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    Growing Sunflowers in Kent

    Thank you to everyone for your help on this. To keep everyone up to date, we have planted 5 acres and after some rain they have just started to sprout. I'll be watching the pigeons now!
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    Growing Sunflowers in Kent

    @Matthew Britton We're based down in Canterbury, the field we have has plenty of cover from the wind as I've been told the heads can be damaged in the wind. @Farmer Roy We will be growing them for the bird food market. Is there something about getting the oil content right, or is this more of...
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    Growing Sunflowers in Kent

    Where would you suggest we buy the seeds from? Most of the stuff online for bird feed has been sterilised.
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    Growing Sunflowers in Kent

    Is there anything special we do in terms of spraying or looking after it? I know pigeons are a problem when they first start.
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    Growing Sunflowers in Kent

    Hi everyone, new to the forum so let me know if this is the wrong place to post this. I've started working with a local farmer and we are planning on growing a trial crop of sunflowers down in Kent. We have 5 acres that we have dedicated to it this year. We want to know the specifications...
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