Posted by Jo Bird on June 24, 2011 at 09:56:39 from (74.46.72.172):
In Reply to: Hay??? posted by dave2 on June 24, 2011 at 00:17:01:
Just my $.02 Ever try a good old steel roller crimper instead of the tedder ? It fluffs up the row real good and bends the stalks open about every inch or so letting them dry out faster. Flat rubber rollers crackem down the length of the stalk letting out all the good nutrients. As for when to cut we back here in NY only get a 2 or 3 days in a row with out rain. Dad started by cutting the first day only what he figured we could bail the next afternoon. Next day as soon as the sun dried off the night time dew he would crimp the previous day's cutting and then mow down an other bunch. By noon or so we could rake the crimped hay and bail. He continued the cycle until we were done. He never lost an entire field to rain. He always bailed the hay no matter how dark and sold it for mulch or threw it over the bank. You may think throwing it out was crazy but leaving it was worse, it does not rot fast enough. It plugged up the knives during next year's mowing and would be raked up with the good hay. You probably round bale and don't need it as dry as he did, just my $.02
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