24 x Pallet of Bedsoft Bio Oil Seed Rape Straw Bedding – 16kg Bale

Bedsoft Bio Oil Seed Rape Straw Bedding – Pallet of 24 x 16kg Bales

A full pallet of Bedsoft Bio: 24 bales at 16kg each, delivered in a single drop. Buying by the pallet takes the repeat ordering out of the season and lands the bedding in one go, which is what most yards want by October.

Bedsoft Bio is oil seed rape straw rather than wheat, harvested in Essex and put through Bedsoft's own processing. It is dust extracted and then treated with a blend of oils including Eucalyptus citriodora, which Bedsoft say is around 80% citronellal — that is the compound doing the antimicrobial and insect-repellent work, and the reason a fresh bale smells of eucalyptus rather than of straw.

Performance & Benefits

• Oil seed rape straw, which Bedsoft describe as highly absorbent and low dust.
• Dust extracted during processing, then given an antimicrobial treatment.
• Treated with a blend of oils including Eucalyptus citriodora at approximately 80% citronellal.
• The citronellal brings insect-repellent properties and discourages horses from eating the bed.
• Extremely biodegradable and easy to muck out, breaking down rapidly once on the heap.
• Grown and processed in the UK, in recyclable packaging.

Suitable For

• Busy yards and liveries getting through bedding steadily through the winter.
• Horses with sensitive airways, given the dust extraction.
• Horses inclined to eat a conventional straw bed.
• Yards paying by volume to have muck taken away.
• Not the buy if there is nowhere dry to keep 24 bales — single bales make more sense there.

How to Use

• Store the pallet under cover and off the ground so the bales stay dry.
• Check delivery access before ordering: a pallet of 24 bales arrives by lorry.
• Muck out as normal; the straw breaks down quickly once it reaches the heap.
• Bedsoft publish no bed depth and no bales-per-stable figure, so none is given here.

Specification

• 24 bales per pallet, each 16kg — approximately 384kg in total.
• Material: oil seed rape straw, dust extracted.
• Treatment: a blend of oils including Eucalyptus citriodora.
• Bedsoft publish no bale dimensions, no absorbency figure and no dust percentage, so none are stated here.
• Bedsoft publish no standard pallet quantity; 24 bales is the quantity supplied on this listing.

Care & Caution

• This is bedding, not forage. The oil treatment discourages eating but does not prevent it, and a horse that works through an oil seed rape straw bed can upset its gut.
• A persistent bed eater usually needs more forage rather than a different bedding. Deal with the cause before changing the bed.