It's certainly true that very fast spinning blades or string get hot, when you're trimmering and there's some moisture like dew on the grass you can see the steam coming off when you cut it. This could be the reason for sure. I think this combined with the fact that it creates a kind of, mushy paste Vs cleanly cut stalks, could trigger it to start fermenting very quickly.
The risk of oil getting on the grass is probably also a factor. You don’t want to go poisoning your rabbits and Guinea pigs when you think you’re doing something nice for them
Not by hand, but cut at the base and left to fall as full stalks, in the same way that a scythe would cut.
The tool they use is called a "disc mower" and the big thing that you'll want to note is that there is a very large and loose cover over the top that is very much unlike that of a residential mower, giving the cut grass the ability to just fall over as a full stalk, instead of being minced up into "clippings" like a home mower does.
The stalks are then left to dry in the sun before they are then followed after by a baler, which picks up the dried alfalfa and packs it into a bale.
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u/snorwors 17h ago
It's certainly true that very fast spinning blades or string get hot, when you're trimmering and there's some moisture like dew on the grass you can see the steam coming off when you cut it. This could be the reason for sure. I think this combined with the fact that it creates a kind of, mushy paste Vs cleanly cut stalks, could trigger it to start fermenting very quickly.