sunflowers

trc313

which member planted the sunflower crop? I was thinking of doing the same and was wondering when to start'em and what seed they used. If I remember correctly they just used "bird feed" sunflower seeds. This crop will be in the middle tennessee area if that helps on when to start them.....

TooBig

Ours are already up in Kansas we planted them a couple of weeks ago since were having such a warm spring

dipits

I planted 17 ac. today . Used Syngenta seed this year. I like to have them in the ground by Derby day if possible .

Forkliftking

This is what I planted last year. I used oil sunflower seed for bird feeding. 25-30 pounds per acre is plenty. I used 70 pounds for one acre last year and it was way too much. I planted two acres this past weekend. I disk the ground good, sowed it with a hand crank seeder, and then drug the ground over the seeds with a 10' long 4" H-beam.

Forkliftking

I planted the last week of May last year and it was about a month too late. The heads never had a chance to dry out good here in Western Kentucky.

trc313

quote:Originally posted by forkliftking
This is what I planted last year. I used oil sunflower seed for bird feeding. 25-30 pounds per acre is plenty. I used 70 pounds for one acre last year and it was way too much. I planted two acres this past weekend. I disk the ground good, sowed it with a hand crank seeder, and then drug the ground over the seeds with a 10' long 4" H-beam.



where's a good place to get the seed?

saserby

quote:Originally posted by forkliftking
This is what I planted last year. I used oil sunflower seed for bird feeding. 25-30 pounds per acre is plenty. I used 70 pounds for one acre last year and it was way too much. I planted two acres this past weekend. I disk the ground good, sowed it with a hand crank seeder, and then drug the ground over the seeds with a 10' long 4" H-beam.



Do you do anything to keep the weeds down while the sunflowers are small?

Forkliftking

I got my seeds at a local farm store. Weeds were my problem last year. I sprayed a better herbicide this year a couple weeks before disking the land in hopes of better weed control.

thebambam2001

quote:Originally posted by forkliftking
I planted the last week of May last year and it was about a month too late. The heads never had a chance to dry out good here in Western Kentucky.

Mike, you have mail.[:)]

Mossbergboogie

Just getting into dove plots here. Last year we planted a small amount. This year we are bumping up to .25 to .5 an acre.

biggest issue we had was foxtail and brome. For doves foxtail is okay but brome not so much.

We usually use PF dove kandy. We plant them the same time as corn around here.