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What to do with old hay

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IaGuy

12-03-2000 11:52:37




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I bought an old barn with 3-4 feet of trampled hay, manure, twine strings and stuff. The upstairs has a few dozen old low quality bales and broken bales. I bought an old manure spreader (pto type) but dont know if it will stand up the mess. I rent the ground out back and am afraid I will be just spreading old weed seeds. Question will a hammer mill of some kind reduce that stemmystuff down for use on the garden or around trees? Or should I just burn it?

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Snuffy

12-16-2000 12:10:44




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
You will be a lot better off in the long run if ya just pile it and burn it. I would do it some where that I would not be concerned about spredding unwanted weed seed. Good luck.



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Alvin

12-04-2000 17:29:15




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
Forget the hammermill thoughts.the twine will be a problem.The weed seeds--you can't get rid of them, if they don't germinate this year they will be there later. trust me.



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RAW in IA

12-03-2000 19:22:37




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
Seveeral years ago we cleaned out dad's barn. Had loose hay in the mow, and one corner of the mow had some that was there when he bought the farm in 1950. My brother had a friend who came and baled it up (for his beef cattle I think) Was a lot of work throwing it down the chute to the baler, and quite dusty, but we did get it all cleaned out. Even found some old beer and whisky bottles the previous owner had stowed away up there.

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Thanks

12-03-2000 16:24:39




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
Good suggestions, never thought of that, just bent on getting the stuff out of the barn!



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F14

12-03-2000 15:30:46




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
What Tim said. If you can add some fresh manure to the mix and layer it, it will be useful compost in a year. I composted a 6x14 trailer load stacked about 8 feet high, mixed with three 4x8x2 trailer loads of horse manure in wood shavings over a period of about 3 months. After it cooked all winter, and I turned it 3 or 4 times in the spring, I had odor-free, crumbly black gold by June. Small amounts of chicken manure were worked in too.

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Tim(nj)

12-03-2000 15:24:36




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 Re: What to do with old hay in reply to IaGuy, 12-03-2000 11:52:37  
I've been though something similar. This is how I solved the problem: Find a place to dump it where it is out of the way. Let it compost for a couple of years, turning it occasionally with a front end loader. Then you'll have nice black organic matter to spread on your fields, and most of the weed seed will be gone by then as well.



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Robert

12-03-2000 16:01:34




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 Re: Re: What to do with old hay in reply to Tim(nj), 12-03-2000 15:24:36  
You can mix in fertilizer to speed up the composting action. I use 12-12-12, as it's cheap around here. Robert



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tim[in]

12-03-2000 20:14:42




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 Re: Re: Re: What to do with old hay in reply to Robert, 12-03-2000 16:01:34  
the horse manure and chicken will work the best for g4etting it to heat up.the heating action destroys the weeds seeds. it should be moistened occasionally but not soppy wet. either composting them or use them as a mulch around the trees and on the garden. at least use them6" thick and it will be too thick for weeds seeds to come thru and the ones that do will be easy to pull. good luck!=)



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