17 April 2009 #1 hussar Well-Known Member Joined 16 January 2006 Messages 1,204 Location Scottish Borders Visit site With no warning they're spreading lime on my horses' fields today. I've taken the horses into the yard but do I have to keep them off the pasture for any length of time?
With no warning they're spreading lime on my horses' fields today. I've taken the horses into the yard but do I have to keep them off the pasture for any length of time?
17 April 2009 #2 N Nailed Well-Known Member Joined 26 September 2006 Messages 8,650 Location Stoke-on-Trent Visit site Yes.. Lime burns! Cows have a small amount of lime put in cubicles, But too much and they get burns on there udders! Lou x
Yes.. Lime burns! Cows have a small amount of lime put in cubicles, But too much and they get burns on there udders! Lou x
17 April 2009 #3 hussar Well-Known Member Joined 16 January 2006 Messages 1,204 Location Scottish Borders Visit site Thanks, Nailed - so keep them off till it's rained, as with other fertilisers, then?
17 April 2009 #4 M mrussell Well-Known Member Joined 8 January 2002 Messages 2,126 Location Suffolk Visit site If its LimeX then no, its quite safe to graze on. I rang LimeX for advice and there is no restrictions on it for grazing. Rain wont wash it in as its slow release so mine is still sitting on the soil 6 weeks after it was applied.
If its LimeX then no, its quite safe to graze on. I rang LimeX for advice and there is no restrictions on it for grazing. Rain wont wash it in as its slow release so mine is still sitting on the soil 6 weeks after it was applied.
17 April 2009 #5 A air78 Well-Known Member Joined 3 October 2006 Messages 1,745 Location North Yorkshire www.ctwequine.com [ QUOTE ] Yes.. Lime burns! [/ QUOTE ] Yes, keep them off it