The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.

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The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« on: August 22, 2017, 11:27 »
I am being that anyone can answer this!? When they harvest rapeseed they chop up the branches. I am short of browns for the compost bins. Is it a brown??
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2017, 12:12 »
I collect this too. I'm glad I'm not the only one :D . Not sure if it counts as 'brown' or 'green', but I add it to my compost heap and it rots down nicely.

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2017, 12:41 »
Definitely brown. It's harder and drier than greens would be.
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2017, 13:57 »
Excellent. I walk the dog every morning for 10 minutes to a rapeseed field for her ablutions! Took a compost bag this morning and filled it. Will if I remember do it every morning. Hopefully if I remember I will collect a bag full on her proper walk at night.

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2017, 14:18 »
I take it the farmer is OK with you taking it away?
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2017, 14:32 »
I take it the farmer is OK with you taking it away?
No idea I haven't asked, he generally stops for a chat. Next time I may ask. I have never had a problem with the local landowner or any farmer who has "caught" me trespassing. They generally stop for a chat...up to now! Very few people on the land now. Some trespassing walks I have never seen a single person walking. Anyone driving a tractor has never stopped me. Some come over for a chat.
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2017, 07:52 »
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2017, 09:08 »
They spray rapeseed with weedkiller shortly before harvest to kill and dry the crop off .

I would not use it on my compost heap !

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2017, 10:52 »
Nope, nor would I.  It's a common practice these days just before harvests for several crops.

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2017, 19:31 »
I buy rape straw chopped up as bedding for ducks and it goes on the compost heap and rots down OK. However that is wet and "enriched" when it goes on the heap.

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2017, 21:58 »
Glyphosate is the most commonly used desiccant on rape seed so I'd be wary of putting it in my compost. Some crops are particularly sensitive to glyphosate but others seem able to cope with it so you might get away with it. You don't need to be an 'organic nut' to be wary of putting this stuff in your compost/soil. We've all seen the results of using municipal green waste in commercial composts and desiccated rape stalks are no different.

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2017, 23:28 »
They spray rapeseed with weedkiller shortly before harvest to kill and dry the crop off .

I would not use it on my compost heap !
I will give up using rapeseed oil as it is full of weedkiller?

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2017, 07:52 »
They spray rapeseed with weedkiller shortly before harvest to kill and dry the crop off .

I would not use it on my compost heap !
I will give up using rapeseed oil as it is full of weedkiller?

Do not know how much if any residual weedkiller is left in the oil. :mellow:
Now you know about it the choice is yours ! ;)
I do not put plants that have been sprayed with killer in the compost .

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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2017, 08:08 »
I'd like to think that there would be no residue in the seeds themselves and hence the oil, as it is sprayed just before the crop is ready to harvest.

Personally I would not use the left over dried stems in compost though. Perhaps ask your friendly farmer if he uses this method first
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Re: The bits left in the rapeseed field after harvest.
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2017, 12:00 »
Glyphosate is the most commonly used desiccant on rape seed so I'd be wary of putting it in my compost. Some crops are particularly sensitive to glyphosate but others seem able to cope with it so you might get away with it. You don't need to be an 'organic nut' to be wary of putting this stuff in your compost/soil. We've all seen the results of using municipal green waste in commercial composts and desiccated rape stalks are no different.

Glyphosate is roundup? I emailed them a few weeks ago they said I could put weeds that have  been killed by round up in the compost bin. It was not in relation to rapeseed.
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