plot and recent agricultural history would
also be helpful.

In general it depends what you want.
If you want it to revert to gorse then do nothing.

If you want to maintain the typical short grassland and various herbs of
a southwestern clifftop the you might like to consider grazing for a
number of years.

If its been cropped (grass or crops) even modestly intensively then try
hard to get a local farmer to take silage/hay off it for a few years but
DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO USE ANY PHOSPHATE. Nitrogen typically decays to low
levels within a few years and a couple of silage crops (with no
potassium applied) will deplete potassium to pretty low levels at your
convenience.

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Oz
This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.