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 GermanShaman
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 Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? 
#27055236 - 11/24/20 12:02 PM (3 months, 14 hours ago) |
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I have a bag of straw that I need to cut up to make my Horse P and straw bulk substrate.
What is the fastest way to cut the straw up? I tried to use a large plastic container and pair of hand garden cutter. It can be done but its hard work and it done one cut at a time. Is there some mechanical way i could do this? Maybe get a tree care company with a wood chipper to chop up the straw into smaller pieces?
Thanks
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27055248 - 11/24/20 12:06 PM (3 months, 14 hours ago) |
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I've heard someone put a bunch in a barrel and used a weed whacker.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: LtLurker]
#27055269 - 11/24/20 12:12 PM (3 months, 14 hours ago) |
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lawn mower...... 
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: Jim Nemo]
#27055361 - 11/24/20 01:19 PM (3 months, 12 hours ago) |
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I used a wheedwhacker in a 60qt horsefeed tub and put a moving blanket over it. Worked great! I will note however, that there is an ideal amount of straw you want in your tub: Too little and it just blows all around bc there's not enough resistance to have it make contact w the strings. Too much and it will bog the trimmer and/or create pockets of unchopped straw in the corners bc the tub contents aren't moving around enough. Play around w it and you'll see what i mean.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: Jim Nemo]
#27055671 - 11/24/20 05:00 PM (3 months, 9 hours ago) |
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Quote:
Jim Nemo said:
lawn mower......
A good way
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27055845 - 11/24/20 07:00 PM (3 months, 7 hours ago) |
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Quote:
GermanShaman said:
I have a bag of straw that I need to cut up to make my Horse P and straw bulk substrate.
What is the fastest way to cut the straw up? I tried to use a large plastic container and pair of hand garden cutter. It can be done but its hard work and it done one cut at a time. Is there some mechanical way i could do this? Maybe get a tree care company with a wood chipper to chop up the straw into smaller pieces?
Thanks
Cutting straw by hand = real dedication. Been there, done that. 
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: elpico]
#27055892 - 11/24/20 07:30 PM (3 months, 6 hours ago) |
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Seriously guys, I dont have any of those items. I dont even know what a weed wacker is!!! Sorry, city boy here...
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27056527 - 11/25/20 04:11 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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Weed wacker
cityboy lol. pretty shure these machines are used more often in the city than in the countryside.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: Jim Nemo]
#27056547 - 11/25/20 05:31 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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thanks Jim. I do have a weed wacker..... Have see how I use it on the bag of straw though. Maybe put all the straw into a large cardboard box and see if it does the trick.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27056548 - 11/25/20 05:34 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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The other thing I was thinking of doing was using my Jig saw with an extra long blade on it.
I bought the blades to cut up the large coco coir block. Did the job but boy did it make a huge mess of dust... Took ages to clean the place up..... Not doing that again. Better to use a handsaw for wood instead...
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27056571 - 11/25/20 06:42 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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Years ago I bought an electric leaf mulcher, which is basically an enclosed weed whacker on a stand. It works pretty well for straw if you don't feed it too fast. They run about $130.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: yoosername]
#27056697 - 11/25/20 09:44 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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Quote:
yoosername said:
Years ago I bought an electric leaf mulcher, which is basically an enclosed weed whacker on a stand. It works pretty well for straw if you don't feed it too fast. They run about $130.
i was thinking about getting one of these. not for the myco-hobby, but for gardenwork in general.
ALTHOUGH i'm shure they do the best job for cutting straw the way germanshaman wants to.
@germanshaman: na guck, passt doch. just don't put it in a cardboard, it's going to break. don't you have a lawn mower?
just put the straw on the ground and go over it with the mower. done.
AND a perfect oportunity to clean the mower before to prepare for winter when it is not used.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: Jim Nemo] 1
#27056721 - 11/25/20 10:24 AM (2 months, 30 days ago) |
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Yea dude cardboard is gonna tear up. That's why i suggested barrel, or find some other hard container to put it in.
And i love this
"i don't even know what a weed whacker is"
"oh yea, i have one of those"
lol city boys.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: LtLurker] 1
#27059012 - 11/26/20 06:35 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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Ok, so I used my "Weed Wacker" to cut up the straw. I had a large cardboard box that did not take too much of a battering. It created a lot of dust....
I still have a few longish straws in there. I was wondering, could I use my paper document shredder... It has a cross cutting mechanism as well!!!!
I think I will try that.
I will also try spraying some water into the box before I pick out the straw so as to avoid creating so much dust. The straw is going to go into ground up Horse manure any how and then be pasteurized...
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: GermanShaman]
#27059021 - 11/26/20 06:42 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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All sounds like good ideas. I bet you'll work it out.
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: LtLurker]
#27059309 - 11/26/20 11:17 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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I have used hedge trimmers in the past
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Re: Best and fastest way to cut up Straw? [Re: Adrenochrome]
#27059433 - 11/27/20 01:13 AM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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After a lot of reading on the subject these all seem like good ideas! I've heard of the weed whacker (trimmer) method but a lawnmower sounds awesome!
I own a Lawncare and Landscaping business so it shouldn't be too hard to get it done. My guys might look at me a little weird when I drop a few bales off the tailgate and tell em to get busy though lol!
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If you have a bale shredder that would work perfect
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