Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoI don't know the difference between hay and strawmessage-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down113
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareI don't know the difference between hay and strawPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoStraw is shaped like a straw… Hay is like grass, it basically is grass really.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoYea, hay is a generic term for grasses used as feed.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 hours agoOk, so if you pull up the entire plant, you get the roots, stem and leaves. I guess straw would be another word for the stem and hay for the leaves.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoFrom different plants. Straw is from, I think, cereals (wheat, barley, etc) whereas hay is from grass(es?).
Straw is shaped like a straw…
Hay is like grass, it basically is grass really.
Yea, hay is a generic term for grasses used as feed.
Ok, so if you pull up the entire plant, you get the roots, stem and leaves. I guess straw would be another word for the stem and hay for the leaves.
From different plants. Straw is from, I think, cereals (wheat, barley, etc) whereas hay is from grass(es?).
Different plants. Got it.