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Borage

  • 24-03-2014 4:12pm
    #1
    brianmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭


    Has anybody come across anybody growing borage in Ireland? I believe it's grown as an oil seed crop and sometimes as animal feed.

    I keep bees and I believe it can produce a good honey crop.


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  • #2
    Markcheese
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    brianmc wrote: »
    Has anybody come across anybody growing borage in Ireland? I believe it's grown as an oil seed crop and sometimes as animal feed.

    I keep bees and I believe it can produce a good honey crop.

    Bees go mad for it ? It's known as bee bread ... Hadn't known it could be
    grown as An ag crop ... It self seeds very easily

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #3
    brianmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭brianmc


    Markcheese wrote: »
    Bees go mad for it ? It's known as bee bread ... Hadn't known it could be
    grown as An ag crop ... It self seeds very easily

    It's grown commercially in some countries, probably more continental though. I've never seen or heard of it happen in Ireland. I have heard of it in the UK.

    It yields in about July/August as far as I know so it would fit very nicely in to the beekeeping season when the colonies are strong and able to forage best.


  • #4
    conor t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭conor t


    I'd say ur best bet is to get in rape then blackberry/clover and heather late July


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