Hot canola

[Robertbarlage]

Fack only 7 days in bin guess I shoulda put fan on right away but was waiting for cooler weather guess will unload bin tomorrow put in small bins see what’s up . All was 6-8 moisture 15 to 34 degreees

[Robertbarlage]

Turned fan on last night was going to shut off today because it was warm out seen this

[AlbertaFarmer5]

When I first started drying canola in the bins, and saw dark slime oozing out, I panicked.

In every case, it was fine.
But that is with moisture in the teens, at those low levels I have no experience.

[FarmJunkie]

U will be fine. Couple days of cooling at night it will be good. Had same thing as u. Checked cables and it was hot. Turned fans on and didn’t move any and now it’s 16-17 degrees. Will continue to blow fans at night and keep checking til it’s down to single digits

[fjlip]

Yes COOL at night asap, we did same with +35 wheat and barley.

[SmallTimeOperator]

I would be pulling a load out of that bin and keep your hand in the flow of grain for most of the load. You can never be too sure. It’s probably stuck on the wall a few inches thick. Always leave your lids wide open unless it’s raining till Christmas. Had a bin of canola catch fire once, under different circumstances though.

[Blaithin]

Just spent three days pissing around with a screenings bin of overs starting to go. Dockage was too tough, was turning into silage.

Pain in the ass shit.

Actual canola has all been fine. But the dockage was taken out of it so that probably helped.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Before I had aeration or a dryer, we started doing straight cut canola. Had a few years where it had been hailed late and regrew or just plain wouldn't die.

Exactly as you described, the dockage starts turning into silage very soon. It's a lot of work turning flat bottom bins every few days until it stays cold.

Aeration keeps it cool but doesn't keep the dockage from turning to silage on the walls.

[LEP]

I have found if you give it a few days and then move it, it makes all the difference. Unless it is snot green.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Unless it is snot green.

Key words.

[Robertbarlage]

Empty bin right out was 100 percent good thank God

[Robertbarlage]

Moisture was pushed to wall by fan

[biglentil]

Transferring canola today, gotta love when this works out. An 8ft spout and wouldnt even need to park the truck there.

[SmallTimeOperator]

Where they put the vents on a bin like that is too low and it won’t let the heat out. Neighbor has some with no vents, built with every crack sealed with silicone, and they like to keep the lids closed. Sure rots a lot of grain those bins. Open the lids for weeks.

[Robertbarlage]

Speaking of vents I always wondered if a guy should put wirlybirds on?