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<blockquote data-quote="JohnGalway" data-source="post: 6956594" data-attributes="member: 204"><p>Set stocking is the reason bracken, rushes, gorse and thistles are there. In holistic management it's called partial rest. Where animals selectively overgraze the species they like, and as a result give increasing space for "weed" species to invade. As you say, the density of the animals, for very short times, leads to feet and bellies trampling and crushing the bracken. I imagine with sheep it'll also work well for species like thistles and docks. For the toughrr stuff like gorse and rushes I reckon I'll need cattle to increase the density weight - can't stack sheep as high ?<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="♂️" title="Male sign :male_sign:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/2642.png" data-shortname=":male_sign:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnGalway, post: 6956594, member: 204"] Set stocking is the reason bracken, rushes, gorse and thistles are there. In holistic management it's called partial rest. Where animals selectively overgraze the species they like, and as a result give increasing space for "weed" species to invade. As you say, the density of the animals, for very short times, leads to feet and bellies trampling and crushing the bracken. I imagine with sheep it'll also work well for species like thistles and docks. For the toughrr stuff like gorse and rushes I reckon I'll need cattle to increase the density weight - can't stack sheep as high ?♂️ [/QUOTE]
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