We used to chop about 10 acres for a customer. Piled in a shed and fed into his boiler to heat his house. Can't remember any drying setup but I'm sure he must have had something.Is anyone burning miscanthus ?
I'm wondering if its possible to chop it direct with a maize header blow air through it to dry it a bit then feed it into the boiler either blended with chip or batch burning on its own.
We used to chop about 10 acres for a customer. Piled in a shed and fed into his boiler to heat his house. Can't remember any drying setup but I'm sure he must have had something.
Cut it direct with a maize head and piled it in his shed. I'm guessing he used pedestals similar to a grain store to stop it heating but can't be sure.So did you swath it then forage it or forage direct? Then did he literally tip it up into a pile? and would you know what boiler he used or how he fed it into the boiler at all? pm me if you want. Thanks.
Any one still doing/ going into this or know much about it? With the arable job not looking so rosey just wondered about putting some of the wetter/ poorer land in with muscanthus if it's a viable thing to do
Would not recommend Miscanthus in wetter poorer land as you harvest it generally at the wettest time of year and on wet land it just makes a mess.