grass clipping

[vodkas_mum]

just wondered if anyone knows how long they need to be left before it is safe for horses to go onto pasture?
i needed to move my horses onto a friends field but wasnt aware until i got ther there that he had ridden around on his lawn mower last weekend making tracks in it! there is only abit but i didnt want to risk it so i cleared a small patch for them.
now i need to know how long to leave the rest or if i need to clear it all...

Leanne

 

[Worried1]

If it has been left and is quite loose is should burn off quite quickly (especially in this unseasonally warm weather) It should appear dry and yellow wich will indicate all the moisture has left it which means it will no longer ferment or be fermenting.
Once this happens it is no longer particularly palatable which means that horses will eat the fresh grass and reject the dryng matter.
If it is clumped an looks like grass clippings on a compost heap there is nothing you can do except rake it all up, bag it and bin it!

 

[rebecca23]

probably an obvious point you already thought about but remember to make sure your friend knows grass clippings not good for horses. We had problems with 'helpful' neighbours who moved from town and thought they were being good to horses feeding them tipping grass clippings into field. My horses v greedy and only discovered this by chance as arrived just after he had 'fed' them. Another neigh bour lost 11 lambs after some one else put clipping from garden in to field. vet's pm showed high traces of moss and weed killer. I nearly learned the hard way to assume people know nothing!!