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[LisaP]

I ask because we have two 4 acre fields which have become completely smothered in them. When we moved here 3 months ago we agreed to the previous owner leaving 3 of her horses here for a while so they were constantly grazing and keeping the grass right down but since they left just over a month ago and with all the rain, the grass has really grown and the buttercups have really taken hold.

 

The info I've found online is very conflicting, for instance I've read that it is dangerous for horses but the horses that were here weren't affected and also buttercups have been around for ever as far as I know so how on earth did my grandparents etc manage ?

 

I would be grateful for any advice because hopefully we'll be getting our CPH no soon and then some animals, buttercups permitting of course

 

Lisa P

[The Dogmother]

Yes, they are poisonous so far as I know.

[lillybettybabs]

Believed to be a Carcinogenic and pass on through the meat i think.

[The Dogmother]

Buttercups and Clematis typically cause irritation and blistering of the skin if handled, and- if swallowed- intense burning of the mouth and digestive tract, followed by nausea and convulsions. Luckily, the stuff tastes so bad that victims rarely get to this state, but gardeners should be sure to wear gloves before weeding the buttercups or planting out clematis!

 

Animals should not be grazed in pastures heavily infested with buttercups, especially when other herbage is scant or dry. Buttercups are hard to destroy because of their tendency to inhabit moist and wet places. Mowing the plants each year before they produce seed will tend to keep them from increasing and may eventually destroy them.......... Buttercup poisoning causes cows to give less milk and may cause the milk to be bitter and red tinted. Severe poisoning brings on colic and diarrhea, with black foul-odored feces, nervousness, twitching of the ears and lips, difficult breathing, and eventually convulsions. The symptoms shown by horses and sheep are similar, but poisoned sheep are likely to fall suddenly. Pigs suspected of tall-buttercup poisoning have shown paralysis but not much digestive disorder.

[LisaP]

Thank you both, think we are going to have to do some more investigating, including talking to the neighbouring farmer because all around this area there are cows, horses and sheep, all apparently grazing happily in fields full of buttercups, but everything I read tells me it is too dangerous Oh what a conumdrum

 

Lisa P

[Redwing]

The trick is to get the grass growing so thickly that the buttercups are crowded out

 

Personally I'd top the field to get the grass growing thicker and more evenly. there would still be plenty of grass for livestock once topped and it will soon bounce back.

 

It may be worth investigating some sort of weedkiller if the problem persists. We took on a weed covered field 3 years ago, we topped it a few times in the first year which got it in to much better condition without the use of weedkiller though - it just needed some tlc

[LisaP]

Thanks Redwing think that's what we'll do, try getting the grass right first and then if necessary go down the weed killer route.

 

Lisa P

[chickencam]

This is interesting because we have a field next to our house, it has had pigs in it for about a year and it is smothered in buttercups and I was only saying to my OH the other day that it seemed that pigs don't eat them and I thought pigs ate everything.

[The Dogmother]

Pigs are smart enough to not eat harmful foods, I wouldn't credit sheep and cows with the same intelligence though.

 

Pigs do generally eat most things though; they're like porcine labradors!