(edited)Machinery
I'm wondering if it's a bad idea to plant corn after sunflowers because I been told that the sunflowers can grab all of the nutrients with their tap roots and the corn wouldn't have anything down deep. However, I think if a person banded fertilizer with an air seeder that wouldn't be an issue. The main reason why I want to do this is because I want to build up the soil structure and I believe planting corn after sunflowers can help build the organic matter faster. Any thoughts?
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Where are you located? In South Dakota we follow flowers with spring. The tap root allows the wheat roots to access more of the profile and seems to be a good rotation. After spring wheat we will follow with winter wheat or corn. Wheat will add a lot of OM if that is your goal.
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