Sun hemp?

I found some for $38 for 7# and was thinking about adding it to my summer plots. It would be a mix with peas and sorghum. What y’all think?

That’s way too high per pound. A 50# bag can be had for $85 shipped.

Ok I don’t need a whole bag I’ll try and find some cheaper.

Check with petcher seed company or Hancock seed, they have smaller bags.

Ok thanks

Might can find people to split it with?

What kind of rate are you thinking about mixing with the peas and grains. I want to come up with a summer mix to use on my stuff that is not clover or going to be planted in corn.

I’ll just throw some in to add to the plots. I never really plan anything out much just add stuff and see if I can keep the deer out long enough to grow. I’ll probably have 50# I/C peas, 50# sorghum and mix in the hemp. I may add some soybean too but I only have around 2.5 acres between my house and lease. It won’t last long but I try anyway. I go heavy on seed since the throw and mow doesn’t do great with summer seeds. Especially since my lease is only on year one of it I have no soil built yet.

Go heavy with pure millet at your lease...

I'm going to mix up some brown top millet and iron clay peas and see how it does. The soil temperature probably needs to be over 70 I would guess before I plant it. I have got to lime so it will probably be all at the same time.

If it ever quits raining, I will be planting a mix of cowpeas,buckwheat, and sunn hemp. I like using millet on new fields that need carbon and a lot of organic matter.

What ratio per acre do you use for that? I think i might try it somewhere this spring.

I have been doing (per acre)
ICP 50#
lablab 10#
sunflowers 5#

I'm going with 50lbs peas, 15lbs buckwheat, 5 lbs sunn hemp.

Blumsden, I use the same seeds, except I use 10 lbs bw and 10 lbs sunn hemp. I have had buckwheat take a field over before.