Mulch shortages

b54red · February 8, 2011

Bigdaddy, the easiest way to get rid of most of the seed is to just buy your hay 3 or 4 months early and leave it out so that it gets rained on. Don't stack the bales and if you cut the baling to loosen the bundle it helps. Over a few months most of the seed in the bails will sprout and you will have even more hay to use and you won't have to do nearly as much weeding after you spread it.
I once used fresh hay on my young onion plants and ended up pulling up quite a few of them trying to weed the hay which had sprouted by the thousands and I could barely see the onions.

February 8, 2011	#11
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Bigdaddy, the easiest way to get rid of most of the seed is to just buy your hay 3 or 4 months early and leave it out so that it gets rained on. Don't stack the bales and if you cut the baling to loosen the bundle it helps. Over a few months most of the seed in the bails will sprout and you will have even more hay to use and you won't have to do nearly as much weeding after you spread it. I once used fresh hay on my young onion plants and ended up pulling up quite a few of them trying to weed the hay which had sprouted by the thousands and I could barely see the onions.