I used to grow some of the seed for this. What I actually grew was called “parent seed”. It was two generations in front of the consumer, so the seed that I harvested was planted in a much larger seed plot and then that was sold to farmers to grow for oil. Out here it looks quite a bit different than what you have. Our soil is a lot more mellow when we plant and we grow them on beds for irrigation.
@utsouthpaw2013 yes it was a bit of a disappointment, thankfully the field is probably 7 or 8 acers, and the other field was smaller. But as far as the price goes, I know the seed came from SeedWay so I'm sure it wasn't cheap haha
well that was worth doing to have them come like that in a week looks like it paid off , was thinking the size of that cultivator to what we have a little 6ft old International hard tine cultivator would tale me all day to do that one field i expect , Great vid , thank you really enjoying your stuff very interesting how you do things compared to my little 100 acre farm here in England UK
@jamesmarsh4957 thanks for the comment! It definitely paid off, but we're not out of the water yet! Now if only the birds and deer don't eat all the sunflower seeds we might have a good harvest haha
I used to grow some of the seed for this.
What I actually grew was called “parent seed”. It was two generations in front of the consumer, so the seed that I harvested was planted in a much larger seed plot and then that was sold to farmers to grow for oil.
Out here it looks quite a bit different than what you have. Our soil is a lot more mellow when we plant and we grow them on beds for irrigation.
@FailureatRetirement thanks for the comment! And wow no kidding, that is different! Yeah we're out here trying to grow these for sunflower seeds
That's a bummer you had to do a replant. How big of field was it? How much seed did you use for the replant? Expensive seed?
@utsouthpaw2013 yes it was a bit of a disappointment, thankfully the field is probably 7 or 8 acers, and the other field was smaller. But as far as the price goes, I know the seed came from SeedWay so I'm sure it wasn't cheap haha
well that was worth doing to have them come like that in a week looks like it paid off , was thinking the size of that cultivator to what we have a little 6ft old International hard tine cultivator would tale me all day to do that one field i expect , Great vid , thank you really enjoying your stuff very interesting how you do things compared to my little 100 acre farm here in England UK
@jamesmarsh4957 thanks for the comment! It definitely paid off, but we're not out of the water yet! Now if only the birds and deer don't eat all the sunflower seeds we might have a good harvest haha