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Buckles Reg. Feb 2010	Posted 2017-03-19 9:37 AM Subject: Horse property on old tree farm
Extreme Veteran Posts: 520	We have been browsing real estate looking for a larger piece of acreage. We had found acreage that was a tree farm (well still is, the trees would need to be removed). Unless it was completely organic, which I am sure it is not, my concern would be was residual chemicals may be in the soil from spraying the trees. Anyone have any experience with something like this?
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kwanatha Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2017-03-19 10:18 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Meanest Teacher!!! Posts: 8555 Location: sunny california	some trees can be a problem for horses like walnuts and drupes ( cherries/plums) i am sure there are more
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Buckles Reg. Feb 2010	Posted 2017-03-20 7:09 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Extreme Veteran Posts: 520	I should have specified, it is a christmas tree farm so they are all spruce. We currently live on a property that had been a tree farm, white pines, but that was 19 years before we bought the place.
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streakysox Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2017-03-20 7:29 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Take a Picture Posts: 12841	If it was sprayed with a herbicide, those neutralize within a short period of time.
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Nita Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2017-03-21 5:49 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Expert Posts: 1718 Location: Southeast Louisiana	Get you a soil test kit and send it off for analysis.
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BS Hauler Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2017-03-31 7:11 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Expert Posts: 1314 Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass	Anything that they sprayed last year is gone by now. Point Blank.
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IRunOnFaith Reg. Dec 2009	Posted 2017-03-31 9:09 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Expert Posts: 3815 Location: The best kept secret in TX	BS Hauler - 2017-03-31 7:11 AM Anything that they sprayed last year is gone by now. Point Blank. This. I would not be worried one bit. Get a soil sample just to ease your mind. But you should be perfectly fine.
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CanCan Reg. May 2004	Posted 2017-03-31 10:56 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Keeper of the King Snake Posts: 7622 Location: Dubach, LA	Your worst problem will be leg-sized holes when the trunks rot.
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BrightEyes Reg. Aug 2015	Posted 2017-03-31 11:49 AM Subject: RE: Horse property on old tree farm
Veteran Posts: 103	A friend of mine bought a property and had all of her horses start getting central nervous system problems (wobblers, neurological issues, narcolepsy, etc.) and when they tested her soil it was full of chemicals. She found out that the property had been an orchard 15 years prior and there were still lots of toxic chemicals in the soil. She moved. Depending on the chemical it can stay in the ground for years. Get the soil tested - in more than one place on the property.
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