Linseed Straw

[topcat2006]

Having a bit of a baptism of fire. Combining winter linseed for the first time. I'm swathing the straw as I'd read that choppers dont like it. Combining going well and I'm finding what people mean when they say you need the heat of the sun on it.

I'm planning on burning it by pushing it into heaps and setting fire to the heaps.

Has anyone any tips? Any laws / rules / legislation I need to follow? I last Burnt straw in the late 90's in Scotland (the linseed is in England).

Thanks.

 

[Badshot]

Notify the fire department or some helpful soul will call them out for you.
I'm chopping mine but it's not quite ready to cut yet.

 

[Still Farming]

Round bale it and sell.
Good biomass

 

[teslacoils]

Can't find the actual law. You need water to hand; someone who has burnt some on-site; and notify council, fire brigade, and airfields if close by. Think that's all. Oh, and you have to do it while the sun is up.

 

[Neddy flanders]

burnt some last yr. burns without smoke and very fast.

 

[Minesapint]

Notify fire brigade, and not allowed to burn on a weekend or bank holiday. It does burn well!

 

[topcat2006]

Thanks all. Reassuring to know we are thinking about the right things.

 

[spin cycle]

i'm told linseed straw fantastic for sheep bedding

 

[Walton2]

Bale it ......tremendous in a biomass boiler...worth a few quid...it’ll upset a few natives when you burn it anyway.

 

[Badshot]

i'm told linseed straw fantastic for sheep bedding

It's fantastic in dog kennels.

 

[Still Farming]

Not green image for farming if just burn stuff?
Look at Brazilian farmers burning stuff?
Public soon be on to officials I guess ?

 

[teslacoils]

Public soon be on to officials I guess ?

Burns so quick they won't notice. In any case, so long as you have followed the rules then the officials will give the public the bad news and allow them to post "shocking", "appalling", "how could it be allowed in village X?" comments all over social media. Can't beat a good burn up of linseed.

 

[Still Farming]

Burns so quick they won't notice. In any case, so long as you have followed the rules then the officials will give the public the bad news and allow them to post "shocking", "appalling", "how could it be allowed in village X?" comments all over social media. Can't beat a good burn up of linseed.

Weekend and bank holidays goes down well what ever?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Do you also light your wood burner with £20 notes...

 

[richard hammond]

Round bale it and sell.
Good biomass

Do not burn it, get somebody to bale it , then use it in the bottom of cattle yards , it just keeps taking liquids !! then makes good muck to apply to land.!!

 

[Flat 10]

Not convinced of its absorbency but does burn well. Too hot for power stations.....

 

[Brisel]

Too hot for boilers. The expensive way is to bale it without much string or with round bales, no wrap then set alight to it. The cheaper way is to push it up with a loader or buckrake into heaps.

As above, notify the local fire brigade’s HQ and again when you’ve finished burning. You are allowed to burn linseed straw under cross compliance.

If you’re in a beet growing area, there will be a good demand for the bales as clamps. They last longer than the string holding them together.

 

[Walton2]

Too hot for boilers. The expensive way is to bale it without much string or with round bales, no wrap then set alight to it. The cheaper way is to push it up with a loader or buckrake into heaps.

As above, notify the local fire brigade’s HQ and again when you’ve finished burning. You are allowed to burn linseed straw under cross compliance.

If you’re in a beet growing area, there will be a good demand for the bales as clamps. They last longer than the string holding them together.

Which boilers has there been a problem with........much preferred to wheat straw here..

 

[Brisel]

Ely power station