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Sunset Over Sunn Hemp (And What Exactly Is Sunn Hemp?)
November 24, 2017
North Escambia farmers sometimes turn to fields of a yellow-flowering crop to prevent soil erosion between regular crops like corn.
It’s called Sunn Hemp (that’s Crotalaria juncea L for the scientific types).
Sunn Hemp is a semi-tropical plant that is grown as a cover crop in the southeast. It’s a legume, growing in a variety of locations and returning nitrogen to the soil. It can also be used as a biomass to produce biofuels.
Pictured above: A golden setting sun Thanksgiving evening over a field of sunn hemp in Walnut Hill. Pictured below: A closer look at the sunn hemp flowers. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Sunset Over Sunn Hemp (And What Exactly Is Sunn Hemp?)”
Thanks for the info. I saw some of this, a couple of years ago on Hwy 29 North and could not figure out what it was. I grew up, kind of, especially during the Summer, on a small farm and never saw or heard of any of this. Finally the mystery is solved, or for me it is.