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| I use my arena for riding and turn-out. The weeds have taken over this year and I really want to get them down. We weed-eat like crazy, but I need to get the lower ground cover weeds.
But with also using it as turn-out, I don't want to use anything toxic...
How does everyone control weeds around horse areas? |
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| I have used remedy and barrier on fence lines with no problems. I don't let the horses in an area I have sprayed for at least 24 hours. |
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| rodeomom3 - 2016-07-25 8:11 PM
I have used remedy and barrier on fence lines with no problems. I don't let the horses in an area I have sprayed for at least 24 hours.
Thanks! Is that the name or two different kinds? Where can I get it? |
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| RBH - 2016-07-25 8:22 PM rodeomom3 - 2016-07-25 8:11 PM I have used remedy and barrier on fence lines with no problems. I don't let the horses in an area I have sprayed for at least 24 hours. Thanks! Is that the name or two different kinds? Where can I get it?
Tractor supply, these are toxic so use with care, I don't know of any non toxic weed killer that really works. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I asked my husband, but he said call your county extension agent because he doesn't do that stuff anymore. LOL For broadleaf stuff, 2,4-d or Grazon either one will work and are safe for horses. The only grazing restriction for 2,4-d is dairy or meat animals. I would keep them off until it dried (a couple of hours) just to make sure they don't lick it, but even if they did it's not supposed to hurt. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Just wanted to add that Roundup is safe too, but it tends to be more effective on grass than broadleaves. We use it on fencerows. |
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Location: Montana | I thought 2-4 D was safe for horses? Maybe keep them off it for 24 hours. Although I heard it will taint the milk flavor of cows. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | mtcanchazer - 2016-07-25 9:06 PM I thought 2-4 D was safe for horses? Maybe keep them off it for 24 hours. Although I heard it will taint the milk flavor of cows.
It's safe for horses. There's a 30 day restriction on dairy and 3 days for meat and that's it. |
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| My husband wanted to use Round Up and I thought my vet had said no (but I could have made that up-lol). |
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Location: Texas | What about the vinegar, salt and Dawn one? I think it's:
1 gallon white vinegar
2 cups salt
drop or two of Dawn
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | RBH - 2016-07-25 10:28 PM My husband wanted to use Round Up and I thought my vet had said no (but I could have made that up-lol).
There has been a huge mis-information campaign on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Don't listen, those activist people have an agenda. Glyphosate is less toxic than salt, caffeine, vinegar, etc, does not bio-accumulate, and there is no evidence it causes cancer, according to every science agency in the world (even the EU and WHO scientists say it's safe).
But it will kill the crap out of any grass it gets on, so if you are trying to kill broad leaves and not the grass, you either have to carefully spot spray, or skip it and use a broadleaf product. |
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| Three 4 Luck - 2016-07-26 7:02 AM
RBH - 2016-07-25 10:28 PM My husband wanted to use Round Up and I thought my vet had said no (but I could have made that up-lol).
There has been a huge mis-information campaign on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Don't listen, those activist people have an agenda. Glyphosate is less toxic than salt, caffeine, vinegar, etc, does not bio-accumulate, and there is no evidence it causes cancer, according to every science agency in the world (even the EU and WHO scientists say it's safe).
But it will kill the crap out of any grass it gets on, so if you are trying to kill broad leaves and not the grass, you either have to carefully spot spray, or skip it and use a broadleaf product.
This is just a sand arena, so I want to kill everything green in and around it - lol. I just don't want to make the horses sick if they eat dead weeds that I used weed killer on. How long do I need to wait after spraying round up? |
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| Fun2Run - 2016-07-25 11:41 PM
What about the vinegar, salt and Dawn one? I think it's:
1 gallon white vinegar
2 cups salt
drop or two of Dawn
I bought everything to do this and then read where you need to use vinegar with 15% acidity and regular vinegar has 5%. I'm not sure where to buy that kind of vinegar and kind of abandoned that idea and wrote this post :) |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | RBH - 2016-07-26 7:07 AM Three 4 Luck - 2016-07-26 7:02 AM RBH - 2016-07-25 10:28 PM My husband wanted to use Round Up and I thought my vet had said no (but I could have made that up-lol). There has been a huge mis-information campaign on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Don't listen, those activist people have an agenda. Glyphosate is less toxic than salt, caffeine, vinegar, etc, does not bio-accumulate, and there is no evidence it causes cancer, according to every science agency in the world (even the EU and WHO scientists say it's safe ).
But it will kill the crap out of any grass it gets on, so if you are trying to kill broad leaves and not the grass, you either have to carefully spot spray, or skip it and use a broadleaf product. This is just a sand arena, so I want to kill everything green in and around it - lol. I just don't want to make the horses sick if they eat dead weeds that I used weed killer on. How long do I need to wait after spraying round up?
Let it dry. Probably a couple of hours? It's taken up by the leaves on the plant and stops photosynthesis by blocking a specific pathway of energy transfer. Eating dead or dying plants that have been treated won't hurt your horses. |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | I think that Roundup actually started as a swimming pool cleaner to get rid of alge. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Pasture Pro for weed control in pastures.
But we use RM43 (Glyphosate) for our sand arena and it works GREAT. Seriously. I just wait until a good rain to put the horses back out on it but supposedly once it dries it's fine. I'm just likely a little more paranoid. But don't get it anywhere you don't want it as it will kill it. Usually do it twice a year on the gravel drive and arena and we have been thrilled with the results. |
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