You might have some mod conflict of sorts. The pulse straw works fine, like normal straw. The first problem might be also from that conflict. Test the map on a new save without any mods and tell me if the problem still persists. Otherwise, you will have to see which mod causes that problems...
And if the problem persists even without mods, please tell. See also other comments for mods that causes conflict (Even OmaTana's new apple orchard might cause issues because she added apples as bulk and that requires a heightTypes.xml and probably is 6 channels, instead of 7 needed for multifruit...)