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[karrl]

I haven’t seen a bale burn up from being roiled to wet in years. A few guys here roll them wet & bag/sleeve them.

The only flaming bales I have seen is from bad bearings or guys getting them in their trailer tires when hauling them. Last year the chap down the road from me burned all four of his tires up ( old truck rear end ) & 8 bales because he had 2 couple bales rubbing on tires.

We do probably 2500 small squares of straw a year, for decoration, landscaping, and bedding. Our old 570 New Holland makes a lot of banana bales unless the straws been rained on good. Rain washes that waxy layer off and helps everything grip together. Usually straws lighter and easier to put in the barn but when it’s 80% humidity outside everything is heavy.

 

[karrl]

Opinions on a three point hitch sprayer with boom for herbicide?
Trying to keep it as affordable as possible. Several brands have caught my eye, but didn’t want to buy junk.

I like my CropCare atx60, it’s a 60 gallon tow behind boom spray with a hand sprayer that shoots 20ft. It comes in 3pt as well.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[karrl]

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What are they going to be planting out there?

 

[nbbt]

My garlic started producing scapes over the weekend. No noticeable browning of any leaves yet. I plan to cut the scapes when I get a full curl or better, and then the approx. extra month or so wait for them finishing off. I'm getting a bit anxious to see how this grow effort turned out.

 

[Mastermind]

Fixed?

 

[ajschainsaws]

My thoughts are if it’s on the outside it’ll be a thinner layer around the outside of the bale vs a wet core? I dunno man I’m not the brightest bulb but that’s my figure. . Maybe it helps. Haven’t had any burn up that way. If they’re questionable I leave em outside

My thoughts are if it’s on the outside it’ll be a thinner layer around the outside of the bale vs a wet core? I dunno man I’m not the brightest bulb but that’s my figure. . Maybe it helps. Haven’t had any burn up that way. If they’re questionable I leave em outside

No thats what I call a spotlight idea it just makes sense

 

[ajschainsaws]

Not much straw baled around here unless it’s small squares. When I have baled oats that were mowed, no changes were made to baler setup.

I consider straw as wheat or oats stems that have been run thru the combine, if it’s just mowed oats then it’s oat hay because they is usually some grass, alfalfa or clover mixed in it.

There are a lot of corn stalks baled, some folks don’t change settings but a couple do & those are some tight bales.

Most of the big farms bale the oats wheat and barley after the combine with big square hesston ,class or AGCO 4ftx 4ft or 4ft x 30”and there big and tight
and the rest is rounds for straw choppers

it’s funny oat hay and alfalfa has never caught on over here

 

[ajschainsaws]

Fixed?

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perfect job now your ready too rock and roll some hay

 

[Seachaser]

I like my CropCare atx60, it’s a 60 gallon tow behind boom spray with a hand sprayer that shoots 20ft. It comes in 3pt as well.

Thanks. And thanks for all the replies. I’ll check them out.

 

[jakethesnake]

Fixed?

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Pretty clean boss

 

[hoskvarna]

My garlic started producing scapes over the weekend. No noticeable browning of any leaves yet. I plan to cut the scapes when I get a full curl or better, and then the approx. extra month or so wait for them finishing off. I'm getting a bit anxious to see how this grow effort turned out.
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Ok I know nothing about garlic.
What is a scape

 

[jakethesnake]

Ok I know nothing about garlic.
What is a scape

Same

 

[karrl]

Scapes are the garlic flowers that grow directly from the middle of the stem. If you don’t pick them off, the garlic plant spends energy producing a flower instead of making your bulb bigger and stinkier.

And the scapes are good for a fresh garlic flavor in cooking.

 

[karrl]

My garlic started producing scapes over the weekend. No noticeable browning of any leaves yet. I plan to cut the scapes when I get a full curl or better, and then the approx. extra month or so wait for them finishing off. I'm getting a bit anxious to see how this grow effort turned out.

if you have a recipe that calls for garlic you could pull a stalk or two to check and use the immature bulb. We sell fresh stalk once the scapes start to run.

You get less weight of garlic and it’s not as strong a flavor as cured garlic but it’s still really tasty.

 

[davidwyby]

What are they going to be planting out there?

I dunno, I was just driving by. Lots of alfalfa here, n veggies.

 

[davidwyby]

Imperial Valley Agriculture | ICFB Website

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VERY INTERESTING

Stuff I didn’t know…bigger than I thought…different

 

[hoskvarna]

Scapes are the garlic flowers that grow directly from the middle of the stem. If you don’t pick them off, the garlic plant spends energy producing a flower instead of making your bulb bigger and stinkier.

And the scapes are good for a fresh garlic flavor in cooking.

Thank you sir

 

[hoskvarna]

Ok I know nothing about garlic.
What is a scape

I should’ve said I really like garlic but know nothing about growing it

 

[jakethesnake]

I’m reading trying to learn to grow some garlic