HobleytheTB
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Regarding mowing, I think you do need to remove the seedlings still as the toxin is thought to remain even once mowed. That seems to be the advise from the RVC etc anyway.
Are these sycamore seedlings? Pic...
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L&M
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it is worth remebering that not all sycamores carry the toxin, so if you find some in your grazing it does not automatically mean your horse will come down with AM - but of course it is all about managing the risk and I know I have sleepless nights until either they have died off, or we have picked the majority.
The only way of knowing if the tree has toxins is to test each one individually, and every year.......but then if you have several trees then how do you know which seedlings/saplings are the toxic ones? Nightmare.......
The only way of knowing if the tree has toxins is to test each one individually, and every year.......but then if you have several trees then how do you know which seedlings/saplings are the toxic ones? Nightmare.......
L&M
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PapaverFollis
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I'd happily chop every sycamore in the country down and dance around the bonfire... bliddy tree weeds.
meleeka
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I did chop down what I thought was one in my field. I still feel a bit guilty that it was, in fact, a Field Maple. Poor tree
PapaverFollis
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I did chop down what I thought was one in my field. I still feel a bit guilty that it was, in fact, a Field Maple. Poor tree
Totally its own fault for dressing like a sycamore. ?
L&M
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How did you know it was a field maple and not a sycamore? And do the seed pods and saplings look the same?I did chop down what I thought was one in my field. I still feel a bit guilty that it was, in fact, a Field Maple. Poor tree
meleeka
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The seed pods are smaller as I remember and the leaves are different. There’s a pic halfway down this page of the leaves . https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2018/09/22/trees-perfect-storm-atypical-myopathy-risk-horses/
Coblette
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Might have to mow this year I’ve done two stints and not even making a dent ??
L&M
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Thanks
skint1
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I would happily attend a bonfire featuring every sycamore on this island. I hate them. I lost my mare of a lifetime because of them.
Lois Lame
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Aha! My self-sown maple is not a sycamore. That's good. It's nowhere near horses, but that's not the point. I didn't want to have one in my garden regardless. It appeared in my garden one day and I let it grow. It's about 10' by now.
I'm still trying to work out if we have sycamores around here. Certainly nowhere near where I have kept horses. I have vague... very vague... memories of my mother saying, "It's a sycamore," about one of the many trees in the garden in which I grew up. I liked its helicopter seeds but took little notice of it otherwise. It was fairly crammed in and had grown tall-ish and slender-ish, presumably because of that.
I love maples, all except the box elder (and now the sycamore
), which is a weed tree in my opinion. I wouldn't have one on the place.
ILuvCowparsely
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yes they are , pull them up
Lois Lame
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If you have a look at the different species of maple, you will notice several things:
1. The arrangement of the seeds. One species will have seeds that have a very wide angle from each other, and look almost straight. It's hard to explain - better to have a look.
2. Leaves, also, are different.
Marnie
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Might have to mow this year I’ve done two stints and not even making a dent ??
I'm checking mine everytime I poo pick and am only finding a handful now thank goodness.