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We cut it with a sickle mower. I let it get about 6 foot tall. We don't harvest the grain it's only used for straw.
We use it for covering strawberries. We use because the grain in the straw won't germinate in the strawberry fields. Also it stays pretty weed free. Yes I wish it went through a haybine. We let it sit for at least 2 weeks and it also needs to get rained on once or twice in order for it to be brittle enough to bale decent. I would consider having someone combine it and take the grain, but it gets so tall it will blow down before it fully matures and dries.It'd dry down faster if you went through a haybine, discbine, or ran a conditioner over it after the sickle mower. What are you doing w/ the straw? We graze or bale up our winter rye...
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