fertiliser help asap please

as in without removing the horse first? No, not really, you need to leave it ungrazed ideally for couple of weeks after fertilising. Having said that, my neighbours don't seem to bother with that and all their horses are still alive.
 
Yes i use suregrow it it safe to be put on while horse still in field although I usually just put tape across and do half but it doesnt matter if my horse goes through the tape as it still safe and gives the grass chance to come through, also best to put it on grass that is short rather than if just soil. Hope that helps there is a website if you google 'suregrow paddock fertiliser.'
 
thanks ive never heard of this before but im going to get some do you have any idea of price per individual bag
 
Um, £16.99 per bag, minimum 4 bags. Check how many bags you need per acre. Fertiliser has gone up in price tremendously this year.
 
I was out tonight spreading fertiliser as it is due to rain tomorrow. If you put it down when it is dry then you have to leave the horses off it but if you do it just before it rains, and it disolves in, then it is in the soil and washed off the grass and you can put the horses back on. Done it like this for years. You will sometimes see me out in the pouring rain so I time it right. If you put it down when it is dry you just burn the grass (and horse's muzzles) if they graze on it! Hope it works and your grass grows x
 
Slightly Foxed said:
Um, £16.99 per bag, minimum 4 bags. Check how many bags you need per acre. Fertiliser has gone up in price tremendously this year.
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Can't believe by how much. Went into our usual place to get it and this year it's now £347 per ton. Does anyone know of anything cheaper - been trying to find out price per ton of organic fertiliser, but not having any joy.
 
I know this may sound mental, but was told, if you alternate between cattle/sheep and horses, then you wont need to fertilise, as the different poohs have different values to the grass and it grows better!! That must be why all the horse trainers have sheep too!!! no idea if it works but everybody says so!!!
 
I've stopped fertilising altogether and have saved a small fortune. The original idea was to use the money saved to buy in hay if needed. So far I haven't had to buy in extra, that was 3yrs ago. Long may it carry on. Also I don't want long lush leggy green grass, because we have a constant battle against laminitis with two of ours. Why not give it a miss this year and see how you get on?
 
We decided not to fertilise this year when we found out our annual cost has gone from £350 to £1250 to actually buy the fertiliser, plus spreading costs. So we have decided to just muck spread our hay paddocks with our muck piles and see what effect that has. So far the fields look good. We did lime them all last year and we do weed spray so they do get a fair amount of love and attention. But the cost of the fertiliser is prohibitive. it actually is likely to be far far cheaper to buy in the haylage
 
yes they will have to buy in fertiliser, however they can buy in far far greater quantities so have economies of scale. if I amortize the cost of the fertiliser over the number of bales, plus the cost of making those bales then my cost is far greater than a haylage supplier who does that as his business. My yield is far lower than theirs as well as my fields are not sole use, ie just for haylage, they sustain teh horses over winter then produce haylage in the summer.
 
JoBird said:
I was out tonight spreading fertiliser as it is due to rain tomorrow. If you put it down when it is dry then you have to leave the horses off it but if you do it just before it rains, and it disolves in, then it is in the soil and washed off the grass and you can put the horses back on. Done it like this for years. You will sometimes see me out in the pouring rain so I time it right. If you put it down when it is dry you just burn the grass (and horse's muzzles) if they graze on it! Hope it works and your grass grows x
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I agree with you - in Scotland that is exactly what I did, here in parched France I am praying for rain!!
 
Sure Grow is £10 per 20kg bag plus vat at Bearts of Stowbridge (Norfolk) . . . . . big saving on £16.99 and they will deliver free on orders of over £200 !!
 
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