Id be really interested to know what kind of maintenance everyone does in regards to Pasture throughout the year?
Do you resow pasture each year? Do you broad leaf spray at certain times ect.
Reason im asking is, I havent sown/sprayed anything in the horse paddocks since we brought the place in 2007 but what im noticing now is an influx of cape weed and mellow weed.
So far, in the last 3 weeks I have sprayed the front paddocks with "Javelin" and was very happy to see the cape weed turn silver and wilt the next day. Only problem with this is , no livestock must graze for 21 days in areas that have been sprayed. If I had a choice, i probably wouldn't chemically spray at all but with hay prices the way they are here, I really dont have a choice.
Im only on 10 acres, 7 acres are made up of paddocks. My largest paddock is roughly 4.5 acres, which Id love to slash and bale for next winter, but really need to get the weeds under control first.
We have had a terrible year with Cape weed (which i think is known as Flat weed in other places ) and stringhalt cases here in horses.