Pasture has the potential to provide
1. The horses nutrition
2. A Safe exercise area
Potentials rarely achieved, often neglected

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Pasture Management
for
Horses

by Denis Lindsell

Weeds

Weed Control

Ragwort

Bracken

Marestails

Nettles

Docks

Chickweed

Buttercups

Plantains

Creeping Thistle

Spear Thistle

Dandelion

St. Johns Wort

 
 

Docks - Rumex spp.


Growth Habit

Perennial, thick tap root, broad leaves

Encouraged by

High fertility. Seed spread by Seeding hay containing dock seeds

Chemical Control

MCPA controls seedlings. Glyphosate applied by weed wiper.

Physical Control

Pulling by hand, cut before seeding, Hard grazing by sheep

Toxicity

None

Two species of dock, the Broad Leaved Dock and the Curled Leaved Dock are covered by the Weed Act of 1959 and you can be forced by law to eradicate these.