pyralisdawn
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Hi all,
I got started with barley fodder a few weeks ago since I have heard so much praise about it's affordability and quality as a feed, I've been giving it in addition to pellets to my buns. I've heard it can grow indoors just fine, I have mine next to a big south-facing window, but they seem to grow much more slowly than I've been led to expect from pictures online -- at 7 days, mine have the 'look' of sprouts that have only been going for about 3-4 days, a small green stub coming up. If I let them go two weeks they get to the full grassy goodness, but by that time they are moldy and I can't feed them to the rabbits, just chickens One one of my buns shows any interest in them when they are in this early sprouting stage, but they all like the green grass.
I water 2-3 times a day and they look fine except the slow growth rate -- I live in coastal california where the temps are very moderate. I do not have central heat in my house but it's typically 10 degrees warmer in the winter or cooler in the summer in the house than outside (big concrete slab) and we make a fire in the woodstove on particularly chilly nights. Perhaps it's day length since it's winter? But we are getting about 10 hrs right now, which I would think is enough... anyone else have this issue?
I got started with barley fodder a few weeks ago since I have heard so much praise about it's affordability and quality as a feed, I've been giving it in addition to pellets to my buns. I've heard it can grow indoors just fine, I have mine next to a big south-facing window, but they seem to grow much more slowly than I've been led to expect from pictures online -- at 7 days, mine have the 'look' of sprouts that have only been going for about 3-4 days, a small green stub coming up. If I let them go two weeks they get to the full grassy goodness, but by that time they are moldy and I can't feed them to the rabbits, just chickens One one of my buns shows any interest in them when they are in this early sprouting stage, but they all like the green grass.
I water 2-3 times a day and they look fine except the slow growth rate -- I live in coastal california where the temps are very moderate. I do not have central heat in my house but it's typically 10 degrees warmer in the winter or cooler in the summer in the house than outside (big concrete slab) and we make a fire in the woodstove on particularly chilly nights. Perhaps it's day length since it's winter? But we are getting about 10 hrs right now, which I would think is enough... anyone else have this issue?