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victoryallis 
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 9:54pm |
 SteveM C/IL wrote:
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If you grow soys and don’t have a white mold problem you will. |
Explain what you mean by soys and sunflowers and white mold. You talking same ground or "in the neighborhood" . Have been planting a few little patches last two yrs for family dove hunting near the pond but not in my actual farm fields. Am I asking for trouble? |
The fungus that causes white mold can stay in the soil 7 years and It’s hard/expensive to treat. It has certainly caused grief in two fields for me.
Edited by victoryallis - 13 Aug 2019 at 9:55pm
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 4:35pm |
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Yes it will be just for fun. I was thinking of using the 4 row planter. That way I can plant a different variety in each row. Having the tallest in the back in shortest in the front. That way we can enjoy seeing all of them.
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JayD-17(NY)
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 1:55pm |
We plant them just for the joy of it too......It was a damp fall in our parts last year, so I had trouble drying the heads and dealt with the mold issues too, so we had little to none for food consumption.....
I saved the best seeds, that we did not trust to eat, in what amounted to a medium paper bag full; and this Spring after working the garden ground real good, the wife and I scattered/sown them by hand on top the ground and what amounted to maybe 1/8th of an acre worth.
I worked them into the ground by gently scratching the surface with the rear mount cultivator on my WD.
By the looks off it, every darn seed came up......So, my experience has been that it doesn't take to much for them to grow, but they can be a real pain to harvest and process, even in the smallest amounts.
And yeah, the birds will get half of them. But if you're a nature lover, the sunflowers can attract birds you may not usually otherwise see.....honey bees love them to death too.....
So, if you are just growing them for the fun of it, you really don't have to over think it too much.
Edited by JayD-17(NY) - 13 Aug 2019 at 3:03pm
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TimCNY
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:32am |
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I just got an All-Crop grain drill this year... the chart on the drill, along with the manual, has instructions for planting sunflower seed. Does yours still have the chart in the hopper?
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 9:41am |
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Thanks for the info guys!
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 6:15am |
hmm... 1/2 acre ? I hand sow the rye every fall. Take the bushel bag, pour into 5 buckets, pace them out evenly. grab the furthest and broadcast the seeds up to the next bucket,repeat 4 more times. I then use the empty (!) 4' roller to gently press into soil. Done this for 5-6 years. Actually doesn't take too long, quiet, pleasent chore really....
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:13pm |
victoryallis wrote:
If you grow soys and don’t have a white mold problem you will. |
Explain what you mean by soys and sunflowers and white mold. You talking same ground or "in the neighborhood" . Have been planting a few little patches last two yrs for family dove hunting near the pond but not in my actual farm fields. Am I asking for trouble?
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victoryallis
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 9:25pm |
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If you grow soys and don’t have a white mold problem you will.
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jiminnd
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 9:21pm |
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I hope you like birds, when they get ripe you will have birds, we had to quit raising them because the blackbirds would get half before we could harvest.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 3:28pm |
Your gonna be having sunflower seed everything. 
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 2:24pm |
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I’m planning them for my wife to enjoy.
Edited by DennisA (IL) - 12 Aug 2019 at 2:25pm
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jiminnd
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:35am |
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I would think for that much about any planter could be made to work if you can figure out your population. Are you planting oil seed or confections?
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:17am |
ibleedorange wrote:
How many acres you planting?
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Only about 1/2 acre for now.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:14am |
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How many acres you planting?
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victoryallis
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:07pm |
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Deere finger pickups works good for flowers
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 8:38pm |
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Used to plant lots but that was 20 years ago. Used a corn planter mostly, did plant one year with a Melroe drill, hard to get good seed count and depth control a little tougher with the drill but did work.
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 7:58pm |
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Anyone have any experience with this?
I would like to use my Allis drill planter if possible.
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