Ragwort - dig or spray?

[domane]

Recently took over the lease on a 4-acre field which has quite a bit of the yellow peril . Well... it's not infested, but it's there, sadly. Thinking ahead to next spring, is it worth keeping the horses off it for a while and spraying or is digging out by hand (as I'm doing at present) just as effective? If I spray, obviously the horses have to stay off long enough for it to wither, die and disappear and what sort of timescale would that be, please?

Thanks

 

[domane]

Anybody???

 

[horseriderdeb]

when I took over my field I had it sprayed but now I dig it out.

 

[nativetyponies]

Dig, with gloves on, bag it, burn it.

job done

 

[Ted's mum]

Dig, with gloves on, bag it, burn it.

job done

agree, my field gets covered in the stuff in the summer!

 

[BBH]

I get mine sprayed as there is too much to dig out. I have the problem of being near a motorway and as the highways don't clear theirs in a never ending problem.

The field looks fantastic when its done though, full of lush grass.