This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <han...@ai.sri.com>
jeanne.mil...@pnc.com wrote: I wanted to ask how long do you keep your horses off pasture after spraying Roundup??
It depends.... Roundup seems to be quite "tasty"---if given a chance, my equines (a donkey and Fjords) will seek out areas that have recently been sprayed and nibble off the sprayed leaves. Roundup isn't particularly "dangerous" to equines, but it is expensive (both $ and the body aches that result from applying it with a backpack sprayer). If the plants haven't had adequate time to absorb the spray, the equine nibbling will negate the effects of spraying. In decent weather, I like to give the spray about 7 days to be absorbed, and the plants start to die. This time of year, it may be much longer---however long it takes the plants to start to turn that characteristic yellow-orange color. (Yeah, I know that a lot of you can't find the weeds for your snow. Here in "wetter'n" Oregon, the weeds are already doing altogether too well.) Another thing to note. Many toxic plants, when green and growing, taste bad enough that equines don't mess with them. When sprayed with Roundup, or even just hoe'd off, the dying/dead plants become more palatable, yet still toxic. Some things just plain need to be physically removed from the pasture before equines are turned back out there. Know thy weeds.... Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- han...@ai.sri.com anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
