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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/05/19 09:20 AM
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Looking for different ways to dry lawn clippings - Also how long to let dry - What to store it in. Mow when your grass is a bit longer so you get a row, rake up what you need and put it on a elevated window screen to allow air flow for drying. To check hold some against your cheek to check for moisture.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/05/19 10:12 AM
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If you have any farmers that green chop hay just get up on top of the chopper box sometime In August and gather up all the dry grass clipping you need.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/06/19 04:19 AM
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Looking for different ways to dry lawn clippings - Also how long to let dry - What to store it in. I've found that if I just store it in a container open to air (in my case mineral buckets for our cattle) I have little issues with it. If it's wet just dry it out on your driveway on a tarp or in a container on a warm summer day. I've noted if it's wet and sealed mold will form rendering it about useless. I don't even dry it anymore I just wait until the neighbor's yard is cut on a warm day with no moisture and start it out dry to begin with.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/13/19 06:50 AM
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I picked up some big burlap bags at our farm store that I store my clippings in. I rake and bag them up a couple of days after I mow. About once a mount I will pop a bag open and fluff it up. I store them in the rafters of my garage J
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/13/19 01:08 PM
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I just mow sweep then bag the following day.yotes smell moldy grass on a daily basis! Ive never once saw a yote go around a brush hogged field because the grass molded. I've even used molded wax dirt with success. Just think about it a minute how many things in nature mold ?
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/13/19 01:12 PM
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those card board barrels work awesome for storing grass and leave clippings. I've got barrels 5 years old and look the same actually to dry.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/13/19 01:25 PM
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I just mow sweep then bag the following day.yotes smell moldy grass on a daily basis! Ive never once saw a yote go around a brush hogged field because the grass molded. I've even used molded wax dirt with success. Just think about it a minute how many things in nature mold ? I've pointed this out a few times in the past. Animals afraid of mold or rusty metal or man stink couldn't survive in the lower 48 very long. Clean dry grass stored in a humidity free vacuum will start to mold as soon as it touches the atmosphere and the ground. Two nice dry days will give very nice dry clippings though and collecting in the heat of the day will get it at its best.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/13/19 05:00 PM
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I just mow sweep then bag the following day.yotes smell moldy grass on a daily basis! Ive never once saw a yote go around a brush hogged field because the grass molded. I've even used molded wax dirt with success. Just think about it a minute how many things in nature mold ? Good point. Might make me start using a “louder” bait during the time we block and everything is dying. I know it messes up the bird dogs when quail hunting.
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Re: Drying lawn clippings
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05/14/19 12:57 AM
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Those are my favorite kind of clippings half grass half leaves. They blend a set better then most every thing ive found
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