Growing Sunflowers

-Growing Sunflowers
Sunflowers like to be out during warm weather conditions.
These flowers were a main food crop for native people. Today, they are still grown for food. Their seeds are pressed into vegetable oil.
It's good to plant these seeds during the spring time. It's better to start indoors so that heavy dew or frost doesn't get on the tiny seedlings.
Sunflowers need well-cultivated (average to rich soil) Sandy soils are NOT recommended
It's both a fruit and a vegetable.
They are grown around the world.
Sunflower seeds are high in protein.
Depending on the type of sunflower it is, they can grow up to 20 feet tall
It was used to create dyes used for clothing, They were also used medicinally for ointments for snakebite remedies.
A screen is needed to cover these flowers because various creatures like to come and pick out the seeds off the sunflowers.
For the giant sunflowers, space them three feet apart in rows three to four feet apart.
They take 70-90 days to mature
They will grow their best in full sun
To harvest: Wait till flower has dried and extract the seeds by rubbing two flower heads together.







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-Growing Sunflowers