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Toffee44

Toffee44

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I have my 3 acre field seperated into four paddocks, one paddock has grown and gone to seed so what do I do. I have topped it in the past but didnt get it collected as paddock too small for baler and wasnt pleased with the result.

However I have toffee who is overweigh at being grazed in a smaller paddock and my mare and foal, and tbh the mare is coping well on the grazing in the other other paddock so dont really want to mover her onto the seeded paddock.

Any suggestions?
I might just get it topped again?????
 
Could you ask a local farmer if he has some cattle that could graze on it for a few weeks? That would take the grass down as well as helping with worm counts etc. If no luck with a local farmer, what about an ad in your local tack shop/free ads offering temporary grazing to horse owners. Someone might have a mare and foal or a couple of off-work neds that would welcome an excess of Dr Green.
 
iv just taken on a paddock which sounds similar.a local farmer suggested flail mowing to be best as it chops grass into mulch which goes back into ground.
 
I was told to flail mow my paddocks too. Do you know how long you have to wait before the horses can go back on it?

Ang
 
Can you not leave it for them to eat down over winter? I leave mine and its 4 acres! It looks horrible and rubbish, but much better for good doers over winter, and the field doesn't get churned up
 
^^ leave it, it will save you on hay for a month when they eat it in the winter. I do this with the top half of my 4 acre paddock for my natives.They don't get it until late Nov/December, not alot left in it but lots of fibre.
 
peteralfred said:
^^ leave it, it will save you on hay for a month when they eat it in the winter. I do this with the top half of my 4 acre paddock for my natives.They don't get it until late Nov/December, not alot left in it but lots of fibre.
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This is what I do. If this is not practical then get it topped with a flail topper as has already been mentioned.
 
I would leave it for the winter.

We have 4 acres. use 1 in summer (strip grazed) and 3 in winter (in acre sections) the winter 3 we have just made hay off... we will let it grow right back up again now for winter grazing as it saves the fields from being poached so much if it has been allowed to get nice and long and stalky :)
 
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