Burning Oats in Fort Kent, Maine

 
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windyhill4.2
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Wed. Dec. 24, 2014 3:43 pm

Someday,we in America will regret burning our food. If it can be eaten it should not be used for fuel !If it can't be eaten & will burn,then use it for fuel.


 
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Post by rberq » Wed. Dec. 24, 2014 4:27 pm

Titus wrote:… the chlorine ion disrupts the passivation layer …
Corn ash has a pH of around 10, oak ashes have a pH around 13.7.
A 160-bushel-per-acre corn crop (8480 lbs) pulls 12 pounds of sulfur per acre from the soil.
A 50-bushel-per-acre winter wheat crop (3000 lbs) pulls about 4 pounds of sulfur from the soil.
Oats aren't sulfur hungry... in sandy soils, you might add only 10 lbs per acre.
Passivation layer? :o Sheesh! The things you have to know to be a simple farmer!

Very interesting, Titus.

There’s a farmer near here who rents fields, grows corn, and sells it for fuel. I am surprised it has a higher value for fuel than for feed – maybe just in this area?

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