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Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 14:30
| Catalogs offer dozens of varieties of sunflowers. How far apart must commercial growers plant sunflowers to prevent hybridization? |
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- Posted by SouthCountryGuy SE BC 4b-5a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 15:55
| If they want to guarantee no hybridization they grow them in tents. Hybridization from open pollination can occur anytime plants are in the range of a pollinator. IE how far will a bee fly or how far will a wind storm blow an insect with pollen on it. More and more of these tents are appearing around here, kind of an eye sore. |
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