where it is unwanted. Sunflowers are looked upon as weeds when growing in cultivated fields or on grazing land of theGreat Plainsof North America but as wildflowers in uncultivated valleys. The sunflower also is a crop plant cultivated for its seeds; in some places it is a gardenflower. ...
Make sure your birdfeeder is full of sunflower seed, suet, and mixed seed. Natural Christmas tree boughs spread over your flower beds add protection and the falling evergreen needles help enrich the soil. The woody branches can be removed in the spring and the needles can be raked into ...
Sow perennial sunflower seedsdirectly in the garden in spring after the last spring frost date. Prepare the garden bed by loosening the soil to at least 1 foot deep and addingcompost and organic matter. Make 1-inch-deep holes spaced 12-18 inches apart, and drop a seed in each hole. Cov...
Finally, some perennial species with relatively high grain yields — intermediate wheatgrass, wildrye, lymegrass, eastern gamagrass, Indian ricegrass, Illinois bundleflower, Maximilian sunflower, and probably others are candidates for direct domestication without interspecific hybridization. To ensure ...
Sunflower is the most widely cultivated oilseed crop, whilst industrial crops include rapeseed, cotton and tobacco. Alternative, innovative field crops introduced into the MB as contributions to climate change mitigation, in compliance with the EU (European Union) Green Deal objectives, include teff,...
Looking for new alternative raw materials is one of the key issues in line with a bioeconomy approach, particularly for particleboard manufacturing. In this framework, this paper presents a comparison of some physico-mechanical properties and the formald