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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
Subject: Re: Winter Pasture Care
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:12:37 EST
References: <[e-mail]>
Organization:  Wright State University
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dave Detoro) writes:
> Last spring we planted about two acres of pasture for our horse and pony.
> It came in pretty well but it didnt seem to get real thick.  By the end
> of the summer we had to supplement their feeding with hay.  Just about
> 2 weeks ago we took them off of the pasture.  I assumed we would keep
> them off until the spring figuring this would help the pasture come in
> better next year.  However someone just told me we might as well let
> them stay on it all winter that it wont make any difference.  If this
> is true we would rather since it will give them more room to romp and
> at least some grass to nibble on.
>

No, you are going to have much better grass if you keep them off it until
well into the spring.  Otherwise their hooves will chew up the ground and
keep the roots from developing properly.  You wot get good pasture until
the grass has developed a good root system and it won't develop it in less
than a year or so.

Sue

> Can anyone help in this decision ?  If it makes any difference, we dont
> normally get much snow around here.
>
> Dave
>
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