[AT] Hey Ralph!

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Sun Nov 22 18:56:12 PST 2015


Slobbers is caused by a fungus that grows on the clover, ours horses 
munch away on our clover with no problems.  Horses love alfalfa, it's 
like candy to them, when we feed second cutting, ours will root through 
the hay to find it.

Mike M

On 11/22/2015 5:43 PM, ATIS wrote:
> I planted clover in with my orchard grass for my alpacas, and they loved it so much they grazed it so close they killed it. So I don't have any clover anymore.
>
> When I raised hay, I had clover in with the orchardgrass fescue mix to minimize nitrogen application. Local horse people would buy the first cutting, but they would not buy the second cutting because they feared the slobbers. The second cutting of clover is the one that causes slobbers apparently.  I have no idea if they know what they're talking about, I've never raised horses.  That first year the second cutting sold to a rescue farm that didn't care.  They just needed cheap protein(these poor animals were skin and bones - I hated making deliveries and seeing those animals) .  The next spring I had to spray to kill the clover, to be able to sell all of the cuttings.
>
> Just a data point on legumes planted and harvested with my antique tractors.
>
> Spencer Yost
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