I’ve got bugs

[yellow belly]

Concrete floor & brick walls

No air airation ?

 

[Adeptandy]

No air airation ?

Just hot spot spears, should have been moved a month ago, but with Father in law's illness and subsequent death it delayed movement
It’s at the other yard as well, which hasn’t helped

 

[Steevo]

Concrete floor & brick walls

Should be perfect for gassing.

 

[tullah]

What temp have you all got the wheat down to. Till three weeks ago I had pedestals on during colder nights leaving doors wide open. Now rats might be drawing in so shutting up and so shed must be less cold.

 

[yellow belly]

What temp have you all got the wheat down to. Till three weeks ago I had pedestals on during colder nights leaving doors wide open. Now rats might be drawing in so shutting up and so shed must be less cold.

10 to 13 with pedistals with auto temperature control
the controller is worth the cost in electric and time saved

under 10 with flat drying floor blown on the 2 coldest nights in early October

 

[snipe]

Sucking air through the heap will kill them. Get some 4inch drainpipe and perforate the bottom couple of foot with an angle grinder. Push them into the heap while sucking the corn out of the middle of them. When they reach the floor pull them up 6 inch and put a fan on the top. Bit of messing about but will save the corn.

 

[chipchap]

Cool the grain.

insects become inactive below about 15 Celsius.

Cool it down to 8 and you will be as safe as houses.

Might need to clean dead bugs out before selling.

 

[Zippy768]

Cool the grain.

insects become inactive below about 15 Celsius.

Cool it down to 8 and you will be as safe as houses.

Might need to clean dead bugs out before selling.

That's easier said than done.
18°c during day. Lowest is 13°c at night currently.

 

[Badshot]

Sucking air through the heap will kill them. Get some 4inch drainpipe and perforate the bottom couple of foot with an angle grinder. Push them into the heap while sucking the corn out of the middle of them. When they reach the floor pull them up 6 inch and put a fan on the top. Bit of messing about but will save the corn.

I've refined this a bit now.
I was using a bit of perforated twinwall.
I now use the brown soil pipe, slot the bottom metre with a slitting disc and drive it in with a driveall post knocker, then hoover the corn out the middle.
Works very well.
Had a bit of heat in an area of my linseed, 10ft deep 200 tonne heap, cooled in 48 hrs.
Beauty is the pipes are cheap and robust.

 

[Adeptandy]

I've refined this a bit now.
I was using a bit of perforated twinwall.
I now use the brown soil pipe, slot the bottom metre with a slitting disc and drive it in with a driveall post knocker, then hoover the corn out the middle.
Works very well.
Had a bit of heat in an area of my linseed, 10ft deep 200 tonne heap, cooled in 48 hrs.
Beauty is the pipes are cheap and robust.

Picture of the pipe possible please ?

 

[yellow belly]

I've refined this a bit now.
I was using a bit of perforated twinwall.
I now use the brown soil pipe, slot the bottom metre with a slitting disc and drive it in with a driveall post knocker, then hoover the corn out the middle.
Works very well.
Had a bit of heat in an area of my linseed, 10ft deep 200 tonne heap, cooled in 48 hrs.
Beauty is the pipes are cheap and robust.

thats a top idea

how about putting a 8 inch pipe in suck out then insert a 6 inch perforated pipe in the empty pipe remove the 8 inch pipe then repeat fan on top

i put in pedistals at harvest but some times pusher damage them and they fill with grain

i also use a 12 inch twin wall pipe to exhaust the warm air fan out side the shed

 

[A Trebor]

Picture of the pipe possible please ?

You can get 110 mm perforated soil pipe, I use about 1m of this then solid pipe to above level of grain

 

[czechmate]

Sucking air through the heap will kill them. Get some 4inch drainpipe and perforate the bottom couple of foot with an angle grinder. Push them into the heap while sucking the corn out of the middle of them. When they reach the floor pull them up 6 inch and put a fan on the top. Bit of messing about but will save the corn.

i havnt found sucking air through the heap kills them. Maybe if we get minus 40. Using anti hot spot spears, I have in the past, chased them around the heap

 

[Badshot]

Picture of the pipe possible please ?

It's in the linseed.
It's literally brown soil pipe, I've slotted the bottom metre, then if course the bottom of the pipe is open.
The fans I got from Spalding's, but there's some on Amazon for less.
Bit of rag gaffa taped on the top of the pipe seals it well so it sucks up from the bottom of the heap.

 

[Badshot]

You can get 110 mm perforated soil pipe, I use about 1m of this then solid pipe to above level of grain

This was a new trial for me this autumn with soil pipe instead of twinwall, I'll be looking at some perforated soil pipe for next year to make some more.

 

[Flatlander]

i havnt found sucking air through the heap kills them. Maybe if we get minus 40. Using anti hot spot spears, I have in the past, chased them around the heap

Had them in the past and only time was in a shed with no cooling. Had 700 tons of oats And only a small number. Grain buyer said run it thru a grain vac with a couple of 90 degree bends and the impact will kill them. I froze it after binning it and after a month of -20 they were dead. Still in the sample but dead was ok apparently.

 

[Laggard]

Wheat @ 16.8C here, could do with some cooler nights to give it a blow.

 

[Flatlander]

Diatomaceous earth tossed into the grain going in slowly kill any infestation by cutting them as they move thru the heap. Not a quick fix but if added at harvest keeps working Until sold Bushel weight can be effected slightly by it thou.

 

[Adeptandy]

Contact made with a contractor, getting a date to do it Monday, not a disaster price wise but will have to wait a few days, they’re flat out big killing, appears there’s been a sudden rush of cases

 

[Zippy768]

Contact made with a contractor, getting a date to do it Monday, not a disaster price wise but will have to wait a few days, they’re flat out big killing, appears there’s been a sudden rush of cases

Nice work , best left to professionals I reckon.
They gassing the heap?
Kinda what ballpark figure?