Sunflowers

[davidroberts30]

945?

Mini x9

 

[davidroberts30]

itv you have a good crop it is not that bad , otherwise you really need pans but they are not normally available here.
Keep your reel so it only just touches them or it will take the lot over the top. A bat reel comes into its own in sunflower
wind nearly minimum as they are very light, but the rubbish is even lighter
Drive as hard as you can to try and catch them
if it is s poor catchy crop you will lose a huge amount

Someone said
reel up wind down
Low enough to just get them and drive like I stole it

 

[Exfarmer]

Someone said
reel up wind down
Low enough to just get them and drive like I stole it

if you have a thick crop they ripen well
if it is thin you will have great big flowers which are a nightmare for drying out and harvesting

 

[davidroberts30]

Not my crop just in for the cutting

 

[le bon paysan]

Any hints tips to combining sunflowers?
JD combine walker machine

Sieves half open , 1/3 wind ,10 on the cylinder and 800/850 on the drum to start.
Without pans cut high and reel forward a bit and match forward reel speed to forward speed.
Will lose some heads!!

 

[czechmate]

I have 8 M worth

 

[czechmate]

Sieves half open , 1/3 wind ,10 on the cylinder and 800/850 on the drum to start.
Without pans cut high and reel forward a bit and match forward reel speed to forward speed.
Will lose some heads!!

I got bored as hell putting them on. Left the last metre. Started harvest...
Went back and finished putting the rest on

 

[davidroberts30]

Will a marconi test the moisture on them??

@Lodekka

 

[czechmate]

Will a marconi test the moisture on them??

@Lodekka

They will never be dry in the uk anyway?

 

[davidroberts30]

They will never be dry in the uk anyway?

Probably not would like a chance at testing them

 

[czechmate]

I tried them all but I can’t remember which tied in with the co op

 

[czechmate]

And seriously, watch out for the bloody things setting fire to your combine and then watch again
I was ever so careful then one evening found they had been happily smouldering along a ledge

 

[czechmate]

In fact he must be a bloody good friend or have a super model for a wife to even be contemplating the job...

 

[Exfarmer]

If they are a good crop there will be few problems.
However not many crops of sunflower are good crops

 

[Lodekka]

Will a marconi test the moisture on them??

@Lodekka

There was a scale for Sunflower Seed (46D) over the range 5-13%. Unfortunately I don’t have it at present.
What I am not able to confirm is what seed is similar enough to base the standard charts against.

The following are listed - perhaps someone knows an agronomist or seed agent who could advise further.
I am happy to help if I can but my knowledge is Marconi meters and servicing repairs etc. but not seed variants.

Other, maybe similar seeds were listed under the standard calibrations for A3 & M3 scales on all (Marconi) meter types... (I have A3 & M3 scales)...
Beet seeds
Brassica seeds
Canary seeds
Copra seeds
Cotton seeds (seed cake & seed meat)
Flax seed
Maize
Grass seed
Meal & Flour (Wheat, Rye, Maize, Barley, Oats, Canary Seed)
Oatmeal & Flour
Trefoil, Beet, Swede & Brassica
Rape

Hope it helps
Regards
Nigel

 

[Farmer Roy]

Fire is a big issue from harvesting sunflowers, mainly from the dust & static electricity. I have seen more combine fires from sunflowers ( being harvested in autumn / winter ) than wheat / barley, harvested through the heat of our summer.
I have seen many spot fires & smouldering embers on vertical body panels & even on the side of a plastic fuel tank which actually burnt a hole right through it ( JD )

also, be very careful if harvesting them at high moisture content ( anything over 12% ) as they WILL heat up in storage & spontaneously ignite, if you don’t aerate or dry them

 

[Longpod]

There was a scale for Sunflower Seed (46D) over the range 5-13%. Unfortunately I don’t have it at present.
What I am not able to confirm is what seed is similar enough to base the standard charts against.

The following are listed - perhaps someone knows an agronomist or seed agent who could advise further.
I am happy to help if I can but my knowledge is Marconi meters and servicing repairs etc. but not seed variants.

Other, maybe similar seeds were listed under the standard calibrations for A3 & M3 scales on all (Marconi) meter types... (I have A3 & M3 scales)...
Beet seeds
Brassica seeds
Canary seeds
Copra seeds
Cotton seeds (seed cake & seed meat)
Flax seed
Maize
Grass seed
Meal & Flour (Wheat, Rye, Maize, Barley, Oats, Canary Seed)
Oatmeal & Flour
Trefoil, Beet, Swede & Brassica
Rape

Hope it helps
Regards
Nigel

Looking at the Protimeter Calibration Data Table, the closest seed would be flax.

https://martinlishman.com/wp-content/uploads/Protimeter-Calibration-Data-1.pdf

 

[Longpod]

Looking at the Protimeter Calibration Data Table, the closest seed would be flax.

https://martinlishman.com/wp-content/uploads/Protimeter-Calibration-Data-1.pdf

Flax or Linseed