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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
No they don’t. They point one way, sort of the average direction of the sun.
A useful break crop, better paying than beans, stand hot dry conditions better. about 340 euros per tonne 3-4 tonne hectare.why do the french grow so many sun flowers?
A useful break crop, better paying than beans, stand hot dry conditions better. about 340 euros per tonne 3-4 tonne hectare.
Need a special header on the combine, wildlife love to eat them, then they eat the inside of the combine, how did you get on with them czechmate?
If spring beans let me know i will buy some for seed,I was happy enough. Not the best of years with the dry/heat. Main problem was, after grass we were unsure of what weeds would come so we went for a variety that could take effective herbicides (grass and broad leaf), which wasn’t an oil variety so the price is significantly less. Although selling to the coop we don’t actually know what the final price will be yet.
Trying beans now...
If spring beans let me know i will buy some for seed,
A useful break crop, better paying than beans, stand hot dry conditions better. about 340 euros per tonne 3-4 tonne hectare.
Need a special header on the combine, wildlife love to eat them, then they eat the inside of the combine, how did you get on with them czechmate?
this is what is used herewe use the same “header” on the front as we do for wheat & all our other combinable crops, although we do bolt “sunflower trays” out the front & instead of a conventional reel will use a “Sullivan” type head snatcher, although many just run a conventional bat real
South of england might be ok, but not viable north of the wash i would say.We have 2 distinct planting times for sunnies here.
Early spring ( sept ) for a mid - late summer harvest ( jan / feb )
Summer ( Dec ) for a late autumn / early winter ( may / June ) harvest
So we are growing them through OUR summer
not sure how that equates to a UK climate though ? Would have thought they would be better in a warmer & longer summer than you have ?
Had people wanting to photograph and paint them.
Rather than a big reel like that one ( if people aren’t running a Sullivan reel ) we are more than likely to lift our reels right up out of the way, or even take them off altogetherthis is what is used here View attachment 848127
Indeed. Tbh if enough folk want to pay a tenner to run naked through them, or whatever then do they really need to see a combine?
Mine were left to feed the birdsIndeed. Tbh if enough folk want to pay a tenner to run naked through them, or whatever then do they really need to see a combine?
My sunflower patch was very popular with photographers and painters and all the locals loved it.Indeed. Tbh if enough folk want to pay a tenner to run naked through them, or whatever then do they really need to see a combine?
Early years of HLS, we grew some on a wild bird seed plot in front of the house . Never managed to replicate it. Had people wanting to photograph and paint them.View attachment 848103
That's all we do,,,,,,,, not the running naked bit,,,,,,,,,,,, you would never see me runningIndeed. Tbh if enough folk want to pay a tenner to run naked through them, or whatever then do they really need to see a combine?