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<blockquote data-quote="Ysgythan" data-source="post: 5565044" data-attributes="member: 8724"><p>Why are you worried about water? </p><p></p><p>We cut and carry forage (grass clover plantain chicory and tyfon) to lambs kept in overnight a few days before sale. If it’s not used straight away we add water to the bags. It’s bruising that kicks off the heating so we cut it in the base with a hedge trimmer and collect by hand into plastic sacks. If you don’t add a splash water it wilts with time. Even if it has started to wilt a splash of water will revive it like lettuce in a shaker. </p><p></p><p>Now I know this is a totally different scale to what you have in mind, but there’s a few guiding principles which translate I think - don’t use a conditioner when mowing, don’t tedd it, make smaller looser bales, bale then as you feed them and feed them as you bale them, don’t worry about the grass being wet. </p><p></p><p>These are of course my thoughts on extrapolation from what we do, I’ve not tried this and am therefore prepared to be shot down in flames by someone who has.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ysgythan, post: 5565044, member: 8724"] Why are you worried about water? We cut and carry forage (grass clover plantain chicory and tyfon) to lambs kept in overnight a few days before sale. If it’s not used straight away we add water to the bags. It’s bruising that kicks off the heating so we cut it in the base with a hedge trimmer and collect by hand into plastic sacks. If you don’t add a splash water it wilts with time. Even if it has started to wilt a splash of water will revive it like lettuce in a shaker. Now I know this is a totally different scale to what you have in mind, but there’s a few guiding principles which translate I think - don’t use a conditioner when mowing, don’t tedd it, make smaller looser bales, bale then as you feed them and feed them as you bale them, don’t worry about the grass being wet. These are of course my thoughts on extrapolation from what we do, I’ve not tried this and am therefore prepared to be shot down in flames by someone who has. [/QUOTE]
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