Barley straw

wilson ind · Jun 13, 2021

Anyone in southern Indiana Kentucky Southern Illinois have Barley straw to sell ? I would like to purchase a few bales. Thanks 812 699 0011

Moonlite37 · Jun 13, 2021

How is barley straw different than wheat straw?

RayP(MI) · Jun 13, 2021

Bsrley straw has properties that make it useful for pond maintenance.

4520BW · Jun 13, 2021

Let me ask my neighbor, they baled some a few years back. If your having a moss problem and cant not find any straw you can use copper sulfate.

wilson ind · Jun 13, 2021

Thank you, will look forward to your reply.

Farmaller · Jun 13, 2021

Rye straw works just as well, I've used that before

IAfarmguy · Jun 13, 2021

Please elaborate about barley or rye straw and ponds. What do you do and how does it help the pond? Just curious.... and I will be baling some rye straw after harvesting the grain next month. Thanks.

4520BW · Jun 14, 2021

my dad talked to him and he sold all he had. At one time TSC had some smaller bales.

JL Ray · Jun 14, 2021

I'd like to know the answer as well. Years ago, I had my two acre pond freeze out my fish or so I thought, even though its 22 feet deep at one end and 13 at the other. I was told gasses could not get by the ice and if I threw a bail of straw in it would stop the issue. So from then on every fall I threw in a bail. It would float around for two to three years before it would sink. At times Id have two or three bails floating in different states of decay. I never had a die off of fish since, but can't say the straw is why.
I can say for sure if you have some young trees that you really want to get growing. Sit a bail of hay or straw beside them. don't break the bail just sit it there. I also put a fence post on the other side of the tree to keep the buck deer from destroying them.

wilson ind · Jun 14, 2021

You might ask if your dad would know of any others . Thank you bill

DoubleO7 · Jun 14, 2021

Here is a good write up about barley straw use in ponds by Rutgers university.

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs1171/

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