Planting sunflowers
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Sunflower newbie. Learninf for sure. Shoot doves? Look pretty.
Bucksnbears
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Got my SunFlower rubbing posts beds dug today.
10th of June is target date.
You fellas planting the edible or oil seeds?
10th of June is target date.
You fellas planting the edible or oil seeds?
What's that mean? Beds?
Bucksnbears
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Nothing special 1983.
I just took a hoe and raked out a 12"×12" bed about 3" deep, put in 1/4 cup of triple 19 fertilizer, flooded each with water and covered them back with dirt. Will add seeds bout the 10th.
Necessary, I don't know?, just the way I've been doing it for years.
Seems to always work real well.
Gonna do 9 plants this year. 3 within 25 yards of my cabins deck. (Grin) lol.
It's just SO FUN watching bucks beeline for them mid October and tear them up.
I just took a hoe and raked out a 12"×12" bed about 3" deep, put in 1/4 cup of triple 19 fertilizer, flooded each with water and covered them back with dirt. Will add seeds bout the 10th.
Necessary, I don't know?, just the way I've been doing it for years.
Seems to always work real well.
Gonna do 9 plants this year. 3 within 25 yards of my cabins deck. (Grin) lol.
It's just SO FUN watching bucks beeline for them mid October and tear them up.
How many do you plant in a cluster or just 1 per spot?
Bucksnbears
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I plant them about 5_6 feet apart.
2 last year got to 14'. And bout 5" diameter.
2 last year got to 14'. And bout 5" diameter.
justinkarns
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5” - holy cow! I see why they rub them! We’ve experimented with sorghum stalks as scrape limbs - and it works decent. Similar philosophy I suppose. I might have to try your method!
Bucksnbears
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Got them in today.
Wish I had pics from previous years to sh9w you fellas.
Wish I had pics from previous years to sh9w you fellas.
