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Old December 21, 2012   #51
Tracydr
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Originally Posted by clkeiper View Post
My son helps the neighbor do some baling and they use SALT to keep the bales dehydrated so they aren't growing mold as that would be poisonous to the cattle. Too much salt in the garden is detrimental to some plants more than others, but you still need to ask what the hay was treated with when they were baling it.
I've heard of using a culture which I think is like a lactobacillus but I've never heard of using salt. I think some of the OK alfalfa farmers use a culture to put up the alfalfa a little damper without molding.
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