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Agronomy Information for Sunflowers
Basic guidelines for growing sunflowers in the UK
(Provided by UK Sunflower Association, 2007, updated in 2009)
| Location | Open sunny sites away from overhead lines and trees if possible. Minimum field size 4 ha. |
| Rotation | Best after cereals or fallow |
| Soil type | Almost any but well drained loam best. Optimum pH 6 7.5 |
| Preparation | Well cultivated, fine seed bed, no compaction |
| Fertiliser | 50kg/ha N @ index 0, maintenance applications of P & K incorporated into seed bed |
| Herbicides | Glyphosate in winter, Treflan pre drilling or Stomp pre emergence, if required |
| Sowing date | Mid April to early May, depending on cultivar |
| Sowing rate | Between 90 000 - 150 000 plants /ha |
| Row width | 25 - 50 cm |
| Drilling | Drill into a moist seed bed using a drill that can produce an evenly distributed plant population |
| Weed control | Mechanical hoeing post emergence if row width allows |
| Disease control | None |
| Pest control | Slug pellets at drilling |
| Harvest | Any suitably modified combine |
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