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| Anyone routinely ted hay twice in an attempt to get it dry to bale in 3 days?
Cut in the morning on day one.
Ted in the morning on day two.
Ted again in the morning on day three, then rake and bale in the afternoon on day 3 also.
What are your experiences on the proposed additional day 3 morning tedding?
Worth it or bad idea? |
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SW, Missouri | Need more info what is the "hay"? |
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Black Hawk County, IA | We felt like we were losing too many leaves tedding alfalfa twice. Grass hay, yeah have at it. |
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NE Iowa | Did that for the first time here (NE Iowa) this year with most of 1st crop because the window of drying time just has been too small and need all the 'help' we can get. Still had to wrap a lot of it, but it's helped get it to a baling condition. Realize we're going to lose more leaves off the alfalfa with the extra tedding, but have felt it's the 'lesser of two evils' when we only have a small window of drying time before more rain moving in again. |
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| Mostly alfalfa grass mix.
Edited by sparrell 7/18/2024 13:06
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Eastern Iowa | With sun and low humidity it’s easy to loose a lot of leaves in alfalfa when you ted the first time if it gets dry too soon.
Maybe not so much this year!
Edited by IFarmtoo 7/18/2024 13:10
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north west arkansas | Grass hay going to little squares yes. Anything else not usually. If alfalfa I sure wouldn’t want to. |
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| If it’s hard drying and calling for rain I’ll ted twice if it’s little squares I’m selling.. I’ve had more hay buyers complain about mold or dust than leaf loss so I want that **** dry.. alfalfa/orchard grass. What’s been working for me is if u mow than let it sit a day and let the ground dry than ted if you have time for that it seems to help the drying process. |
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| IMO unless special circumstances should be able to ted the morning after cutting rake it on the morning of the 3rd day and bale, first thing when making dry hay is remind yourself you are not chopping it, let it get a some flowers! Yes you will not have 250 RFV, but does not matter what the RFV is if it burns or molds and turns to crap. |
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SW OH | That's normal here when the humidity is high.
Mitchco |
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Casey IL. ( I -70 ) then south on rt.49 | More info. Hay and area. Heavy dues at night sun shine . |
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north-central Indiana west of Fulton | More times than not , I will Ted hay for a second time early on the morning I want to bale. |
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CNY | Pretty standard practice here
We are usually humid when trying to make dry hay |
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Thumb of Michigan | lhfarms - 7/18/2024 13:05
Did that for the first time here (NE Iowa) this year with most of 1st crop because the window of drying time just has been too small and need all the 'help' we can get. Still had to wrap a lot of it, but it's helped get it to a baling condition. Realize we're going to lose more leaves off the alfalfa with the extra tedding, but have felt it's the 'lesser of two evils' when we only have a small window of drying time before more rain moving in again.
Took the words out of my mouth. You just have to experiment and play it by ear to see what works in YOUR area.
FWIW, I ted right after cutting (alfalfa/grass hay) and with the right conditions, cut day one, rake day 2 and start baling day 2, around 5 pm. I call it 36 hour hay. Need to have no or light dew, 6-8 MPH breezes and low humidity for this to happen. Pan evaporation is usually in the high 20's or low 30's.
Edited by r82230 7/18/2024 21:56
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ncpa | I would mow day 1 morning then Ted in the afternoon. Ted about noon day 2 and take and bale day three. |
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Amherst WI | You need to reach out to BB940p on here. If there is a hay question about growing hay in southern WI he has an answer and that's backed up with experience. You don't grow hay for the Milwaukee county zoo for a decade or so and make crap.
Edited by hinfarm 7/19/2024 06:36
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| here by the lake
cut day one ,ted as soon as it is cut
day 2 ted
day 3 ted then
hopefully can rake and bale day 3
the beautiful wind from Lake Huron, does not get things to dry very fast
I quit hay in 1992 due to the weather |
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Chilliwack BC | Same here. Ted every day, including the days you mow and bale. Humid climate requires it. I'm not sure we've ever made hay tedding as few as 2 times. Orchard grass, not alfalfa. |
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Tedding hay twice?
