Field 'divots' - do you stamp yours back down?!

[Fools Motto]

Not even sure if I've got the right heading to this, but you know what I mean.

Your horse has a 'hooly' and his/her mile long skiddy marks are worthy of a prize. It's still raining, and their feet sink in an inch or three. The turf is now just a lost cause, a tufty rut of something resembling grass, but your not sure. You can even trip over it in that illusive search for their poo - thank god the wheel barrow holds you up, before the handles try to stab you in the leg as it jams on yet another 'galloping master piece'.

So, what do you do? Leave the lonesome turf tufts balanced on top, or stamp them back in like a jigsaw, - ever hopeful that it will repair in minutes?

I'm a stamper downer if I can, and ever hopeful of fully repaired field, divot-less!
Does it actually have any effect? Will the grass grow quicker, lusher and better?

 

[sandy3924]

I am a stamper downer - won't know if it has made a difference til the grass starts growing again but I am always hopeful.

 

[Tobiano]

I have trudged round my horses' field stamping down divots but tbh my 2 feet are no match for their 8, so i have given up and am hoping my kind YO will roll it in a few weeks.

 

[ChesnutsRoasting]

Another stamper down whilst poo picking.

 

[PolarSkye]

Yes, whenever I can - if it's not too frosty or too wet . . . hate divots. However, lovely YO will be rolling and harrowing all fields as soon as it is dry enough.

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[milliepops]

You can even trip over it in that illusive search for their poo - thank god the wheel barrow holds you up, before the handles try to stab you in the leg as it jams on yet another 'galloping master piece'.

haha, so, so true! Love this!

I'm a stamper-downer. Born and raised. No idea if it helps, but it does at least reduce the amount of wheelbarrow-obstacles in the field

 

[Orson Cart]

Another one that stamps them down. I've never really noticed that it makes a difference to grass growth ... but it does stop me shanking myself on the wheelbarrow or turning my ankle over in them. And makes me think that my horses are a little safer as they won't trip on them either

 

[Boulty]

Given that any divots the horses make are trumped by the impressive trenches created when the tractor puts the hay in (livery yard so i can't control this) I tend to leave them. My horse is faaar too lazy and greedy to career around the field when there's ad-lib hay anyway (Literally every other horse within sight including his fieldmates can be careering about like a loon and mine will have his nose glued to the hay)

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I definately stamp down, hope to do it same day if possible if pogo-sticking has taken place

The sooooooper long skid marks are a challenge, but then CF doesn't often produce them :biggrin3:

 

[Floofball]

I'm a stamper - think all the other liveries think I'm mad - and they're probably right but I find it quite rewarding (yep definately mad) as my lad can leave trenches!! He does have the wettest field though :-(

 

[Jazzy B]

I'm a stamper too!

 

[stencilface]

I don't often walk our field that much, but I stamp if I see a big divot. We don't poo pick a lot, never in winter certainly, too little time for anything enjoyable in winter! Field gets harrowed, rolled and rested for 3 months ish come spring summer.

 

[MDB]

As someone whose OH is in the golfing profession, I know that if you don't repair your divots on the fairway within twenty four hours then it takes several weeks for them to recover.. So get out stamping right away everybody!!

Funnily enough I have spent the day stamping down divots in my neighbours garden... He offered to let the horses in there to eat his grass (he has a big garden), and said horses have obviously had a party today... Much to my shock and horror as I returned to aforementioned garden to find it trashed! :0

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Not even sure if I've got the right heading to this, but you know what I mean.

Your horse has a 'hooly' and his/her mile long skiddy marks are worthy of a prize. It's still raining, and their feet sink in an inch or three. The turf is now just a lost cause, a tufty rut of something resembling grass, but your not sure. You can even trip over it in that illusive search for their poo - thank god the wheel barrow holds you up, before the handles try to stab you in the leg as it jams on yet another 'galloping master piece'.

So, what do you do? Leave the lonesome turf tufts balanced on top, or stamp them back in like a jigsaw, - ever hopeful that it will repair in minutes?

I'm a stamper downer if I can, and ever hopeful of fully repaired field, divot-less!
Does it actually have any effect? Will the grass grow quicker, lusher and better?

Yes I do generally but farmer coming soon to harrow so I will let him do it this time.

 

[Dazed'n'confused]

Another stamper here! Trouble is once you start it's hard not to keep going till they're all stamped in......
If divot treading was an Olympic sport I would definitely be a gold medalist contender!!

 

[Jericho]

Cannot walk past a divot without flattening - makes poo picking and bringing them in a rather lengthy process!!

 

[pinkypug1]

It Would take me too long as winter field is about 15 acres but I suppose if your horse is in a Small paddock u would need to keep the area in good condition to see it through the seasons.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

I fence walk the feild with the dogs three ish times a week and any divots I come across get stamped on

 

[noodle_]

i have better things to do

at an old yard a long time ago - the yo made us stamp them down, slightest bit of rain too they didnt go out - or if they were out they came in.

Yard im on now, rolls and harrows so we have no need - and FWIW - we have tons of grass

 

[flirtygerty]

Having four idiots hooning about, my field resembles a ploughed field, I do stamp down divots, but it's like painting the Forth bridge, especially as my lot come running to see what I'm doing, I'm waiting till it all dries a bit then ask my friendly farmer if he will roll and harrow it, or sell the horses and have a peaceful life

 

[suffolkmare]

Divots? hooves sinking only 3 inches? Oh dear...my boy and his friends seem to have part bog part ploughed field at the mo. It would be impossible to push a wheelbarrow in it and it takes several minutes of "positive mental attitude" for horse or human to attempt the 20' (ish) extent of gloop around the gate. Any stamping means coating yourself in wet clay! I believe rolling and harrowing is booked in for the twelfth of never, possibly a little earlier if we get a decent dry spell, and it can be done before it bakes hard!

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Oh yes, I am a divot stamper too. Caught my son and mare playing "chase" in the field the other day. Long skid marks in field.

 

[milliepops]

I suppose if your horse is in a Small paddock u would need to keep the area in good condition to see it through the seasons.

this is the problem we've got small paddocks and nowhere to move them on to as the other field was reseeded last year and won't be ready for horses for a long time. Ours have to stay in or go on hardstanding when it's wet, otherwise they would be in bog now, and bare earth all summer

 

[Goldenstar]

In the winter no there's not enough hours in the day "
In the summer yes if I am passing them .

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

i stamp but dont worry too much as our soil is very sandy, so the divots and tufts dissolve in the rain/as soon as it dries and go flat again.

couple of summers ago father sparkle was doing some weeding and decided to tread the divots back in, only to have the horse follow him and pull them all out again!!!!!!!

 

[Hawks27]

I tread in mine as I poo pick just to try make it look better if anything, thankfully he is the only one in his 3/4acre winter field but it looks pretty appalling now its on a slope so all water drains to the gate which is a bog but rest of field is fine but there are some seriously impressive skiddies my horse likes to impersonate a rodeo horse whilst doing emergency stops at the field edge he has diabolic brakes and no balance and often falls over whilst being a prat so I have splat marks as well!

 

[Nicnac]

I stamp as I walk back after turning out or when walking dogs but don't go out of my way to stamp. I think for the 20 stamps I do, they create another 100 anyway so bit of a lost cause.

 

[monte1]

Another stamper here, it is quite Therapeutic )

 

[JustKickOn]

If I'm walking past one in the field I'll stomp it in, but we roll the fields so they'll all eventually be pushed down.

 

[Darkwater]

I do in my summer field, I do it as i'm poo picking. I don't in the winter paddock though, it is too wet and trashed to bother