Posted 9/12/2010 18:33 (#1356936 - in reply to #1356139) Subject: RE: Will dessicating sunflowers/milo save soil moisture?
Southeastern Kansas
Sure does not take long for the stem to dry up if you cut it off so it must use water for survival even though the grain has been removed. If leaves are green they are transpiring thus water is flowing to live cells in the leaf tissue. My take, maybe right and maybe not.