OSR straw steaming in the shed!!

[Harrold]

Got a stack of rape straw that was baled a bit wet that's now steaming away. Heat probes reading 61 degrees in the centre. Do I need to worry about combustion and if so when? been stored for 2 days now.

 

[parker]

I would be concerned ,hay combusts at 55 degrees , if I were you I would move them outside for a few weeks to save the shed, but just my opinion.

 

[Harrold]

Cheers, waste of a shed storing that wet crap inside anyway!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Will rape straw have enough life in it to combust?

 

[Barleycorn]

Make compost?!!

 

[Clive]

Make compost?!!

sound like he already is doing !

 

[phil]

Careful opening stack
Fresh air and heat and up the stack goes
Have water tanker on standby