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rotten grass

  • 06-09-2012 8:08am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10


    HI
    New to this forum.....
    how do you know is grass is rotten at bottom

    I haven't cut the grass in the field this year and went to get it cut ' baled.
    Local told me it was no good as the bottom was rotten.
    How do I now if this is true?

    thanks


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    get down on your hands and knees and look for decaying vegetation. If its dark brown its rotten, yellow starting to decay. It will feed animals if decaying just there won't be much energy in it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Dont be daft


    If it hasnt been cut all year I'd put me house on it being rotten.

    Feed value would be low at best. But with fodder going the way it is, who knows, someone might use it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Almost definately rotting if its been there all year untouched

    Get it cut now while the weather is good otherwise the field will be gone wild by next year.

    The feeding value of the bales will be low if it has been rotting for a while but fodder will be scarce this year and poor quality is better than none


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Get it cut and dried out some bit. There will still be feeding in it, but of poor quality.... but poor quality is better than a snowball.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    pakalasa wrote: »
    but poor quality is better than a snowball.

    But a snow ball is free. This could/will be dear sh*t. Strip grazing and buying in an alternative could be a better option. Pity days are gone so short. Hay coulda/woulda/Shoulda been an option


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Does the level if rot not depend on how heavy the sole is. If it wasn't fertilised or got slurry it could be thin enough in the sole and so maybe has kept reasonably well. Only inspection would tell.
    I agree about it being costly feed as its final quality would be questionable. Still, at €11 baled and wrapped providing appropriate meal is fed then it could be ok. ya might take the risk for feeding yourself.

    If your considering saving this to sell then I'd say don't. If you make and Sell bales of ****e then your no addition to man nor beast.


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