Harrowing - do you need to keep horses out the field afterwards?

[ladywiththebaby]

You know how leaving grass cuttings on the ground is dangerous for horses? Well after we've harrowed (which we're doing ourselves at the weekend) do I need to keep the horses out of the fields until the moss and weeds and other bits and pieces raked up have shrivelled up and disappeared??

Never done this before and that's just occurred to me! :sluggish:

 

[eml]

No its not a problem. Good luck with the harrowing, we tried once and entertained all the local farmers with our incompetence!! Chain harrows have a life of their own!!

 

[poohsmate]

Ours will be chain harrowed with horses in fields!! it's not a problem:biggrin:

 

[ladywiththebaby]

Oh god thanks for the warning eml!!!

And great news that I don't have to keep them out during or afterwards! Thanks both!

 

[eml]

Our first attempt harrows kept climbing up the tractor tyres (chain attachment was too short) Our neighbour just sat on the fence chuckling and then told us where we were going wrong!! We provided them all with much amusement in our first couple of years as land owners!!

 

[popularfurball]

It's the heat involved in lawn mowers and the speed of fermentation that causes the problems with cuttings

Good luck!