Making hay

[Coldbrook]

With two weeks of dry weather due, could i make my first cut into hay?

 

[Rob5150]

Yeah crack on

 

[PaulNix]

Yep, plenty of time it should make itself.

 

[A Sales representative]

Don’t rush, when you think ryegrass it’s ready go and do something else for a couple of days before you Bale it.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Forecast is dodgy here for a few days .
You can always wrap it if you get cought

 

[Spencer]

Crack on.. really want some rain on Friday

 

[Agrivator]

Don’t rush, when you think ryegrass it’s ready go and do something else for a couple of days before you Bale it.

And a shower of rain also helps. Not only does it stop you baling too quick, it re-opens the stomata (stomatae?) on the leaves and stems?, which allows expulsion of another 2 or 2% of moisture.

 

[Purli R]

And a shower of rain also helps. Not only does it stop you baling too quick, it re-opens the stomata (stomatae?) on the leaves and stems?, which allows expulsion of another 2 or 2% of moisture.

Yeah, right. So on that basis, every time I try to make hay, the rain alone should remove 98% of the moisture.
Was that something scientifically calculated, or just some crap you read on an online forum? (Like this!!)
Blue skies and sun, with a good breeze is what you want, not a flipping shower.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Keep kicking it out, and don't be in a rush to bale it.

 

[Goweresque]

Yeah, right. So on that basis, every time I try to make hay, the rain alone should remove 98% of the moisture.
Was that something scientifically calculated, or just some crap you read on an online forum? (Like this!!)
Blue skies and sun, with a good breeze is what you want, not a flipping shower.

I have to admit that I've noticed that if hay that won't 'make' in dry weather gets a bit of rain on it, it then appears to be fit to bale as soon as the rain has dried off. Especially in June, when the stems are full of juice. So maybe there is something to the concept? Once you get into July rain on hay doesn't help at all though, just washes all the colour out. No great science, just my observation.

 

[Llmmm]

I have to admit that I've noticed that if hay that won't 'make' in dry weather gets a bit of rain on it, it then appears to be fit to bale as soon as the rain has dried off. Especially in June, when the stems are full of juice. So maybe there is something to the concept? Once you get into July rain on hay doesn't help at all though, just washes all the colour out. No great science, just my observation.

Seriously i dont make hay but there is no logic to this theroy

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Seriously i dont make hay but there is no logic to this theroy

Its rotting ,so when the rain stops it dries quicker as the cell walls have rotted , all the things we are trying to avoid when making hay

 

[Agrivator]

Yeah, right. So on that basis, every time I try to make hay, the rain alone should remove 98% of the moisture.
Was that something scientifically calculated, or just some crap you read on an online forum? (Like this!!)
Blue skies and sun, with a good breeze is what you want, not a flipping shower.

I'm talking about a light shower which is just enough to stop you baling too soon.

And if you had studied Botany at any level, you would know about the pores (stomata) in plants which open and close to regulate moisture transpiration.

 

[Purli R]

Dont you know when someone is tekkin pee.That"ll be the pores that reckon to close within 2 hrs of cutting then,hence why every one needs a 10 rotor tedder to get round sharpish like. Not studied Botany at all,much prefer Gynacology!

 

[Still Farming]

Barn burners

 

[Agrivator]

Dont you know when someone is tekkin pee.That"ll be the pores that reckon to close within 2 hrs of cutting then,hence why every one needs a 10 rotor tedder to get round sharpish like. Not studied Botany at all,much prefer Gynacology!

You didn't study spelling either.