BARRELHORSE USA - 2017-06-27 12:09 AM
stef73433 - 2017-06-26 10:16 PM
Dumb question here but why does no one worry about this but grad clippings are catastrophic?
I agree they will be fine but just curious why we think different then eating clippings?
Very simple ... yard grass clippings are chewed up and blown
into a bag that starts to ferment instantly. You dump the
bag of mashed up "hot" grass in a pile and it heats up even
more and starts to grow mold within a few hours.
To make matters worse yard grass clippings are usually thrown
into a dry lot or poor over grazed pasture and your colic problems
start to happen big time!!
With a brushhog or shredder the grass/weeds are taller with
less smashing and chewed up debris and it is usually lying on
taller stubble with air passing thru the windrows ... no fermenting
to create mold etc etc ..
As stated previously ... horses will find the new uncovered green
grass to eat vs the dead stuff that is not the same as curing hay
to bale...