hemp seed supplier

[paul41]

looking for a cheap supplier of hemp seed for a french trip can anybody put me onto a supplier in the stafford and surrounding areas we are looking for about 6 sacks .

[braidman]

most pigeon feed suppliers will be able to source good quality hemp for you.
i get mine for around £17 a 25kg sack for regular sized hemp

[woody]

Originally Posted by braidman

most pigeon feed suppliers will be able to source good quality hemp for you.
i get mine for around £17 a 25kg sack for regular sized hemp

IS HAITHS BIRD SEED SUPPLIERS ANY GOOD ????

[braidman]

haiths is probably one of the best if not a little more expensive

[steve hurst]

Paul,

If you can drive to Market Drayton then there is a very good pet store on the Shrewsbury Road about 500m from the Muller factory.

There stock is always very clean, well packaged etc.

About £17 per 25kilo.

[James Furness]

How long does hemp stay fresh for once its been prepared if its not kept in a fridge/freezer? Going for a weeks fishing down in Suffolk at the end of the month and i want to take a fair bit of hemp with me but my Uncle who i'm staying with unfortunately doesn't have the fridge space for me to store a load of prepared hemp, and i dont want to have to spend a fortune on the tinned stuff!!

Cheers.

[LeAtHeR CaRp]

Hi James, i have always found hemp to be ok for weeks and weeks providing all the grains are covered in liquid and the container is 100% air tight. Look at dynamite bait's jars of hemp - on tackle shop shelves for weeks at a time, air tight and moist they will be fine mate.

[braidman]

Originally Posted by LeAtHeR CaRp

Look at dynamite bait's jars of hemp - on tackle shop shelves for weeks at a time, air tight and moist they will be fine mate.

dynamite hemp is cooked in the sealed up jars in a simlar way to tinned food that is why it keeps for so long. i would not keep cooked hemp any longer than 3 or 4 days in any state exept frozen.i have found the liquid starts to sour after this time and the hemp starts to go off.

try altrincham pet supplys they supply the shop where i work with all the sacks of bird seed and all that kind of stuff not sure what the prices are but i bought a 4kg bag for £3.08

[mul]

Originally Posted by braidman

i would not keep cooked hemp any longer than 3 or 4 days in any state exept frozen.i have found the liquid starts to sour after this time and the hemp starts to go off.

I've always thought fresh was best but recently seen a lad use a bucket of hemp that had been left to 'mature' for months. It absolutely reaked but the fish, which are normally quite cagey, were straight on it. Certainly got me thinking....

As said earlier, you can't go wrong with a local pidgeon feed supplier. Around 65p/kg, you save on p&p and it's decent stuff.

[James Furness]

Do you reckon it'd stay fairly fresh if i kept it in buckets and put a freezer pack in each bucket overnight?

[russ]

hi lads i bought a 20kg sack of hemp for 12.50 and a sack of pigeon conditioner for about the same .
i get it from a local pet shop and i think its dirt cheap!

[carptrakker]

i get all my hemp from altrincham pet supplies it is about £12 for 25kg . you can call them on this number 0161 941 2814

[shaun]

Originally Posted by LeAtHeR CaRp

Hi James, i have always found hemp to be ok for weeks and weeks providing all the grains are covered in liquid and the container is 100% air tight. Look at dynamite bait's jars of hemp - on tackle shop shelves for weeks at a time, air tight and moist they will be fine mate.

hemp should be used up within a couple of days or freeze it , it starts to turn after 3-4 days otherwise

[Callum91]

i remember on korda underwater carp fishing part 1 danny fairbrass makes a stick mix and the day after he casts out and you can see the hemp rising to the top, is this because there is no liquids in the stickmix?, if it was left in all its natural juices and was wet for a few days it would be fine or would it still start to float??