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horsesinharleton Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2017-06-24 3:25 PM Subject: Mowed pasture question
Expert Posts: 1343 Location: East Texas	My pasture had a bunch of weeds, but also a lot of good grass underneath. My neighbor just shredded it for me. Do I need to keep the horses off a couple of days, or can I turn them back out now? Pasture was mowed this afternoon.
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BarrelRacing4Christ Reg. Sep 2010	Posted 2017-06-24 3:31 PM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Ms. Marine Posts: 4641 Location: Texas	It will be fine.
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2017-06-24 3:49 PM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	Turn them out
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horsesinharleton Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2017-06-24 3:50 PM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Expert Posts: 1343 Location: East Texas	Just turned them out and they said to thank everyone who suggested me to do so!! Lol
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Buckles Reg. Feb 2010	Posted 2017-06-25 7:19 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Extreme Veteran Posts: 520	Our pasture usually gets mowed with the horses still in it. Never had a problem
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Three 4 Luck Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2017-06-25 9:08 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Accident Prone Posts: 22277 Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR	Buckles - 2017-06-25 7:19 AM Our pasture usually gets mowed with the horses still in it. Never had a problem Same. They'll typically go for the newly uncovered grass before anything else.
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stef73433 Reg. Jun 2005	Posted 2017-06-26 10:16 PM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Doggy Diaper Designer Posts: 2322 Location: WI	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?
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BARRELHORSE USA Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2017-06-27 12:09 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
	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...
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janjan1 Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2017-06-27 8:28 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Extreme Veteran Posts: 403 Location: Armuchee, GA, NW section of Ga	We never have had a problem with this. But if the weeds are a problem you need to spray the pasture to kill the weeds. We have had good results with Grazon which kills the broadleaf weeds. We had a bunch in our pastures and after spraying our pastures have rebound looking great. We did bush hog after the spraying and are now allowing the grass to go to seed before we cut again. But this year our pastures are really really looking great. BUt I should also mention we drill seeded early this spring and the rains have helped too.
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horsesinharleton Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2017-06-27 11:29 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Expert Posts: 1343 Location: East Texas	Thank you for that advice, as well!
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horsesinharleton Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2017-06-27 11:31 AM Subject: RE: Mowed pasture question
Expert Posts: 1343 Location: East Texas	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... Glad you explained that as that is why I asked the question to begin with. I have always known not to feed yard clippings, so wanted to make sure. Your explanation makes perfect sense!
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