We have lots of weeds that are toxic to ponies. How do we go about getting rid of them?

We live on ten wooded acres with about an acre clear for our home. Can we keep the pony in the wooded area? We are going to thin it out but we need to keep enough trees in order to get our tax break.

We have lots of weeds that are toxic to ponies. How do we go about getting rid of them?
Sure, you can keep your horse on wooded acreage. There might not be as much grass produced there as in an open field but that doesn't matter much.





To kill your weeds, use an herbicide called "2,4-D." This is a broadleaf herbicide so it will kill weeds but not grass. It is generally easy to find in stores. You only have to keep the horses off the pasture until the spray is dried.





Do not use Roundup unless you want to kill your grass as well. Roundup kills any plant it comes in contact with.
Reply:You can kill the weeds (preferably before you bring the pony home) and you can keep him in a wooded area. The only caution is, he might take a liking to eating tree bark in the winter (2 of my 4 do it). If they strip it off all the way around the trunk, the tree dies in the second year. To keep him from ruining too many trees, you should fence off a smaller area to keep him in during the winter. This will limit the damage he can do to too many trees.
Reply:Go to your local tack-feed or agg co-op and get a broad leaf herbicide and spray it in the field. It will get rid of all the toxic plants and leave all the grass and plants that are beneficial to the horse. Good luck
Reply:yes... you can keep you ponies in the wooded area just be sure to keep them feed because the wooded area can only feed them so much i recomend stocking up on hay before it gets to expenssive


you might aslo try round up or other weed killers...warning this can get expenssive
Reply:Hmmm. The weeds don't seem to be working, huh? If you really want to get rid of the ponies, you could probably try planting Hemlock. Or in worst case scenario, you could shoot the ponies. You'll want to use a higher caliber.
Reply:Round up, in a mixture of soapy water spray the plants .. Round up will not hurt your horses.
Reply:u can take hot soapy water and dump on the weeds that will make 99% poisionus weeds go away.
Reply:get a few goats to munch down the weeds...those things can eat anything!
Reply:WELL GET THAT ROUND UP THE NEW ONE THAT HAS 5 MINUTE SPRAY