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simple straw question
    #7636872 - 11/14/07 06:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

well it's as simple as this;

does anyone have an efficient method for shredding straw to use as substrate? it seems scissors are dreadfully slow, so i've been doing it by hand, just balling it up and crushing it etc

so to repeat,
what's a good method for shredding straw?


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7636876 - 11/14/07 06:59 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

an electric chipper/shredder.

It'll run you roughly $150 or so.
works like a charm.

I even have an extra new one...
forgot about that.

anyway, that's what we all generally use, a chipper/shredder.


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7636883 - 11/14/07 07:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

You might try a food processor that can cut rather coarsely...

I have never used straw as a substrate, so I'm just firing off.


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Re: simple straw question [Re: BanjoMojo]
    #7640352 - 11/15/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

when you're saying an electric chipper

you mean like the kind you put tree limbs in?


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7640364 - 11/15/07 03:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Or roadkill or annoying neighborhood children. :smile:


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Re: simple straw question [Re: BlargIAmDead]
    #7640419 - 11/15/07 03:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

seems like putting roadkill in a chipper might make a bigger mess than it started out as

annoying neighbor hood children don't bleed tho, we all know that


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7640432 - 11/15/07 03:48 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Just had a thought. If you have a chainsaw or possibly a weed whacker you might be able to do just as well. Back that straw bale into a corner or get someone else to hold it and then go Shawshank Redemption on it :smile:.


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Re: simple straw question [Re: BlargIAmDead]
    #7640447 - 11/15/07 03:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

put it in a rubbermaid then take some hedge clippers and let out some aggression.


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Re: simple straw question [Re: bait_]
    #7640495 - 11/15/07 04:06 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

blah i live in a mostly carpeted apartment
most power tools are pretty much out of the question

guess i'll just have to do it by hand
oi the work is worth it though


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7640824 - 11/15/07 05:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I use an electric weed whacker with the straw in a tote with the lid on it. I cut a very skinny rectangle out of the center of the lid so I can move the weed eater around in the box to get it all. It takes about five minutes or less to do a 125 quart sterlite container full of straw. I do this right in my living room, since I also live in a condo. There's some mess, but not much.
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Re: simple straw question [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7643346 - 11/16/07 08:54 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

now THAT sounds like a good ass idea

do you trim the weedeater strings short? can a plastic tote take much beating from em?

like i was telling katfish in PM
it's a real pain in the ass getting a bail of straw inside of an apartment xD
luckily we live in a duplex so we have a ground floor entrance :smile:


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Re: simple straw question [Re: anarchOi]
    #7643463 - 11/16/07 09:39 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

go buy yourself some large black trashbags.
when you go to buy the straw, load it into the trashbags,
cover it on both ends.

that way you can easily carry it into an apartment or whatever
and nobody will have any idea what it is.
plus it helps to keep the vehicle clean that way.


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Re: simple straw question [Re: monstermitch]
    #7643520 - 11/16/07 10:02 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Just a suggestion, I never even trim straw.  I just make sure it is well compacted into the container when spawning and don't let any ends stick up.  Works like a charm. :grin:


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