Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI don't know the difference between hay and strawmessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down114
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareI don't know the difference between hay and strawPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoStraw is shaped like a straw… Hay is like grass, it basically is grass really.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYea, hay is a generic term for grasses used as feed.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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.