Tips on how to become seed sunflowers

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) is an attractive plant to grow, especially for children. Any increased competition, or pleasure, take the following advice will help ensure that your sunflowers in the best conditions for good growth and health.

Selection sunflower species for cultivation

The first step in the cultivation of sunflower is the question of what types you want to be. There are 67 species of sunflowers around the world with one or more stems, mounting height, president of size and color. Read details in every kind of popular below to help make an informed choice in sunflower plan to grow.

Teddy Bear sunflower species smaller Music Box, rising to around 12-18 inches.

Music Box is what I know the number of different runtime grows to a maximum height of 28 inches, making it suitable for container growing.

Italian White Sunflower, as well as a small, but with different attractive cream-colored flowers.

Fall Mix in contrast to the above, have tended to rise more than 6ft high, with yellow and rust colored flowers President, 5-6 inches in diameter.

The largest sunflower species, such as the Russian giant is rising over 15 feet with large core diameter to 20 inches. Naturally, are more species of sunflowers require more space than other types mentioned above. Fun if you have room to grow, though.


What is the best place to grow sunflowers

When ripe sunflower, heavy weight of the head of the high leaf sunflower stem is vulnerable to storm damage. Because wild sunflowers growing only between 2 and 6ft in height, the risk of damage from wind is smaller than the domestic sunflower.

Sunflowers grown in soil exposed to direct sunlight and sheltered from the wind. Protect your sunflowers, support stem Bamboo part as soon as sunflower when a height of 1 foot. This will help stem cells grow and protection of sunflower against storm damage.

What is the best ground for growth of Sunflowers

Plant your plants of good quality land, as my personal favorite - Miracle Grow potting Mix, which has a great content of water, diet enriched with vegetables. Always make sure the soil remains moist and prevent it from building a complete. Try adding fertilizer to the garden where you plant your seeds or plants.

Tips for budding sunflower

If you want your sunflower seed germinating in the soil before planting, a layer of at least 10 sheets of absorbent kitchen towel roll is placed in the plate is full of water. Sprinkle the seed evenly with a dry paper towel before placing it in a warm place like oven. Many sheets of paper towel use, better water supply, ie, more frequent watering is not needed.

Check half of regular watering can prevent the towels from drying, especially widespread in hot environment or in direct sunlight. When sunflower seeds start to grow, plant in potting soil mixed with manure in the garden to a depth of 2 inches, the distance of 1 - 2ft apart.

Sowing of sunflower seeds in pots

If your budding sunflower seed in pots, sow a seed in each bank to a depth of 1 inch to 3-inch pots. Using quality compost as Miracle Grow potting pour the mixture before applying to the top of the pot with clear tape.

When the green leaves above ground after the spring, remove the foil and put the bank in the window that receives the most sunlight during the day, if possible. Turn the flower pot 180 degrees in the morning and evening, check to make sure that the soil remains moist.

If the pool is too small, or sunflower is back in the pool too long, it can be difficult to build a wall around The Roots of the bank. Because sunflowers have long taproots can be 4ft deep, allowing plants to reach this stage, the pool is a serious impediment to economic growth.

Congested source may be removed without difficulty, cut no more than 1 / 3 with a sharp knife. To turn their backs and throw the dead land around The Roots of sunflower seeds before planting in the garden. Do not forget to be careful not to damage The Roots remained healthy in the process.

Planting sunflower seeds in the garden (recommended)

Sown directly in the garden of my best way, which I was the biggest success. From your sunflower seed after the last cold winter has passed and night temperatures rose more than 5? or 10? Celsius. Was observed in loose soil to a depth of about 50mm (2 inches) to 1 - 2ft apart. Water seeds of regular high 2ft when the second set of leaves off. Liquid fertilizer should be added to the feeding of water from this point.

Sunflower Facts

1. Sunflowers are one of the fastest growing plants in the world, growing to 30 centimeters (1 foot) per day.
2. Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) is an attractive plant to grow, especially for children. Sunflowers can grow up to 12ft high from the main diameter of 30 centimeters (1 foot).
3. The head of a sunflower, often called the mistake a flower, consisting of 1000 - 2000 individual flowers. Petals around the flower head rays.
4. The attractive feature of the sunflower is the ability to track the direction of sunlight, sending sunflower head in the direction of the day. Behavior is called heliotropism.
5. Wild sunflowers have fewer seeds, as the growth of industry and / or from more than one head. It is only by hundreds of years of carefully chosen selection of sunflower seeds is a house much more in a stalk and flower heads.
6. Sunflower is the state flower of Kansas, United States recognized, and the national flower of Russia.
7. According to the Book of Records, the tallest sunflower grown all is 1986, M Heijms in Oirschot, Netherlandsat height of 25ft 5.5 inches (776 cm).
8. The largest sunflower head on record in Book of Records measured 32 1 / 4 inches (82 cm) in diameter, raised by Emily Martin in Maple Ridge, Canada, hot summer in 1983.
9. The scientific name for sunflower, Helianthus comes from two Greek words, Helios meaning of nd and Anthos meaning flower.
10. Sunflowers are very effective for attracting butterflies, bees and birds.
11. Sunflowers used to produce sunflower oil. Like seeds, they are used for chicken feed and as a healthy snack for children and adults.
12. Sunflower 50% of Polyunsaturated fat content and rich end-to 6, which will be shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Seeds rich in limestone, and a number of other vitamins and minerals.
13. Although native to the Americas, 60% of the world population of sunflowers are grown in Europe and Russia. Popular types of sunflower producers, starting with the highest: moonwalker, pastiche, Velvet Queen, Russian giant and a small teddy bear and Big Smile species.
14. Sunflowers are perennial plants that grow each year.
15. Sunflower seeds are toxic to the grass so long distances it from the lawn, which was killed by the collapse of seed.

Sunflowers: A good choice for children

Sunflowers are a great selection of plants for children. They are visually appealing, attracting a large number of insects as butterflies, bees and birds, besides a slight increase.

Can to help friends or neighbors to compete with them so that even large sunflower. Personally, I have good memories from that time, 9-year-old child to competing with his neighbors. If memory serves me correctly, I had three sunflowers grown in a height of around 6ft. Although it is young, it seems more and more in age, so it may also be wrong. I knew not boast, but of course I win .... Of course, of course.) Oh!

BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ... fu) sunflower grown grows activity book for young children to develop their own sunflower, while learning how plants grow.

Sunflower Gardening

Sunflowers need more water and sunshine, it took about two weeks to appear and 90 days to fully grow. If you use chemical herbicide, make sure it is suitable for use on sunflower seeds or pulling weeds by hand. Excessive watering sunflowers, probably defective flower heads, especially 20 days before and 20 days after full flowering.

Pour about 2 liters of liquid fertilizer solution every week around The Roots of sunflower, and be careful not to pour the solution to stem when it is found that the cause of sunflower stalks to decompose.

Channel position of your sunflowers that they spend so much time in the sunshine soon, preferably 6-8 hours or more. If strong winds forecast, postpone watering until the wind went down to prevent the spread sunflower. 

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