Read online that's oats could be used as silo cover, I decided to try this, mainly so I didn't have to pitch rotten stuff off before refilling. Anyone have experience with this. I leaveled silage off and spread 2, 5 gal pails of seed oats on top. After one week checked it, nothing growing. So I started watering it with hose for three days now. I assumed the moisture from the silage would get it started, or did I need to work the seed in. What am I doing wrong, as nothing is growing yet?
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BarnyardEngineering
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I'm going to go the other way and say it's an upright silo because two 5 gallon pails of oats would not go very far on a bunk of any size.
Sounds like you read that oats CAN be used, but didn't read the HOW part and just "winged it." I've never heard of this myself and dealt with upright silos for the better part of 46 years.
If anyone would have known of this "secret" it would have been Dad. If there was going to be more than a few days between filling and refilling, Dad would either cap the silo or lower the silo unloader and start feeding off it.
Sounds like you read that oats CAN be used, but didn't read the HOW part and just "winged it." I've never heard of this myself and dealt with upright silos for the better part of 46 years.
If anyone would have known of this "secret" it would have been Dad. If there was going to be more than a few days between filling and refilling, Dad would either cap the silo or lower the silo unloader and start feeding off it.
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Covering the silo tower or put with plastic, is to restrict Oxygen from gaining access to the silage. Growing Oats, Wheat or Barley will in no way stop Oxygen access to silage. It will not slow or eliminate decomposition if the organic matter packed into the silo. People have broadcast Oates Wheat or Barley on the top of pit/bunker silos just to make them look nice, all growing green and pretty. But the material under the green is rotten and shouldnt be fed.
caterpillar guy
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Bruce and Hoofer have it. You will be pitching the rot off still. I would cut my loses and pitch it off now and put a plastic over the top. Weighted with a few blocks or something you could leave up ther if a upright . IF a bunker then weight it so it doesn't blow off.
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