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Has anyone ever planted sunflower seeds in several acres. I am going to plant about 8 to 10 acres next week and have no experence at it. Would it be better to broad cast or drill it in.
1982vett":1djwu8bc said:Well, first off you are posting on the grasses, pastures and hay board, where such a plant is considered a noxious weed. Noone here is going to plant sunflowers in their hayfield.
Might get a better reception on the gardening board. If you are wanting to attract wildlife, try the sports,hunting,fishing and wildlife. board
TexasBred":y9atf246 said:1982vett":y9atf246 said:Well, first off you are posting on the grasses, pastures and hay board, where such a plant is considered a noxious weed. Noone here is going to plant sunflowers in their hayfield.
Might get a better reception on the gardening board. If you are wanting to attract wildlife, try the sports,hunting,fishing and wildlife. board
Why didn't you just say " I don't know"??? :lol2:
1982vett":1mvbsksj said:TexasBred":1mvbsksj said:1982vett":1mvbsksj said:Well, first off you are posting on the grasses, pastures and hay board, where such a plant is considered a noxious weed. Noone here is going to plant sunflowers in their hayfield.
Might get a better reception on the gardening board. If you are wanting to attract wildlife, try the sports,hunting,fishing and wildlife. board
Why didn't you just say " I don't know"??? :lol2:
OK. I don't know why anyone would want to plant a weed like that in a pasture or hayfield. :lol2: Plenty of other crops that produce a lot better grazing. My cows eat bloodweed and some variety of thistles, but you are not going to catch me planting them on purpose.
Angus/Brangus":3d6zl44k said:Well, if you want to do a little Dove hunting out of your hay meadow or pasture those Sunflowers are great!! We tried planting them, for this purpose, in 1/4 acre bunches, out in the pasture, one time. Tilled up the soil and broadcast before a rain. Not one seed came up. If we did it again we would drill it. Good luck!
SSS Angus":37b6ec45 said:Angus/Brangus":37b6ec45 said:Well, if you want to do a little Dove hunting out of your hay meadow or pasture those Sunflowers are great!! We tried planting them, for this purpose, in 1/4 acre bunches, out in the pasture, one time. Tilled up the soil and broadcast before a rain. Not one seed came up. If we did it again we would drill it. Good luck!
I don't know about you but around here I could meet my limit every evening with out the pesky sun flowers. Heck, just in tree's right around the house I have seen atleast 1/2 a dozen dove nests. As for the hunting being better over sun flowers maybe you should try Sudan/Millet/Oat's/Wheat, you may be suprised & then you get a dual purpose forage/crop. ;-)
TexasBred":2tvnhfdy said:SSS Angus":2tvnhfdy said:Angus/Brangus":2tvnhfdy said:Well, if you want to do a little Dove hunting out of your hay meadow or pasture those Sunflowers are great!! We tried planting them, for this purpose, in 1/4 acre bunches, out in the pasture, one time. Tilled up the soil and broadcast before a rain. Not one seed came up. If we did it again we would drill it. Good luck!
I don't know about you but around here I could meet my limit every evening with out the pesky sun flowers. Heck, just in tree's right around the house I have seen atleast 1/2 a dozen dove nests. As for the hunting being better over sun flowers maybe you should try Sudan/Millet/Oat's/Wheat, you may be suprised & then you get a dual purpose forage/crop. ;-)
All that stuff is long gone when dove season starts.
I guess when you harvest you get 100% of everthing right? I guess Sudan doesn't go to a seed head and even if it did Dove wouldn't touch them. :roll:TexasBred":1185b6vs said:Guess they can eat those tender little oat shoots cause there won't be any grain on it.
SSS Angus":33eve54u said:why the hel* would I go plant'n weeds in my fields?
bobby22":383jrdp2 said:Should have put it in gardening I apologize.
dun":2d4znm0s said:SSS Angus":2d4znm0s said:why the hel* would I go plant'n weeds in my fields?
Because he wants to is reason enough.
If I'm putting them in an established field I use a drill if open ground I disk it broadcast the seed and roll it.
SSS Angus":hbs1zmsz said:That's perfectly fine, I was just curious why you would plant a crop of weeds when you could plant a useable crop, I wasn't looking for the 6 year old "because I want to" reasoning. Geez, this is a "DISCUSSION BOARD" no need to get al bent out of shape. :wave: