How long to rest fields after nitrogen

[wallykissmas]

How long do fields need to be rested after nitrogen has been sprayed and it has rained on the field over night ? And what problems can it cause to horses if put back on them too soon ?

 

[Britestar]

I was lead to believe you should wait until after it rains, or about a week if no significant rain.

Fortunately mine will be kept off after fertilizing as the field is going for haylage/hay.

 

[tikino]

i was told 2 weeks

 

[RutlandH2O]

How long do fields need to be rested after nitrogen has been sprayed and it has rained on the field over night ? And what problems can it cause to horses if put back on them too soon ?

Laminitis! Why are you putting nitrogen on your fields?

 

[McNally]

My O/H is a farmer and slightly obsessed about god danm nitrogen! drives me nuts the last thing my daughters fizzy pony, a shetland and ID with weight issues need is fertilized grass!!!
Leave it until after a good rain fall. I dont know how long if its dry I think its one of those things your supposed to do when rain is forcast.

 

[wallykissmas]

Laminitis! Why are you putting nitrogen on your fields?

"I'm" not it was done one eve we then had lots of rain fall, my horses were turned out and I was then told that they had been done the previous evening.


The paddocks desperately need something as they are very bald. It would be a YO who thinks its normal to just graze one paddock 24/7 then harrow and put nitrogen on it. I do have a poss lami which does worry me hence I asked.

 

[RutlandH2O]

"I'm" not it was done one eve we then had lots of rain fall, my horses were turned out and I was then told that they had been done the previous evening.


The paddocks desperately need something as they are very bald. It would be a YO who thinks its normal to just graze one paddock 24/7 then harrow and put nitrogen on it. I do have a poss lami which does worry me hence I asked.

There are many Shire folk who are farmers, and they, too, have a thing about nitrogen (grass for sheep and cattle). I've lost count of the number of heavies that have been pts because of laminitis from nitrogen. I would have lost it if I had been told my paddock had been done the night before I turned them out on it. The heavy downpour after it was done would wash the nitrogen well into the ground. In so doing, that would encourage more root growth which, in turn, would make for an abundance of richer grass. It would be a courtesy to all of her liveries if the YO would inform everyone of her intention to apply chemicals to the paddocks. If there is enough land, perhaps she could leave a field unsprayed for those whose horses are prone to lami.

 

[wallykissmas]

Thankfully neither of mine have had lami but I've also never had someone spray my field with nitrogen. I've now sectioned the field in half so if it does grow they can't stuff themselves on it and have been keeping an eye on them. YO has lots of their own horses and had done all the fields so will await the outcome hoping none come down with lami.

 

[Joss]

The fertilizer wont actually do them any harm. Obviously if they are inclined to fatness/laminitis then it will of course make the grass richer & will start to work fairly quickly once it has been washed in.

You dont have to keep them off the grass in the same way that you do when its been sprayed with a weedkiller. Dont panic, just keep an eye on them & bring them in for longer if looking fat.

Mine are out on newly fertilized land and are fine. However, the small pony that has enjoyed a winter of grazing with her big friends has now been banished to the tiny paddock for the summer.

 

[Wagtail]

As long as it's rained, you don't have to remove horses from paddocks treated with nitrogen.

 

[Marydoll]

I ended up with a metre depth fertilised along the length of my field when it was thrown out into my field by the spreader doing tne field next to me