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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5311965" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>Interesting....after reading the nrcs comments below on sunn hemp (as a single cover crop) I see why you recommend it as an addition to the blend:</p><p></p><p> "As a cover crop, sunn hemp can produce 5,000-6,000 pounds of biomass per acre in southern climates in 60-90 days. It also can produce 120- 140 pounds of nitrogen in the same amount of time. It provides the benefits of a cover crop such as erosion control, soil improvement, plus resistance to root- knot nematode"</p><p></p><p>Then....</p><p></p><p>"Sunn hemp is not an invasive weed. In fact, it smothers out 99.9 % of all weeds. The sunn hemp will not flower and go to seed until the days start getting shorter and there is not enough time for those seeds to mature in our area after flowering"</p><p></p><p>So...with sunn hemp added to the blend of buckwheat, sorghum, millet and sunflower....is there a recommendation for a percentage of each seed type? Should they be equal amounts? or should the more dominate plant types be reduced? Or is it just a personal preference?....in some cases I would imagine cost would play a part in developing a blend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5311965, member: 20594"] Interesting....after reading the nrcs comments below on sunn hemp (as a single cover crop) I see why you recommend it as an addition to the blend: "As a cover crop, sunn hemp can produce 5,000-6,000 pounds of biomass per acre in southern climates in 60-90 days. It also can produce 120- 140 pounds of nitrogen in the same amount of time. It provides the benefits of a cover crop such as erosion control, soil improvement, plus resistance to root- knot nematode" Then.... "Sunn hemp is not an invasive weed. In fact, it smothers out 99.9 % of all weeds. The sunn hemp will not flower and go to seed until the days start getting shorter and there is not enough time for those seeds to mature in our area after flowering" So...with sunn hemp added to the blend of buckwheat, sorghum, millet and sunflower....is there a recommendation for a percentage of each seed type? Should they be equal amounts? or should the more dominate plant types be reduced? Or is it just a personal preference?....in some cases I would imagine cost would play a part in developing a blend. [/QUOTE]
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