Has the grass stopped growing yet?

[Tiggy1]

Has the grass stopped growing yet?

 

[Snowysadude]

I hope so :S! Some people i know are saying its still growing in the sun but from what i can see from our fields i think you can saftley say its stopped !

 

[miss_bird]

I am not sure, took my tribe off one of the fields a week ago and it was all brown grass, now it has a good covering or fresh green grass again.
Thought it should of stopped by now, but dont think it has

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Grass stops growing when the ground/soil temperature drops below 6 degrees. So it will depend on where you are as to whether the grass has stopped growing. It has probably only got that cold here in the last week.

 

[Tiggy1]

Gloucestershire.
Just worried about lami.
Avoided all this year and don't want it now!!

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

I have the same concern/worry so I understand! I am in the east(Rutland) and it has been about 6 degrees at the highest for the last week so the soil will be a degree or 2 cooler. Can you check the temperature in the car or something?

 

[c2b]

I last mowed my lawn in mid Nov. The grass has grown since then. Hopefully the recent drop in temp will be enough to put a stop to it. I can see me mowing the lawn on xmas day at this rate.
My friends horse has gone down with laminitis. She is always so careful about grazing!!

 

[Charmaine18]

Ours hasn't stopped just yet... although it's slowed down a lot, we're still getting it struggling through the mud! This is a good thing for us, because the ponies' paddocks would be a complete useless bog without that little bit of new grass. Won't be growing for much longer though, I suppose.

 

[monkeybum13]

Still growing, as long as it's 6 degrees it should be growing.

 

[only_me]

Our grass is still growing but there is no goodness in it, no nutrients etc.

 

[TGM]

Grass still growing down here in the South East and had a customer's pony diagnosed with laminitis this week, so would still be taking precautions for any potential laminitics. (And watch out for any frosts as well, because these can affect the level of fructans in the grass and therefore trigger laminitis.)

 

[MochaDun]

I was having this discussion with my vet yesterday. She was saying she's seeing lami cases really late this year, normally there's that peak with the Sept/autumn flush of grass but as it stayed so mild into Oct/Nov the grass stayed better for longer this year.

We've only had 2 proper frosts so far this year so probably need a few more to halt its growth properly. Also on the yard we normally get the horses gathering at the gate to come in early afternoon if there's no grass to be had and they're not really doing that much at the moment but staying up the field grazing