Where would you suggest we buy the seeds from? Most of the stuff online for bird feed has been sterilised.
Keep it local
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Where would you suggest we buy the seeds from? Most of the stuff online for bird feed has been sterilised.
We grew them when the subsidy situation favoured the crop but the return was not that good , from memory yiel;d was under 2 tonnes / Ha
i think if you get the establishment right from memory 100,000 per hectare and keep pesats at bay then they are not too bad for harvest in a half decent year, especially if you can get your hands on a header. It may be some like @Simon Chiles would know as i think he has grown them, may be wrong though
@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 an issue for human consumption?
When would you expect to harvest Sunflowers? Is it the lateness to ripen that makes them unattractive in UK .
How come Ukraine grows so many?
So was I, if you want to pm me i might be able to put you in touch with some one who has tried it.@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 an issue for human consumption?
different climate & soils
Roy, are there post-emergent herbicides you can use in Aus for sunflowers? I know the USA has or maybe had clearfield sunflowers??
I was told by a couple of Americans that sunflowers are the number 1 crop for combine fires over in their country.
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Looks a picture
Winter crop or summer crop