Northvale PA
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Time to get the 3rd cutting alfalfa grass hay done. It rained very hard Friday evening. Might have been 2”. And we had 3” from the Tropical storm last Monday. So on Saturday morning we put the repaired rotor back on the tedder and mowed one field. I decided to try the technique mentioned on this site of setting the windrow shields tight and tedding the windrows after a few hours of ground drying. To be honest, I don’t think I like it. Keep in mind the hay was soaking wet when cut. But the windrows were starting to warm up 3 hours later and not all of the hay spread evenly. There were a few bunches that didn’t spread out until tedded a 2nd time. These were still warm and had that funky smell. Worth trying but I think I will just spread wide as I normally do.