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Christina Websell
Aug 7, 2015, 4:01:18 PM8/7/15
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I know there is some debate about ragwort, as I heard you are obliged to
pull it up on your land if you have any, but a quick search online doesn't
make it clear.
However I always do, as I have a friend whose horse died from ragwort
poisoning. I have seen very angry online debates about it, some people
claiming that cinnabar caterpillars will eat nothing else.
Down on my veggie patch today, there were quite a few cinnabar caterpillars
chomping away on groundsel so the claim that ragwort is their only food
plant is not true.
pull it up on your land if you have any, but a quick search online doesn't
make it clear.
However I always do, as I have a friend whose horse died from ragwort
poisoning. I have seen very angry online debates about it, some people
claiming that cinnabar caterpillars will eat nothing else.
Down on my veggie patch today, there were quite a few cinnabar caterpillars
chomping away on groundsel so the claim that ragwort is their only food
plant is not true.
Asha Santon
Aug 7, 2015, 5:23:19 PM8/7/15
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https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=299
All five of the 'injurious weeds' grow happily in vast quatities in this
area (NE Scotland). There's lots of groundsel here too.
As for the moths, wiki has this (for what it's worth)
"Cinnabar moths can be found ... wherever its larval foodplant, ragwort
and groundsel, are present"
Both plants are Senecio spp (or were).
I can confirm I've never seen the moth or its caterpillar although I'll
probably do a double take on every 6 spot burnet for a while just in case.
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A S #WE
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/fauna/483216583.htm
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/flora/1381749628.htm
Bob Hobden
Aug 7, 2015, 5:57:07 PM8/7/15
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"Christina Websell" wrote
My understanding is that Ragwort is only a problem if it is allowed to grow
where you are going to use the grass for hay/silage. Otherwise Horses will
not eat the fresh growing plant.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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where you are going to use the grass for hay/silage. Otherwise Horses will
not eat the fresh growing plant.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK
MJC
Aug 7, 2015, 6:40:19 PM8/7/15
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In article <d2knth...@mid.individual.net>, Bo...@invalid.com says...
a number of horses chomping away in a field that was liberally dotted
with ragwort. Which re-inforced my belief...
Mike.
>
> My understanding is that Ragwort is only a problem if it is allowed to
grow
> where you are going to use the grass for hay/silage. Otherwise Horses will
> not eat the fresh growing plant.
Not only is that my understanding too, but only the other week I noticed
> My understanding is that Ragwort is only a problem if it is allowed to
grow
> where you are going to use the grass for hay/silage. Otherwise Horses will
> not eat the fresh growing plant.
a number of horses chomping away in a field that was liberally dotted
with ragwort. Which re-inforced my belief...
Mike.
Christina Websell
Aug 9, 2015, 12:11:29 PM8/9/15
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"Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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meadows.
Christina Websell
Aug 9, 2015, 12:20:00 PM8/9/15
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"MJC" <gra...@mjcoon.plus.com> wrote in message
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it's dried in hay they will and then they can get liver problems and die.
http://www.redwings.org.uk/welfare-horse-care-advice-ragwort.php
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