baleing rushes for bedding

dealerman

cut rushes last week turned them today there bone dry going baleing them sat or sun will they be anygood for bedding

poor farmer

Row them up and get them baled ,I do it every year ,grand stuff for bedding .also it clears off your field.

Farmer Pudsey

And next year spread the seeds in new fields so that you have more rushes to harvest the following year

delaval

poor farmer wrote: »

Row them up and get them baled ,I do it every year ,grand stuff for bedding .also it clears off your field.

What do you do with dung from this bedding????

freedominacup

delaval wrote: »

What do you do with dung from this bedding????

Quote poor farmer "ahem....:o"

reilig

Straw has 3 times the soakage of rushes. Straw also breaks down easier than rushes. Both facts mean easier cleaning out. Also the fact that when you spread what you clean out and spread, you are spreading rush seed. Baled rushes for years and then figured that it is a false economy.

kevthegaff

what about selling these rush bales:D:D:D

mf240

Lads the thing about rushes unlike docks is they dont like the same growing condition as grass. if p and k and lime and drainage is right you wont have rushes.
The amount of diesel youd burn pricking about with rushes and then you might aswell not bother putting them under cattle for all the use they are for bedding.
Spend that time and diesel spraying them instead.

dealerman

thanks lads i knew there was going to be a catch to this will bale 1field see how it goes at least it will clean the field anyways
thanks kev donedeal here we come :D:D

Going forward...

Better than wheaten straw. Well rotted dung should take care of the seed issue too.

Have a few fields to do, I don't bother turning or anything, just bale up from the mower when dry.

Farmer Pudsey

Going forward... wrote: »

Better than wheaten straw. Well rotted dung should take care of the seed issue too.

Have a few fields to do, I don't bother turning or anything, just bale up from the mower when dry.

Rush seed is one of the hardiest seeds that exist, it will not germinate unless conditions are right it can survive 70 years in the ground. This is why we see rushes growing after a wet year where they were not seen in a lifetime.

99nsr125

kevthegaff wrote: »

what about selling these rush bales:D:D:D

Burn em in the range or if you're lucky enough a nice big gasifier.

I'd like to see the seeds germinate from the residue ash after that.

Manoffeeling

Would you get many bales per acre of these rushes?

moy83

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Would you get many bales per acre of these rushes?

I have some good rush land that could give ten bales to the acre , but I have some thats only middling and you would be lucky to get 5/6 per acre :P:P:P

ABlur

Knocked 2 acres of high yielding soft rush today! Debating whether to make square or round bales of it!

Sam Kade

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Rush seed is one of the hardiest seeds that exist, it will not germinate unless conditions are right it can survive 70 years in the ground. This is why we see rushes growing after a wet year where they were not seen in a lifetime.

it's like rats you could drop them off the highest sky scraper in New York and the will survive.

Farmer Pudsey

Sam Kade wrote: »

it's like rats you could drop them off the highest sky scraper in New York and the will survive.

In the Rats case not if a concrete block is following them down.