Beet Pulp - how far ahead can you soak it?

[islgrl]

My horse gets a small amount of soaked beet pulp in every meal to soak up the powdered supplements. (By small amount I mean two cups of dried beet pulp is four meals after soaking). My process is to soak it, drain it and rinse it and them sort into 4 small tupperware containers for feeding. It is stored in the fridge. So, the longest it sits in the fridge once soaked is 36 hours. How many days do you suppose would be safe to do this ahead of time? I’m traveling next week and in my perfect world wouldn’t have to ask a barn mate to prep it for me.

thanks

[eightpondfarm]

If there is a freezer to that fridge, maybe you could do baggies in the freezer as well as in the fridge? ask them to use fridge ones first them bring the freezer ones down into the fridge to thaw and use secondly?

in the summer, about 20 minutes minimum to prevent them choking on it.
But for full soakage, about an hour.

When i haul in to my lesson, i put about 16 oz dry in a gallon baggie and fill w/water to 3/4 full. Put two in my cooler and when lesson is over they have nice gushy cool beet pulp with which to hydrate they bad selves. Since they find it seemingly to drink water out of a bucket while at the training barn.

[endlessclimb]

Well, with a week to go I don’t think you have time to do a test, but it has a distinct smell when rancid.

I think to be safe you’re going to have to have a barn mate prep it. Or, could you switch to an ultra yummy/sticky pelleted feed for a week? Two cups is almost nothing.

[JB]

1/2c takes about 1c water and the time it takes to add in the rest of the things, to soak to a safe consistency

[islgrl]

@endlessclimb

Well, with a week to go I don’t think you have time to do a test, but it has a distinct smell when rancid.

I think to be safe you’re going to have to have a barn mate prep it. Or, could you switch to an ultra yummy/sticky pelleted feed for a week? Two cups is almost nothing.

I think I’ll just have someone prep it… (considering he gets only one cup of ration balancer I don’t want to give him yummy sticky food for fear he’ll know there is something better out there!)

[Weezer]

I soak my beet pulp in hot water and it’s ready to feed in 20 minutes. Hopefully you can find someone at the barn to just do that for you while they’re working with their own horse?

[colorfan]

I have been soaking pulp for many years, occasionally a feeding of the stuff gets missed, I have found in cooler temps 36hrs is ok, after that it does start to smell funky Preparing in the morning, esp if you have enough containers, would only be a few minutes. If the morning feed was the one prepared the night before and then make 4 each morning the rotation would work.
But, I have found that the pellets I feed will soak and expand in just a few minutes so now I start a cupful to soak, add the extra supplements, do chores then add another cup of dry and mare is very happy with her stew.

[FjordBCRF]

My gelding also get his supplements with beet pulp as a carrier. I just prep a weeks worth of dry containers and the barn staff soaks it in his feed pan before they feed him. It doesn’t need anymore than 5-10 mins.