pottamus
Well-Known Member
Hi, looking for your experiences with grass length! Normally I have my field cut for hay in the summer and then leave it to grow back a bit to use as the winter paddock for strip grazing my Sec D onto.
This is the first year I have used the field I have him in and have found that I dont have the length of grass I would like (because I had it cut very late) so he is getting through it quick and then making a mess of the paddock.
I am wondering about leaving it all year and grazing him on longer mature grass to see if that provides him with more to eat longer and protects the ground from hooves more.
Does anyone do this and does it work? Do your horses eat long, mature stemmy grass ok or just trample it trying to get to the short sweet stuff underneath?
Thanks
This is the first year I have used the field I have him in and have found that I dont have the length of grass I would like (because I had it cut very late) so he is getting through it quick and then making a mess of the paddock.
I am wondering about leaving it all year and grazing him on longer mature grass to see if that provides him with more to eat longer and protects the ground from hooves more.
Does anyone do this and does it work? Do your horses eat long, mature stemmy grass ok or just trample it trying to get to the short sweet stuff underneath?
Thanks