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Sunflowers from Switzerland helps you to sow the sunflowers seeds directly into warming, fertile soil for strikingly large and beautiful plants several 4 months later.

The sunflower is botanically classified as Helianthus annus, and belongs to the Compositae family. A field in your garden of sunny burgundy, yellow and orange sunflowers all facing the sun is now reality through the Internet...••

There are very few requirements necessary in the growing site when cultivating sunflowers. They will grow in any soil type, from sandy to clay and are very tolerant of very basic (alkaline) soils ( as we found here in Switzerland) where other plants don't usually flourish.

To asure best growth and seed production, one cup of commercial fertilizer per 50 feet of row is recommended.

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Sunflowers are easy to grow and are really the most beautiful flowers in the
•• How to plant sunflowers?

First, plants every seeds together
One week after, replants every baby sunflowers to 30 centimers one from each other
During the growing period give enough water to the sunflowers (once a week at minimum).
The sunflower's greatest need for water during the first month period of the flower's development, although they are extremely drought resistant. Sunflowers are quite resistant even to freezing. ••

•• The optimal period

•• March to June in Europe

•• Precautions

•• Weeds are a frequent problem during growing, but can be eliminated by mulching with compost, grass clippings or similar material.

•• Mulching also helps to hold in soil moisture and protects soil from erosion. Harvesting should occur as soon as the seeds begin to turn brown or the backs of the heads turn yellow. Delay in harvesting could cause loss to birds, unless the heads are covered with nylon mesh. After harvest, the sunflowers should be placed to finish drying, hanging the heads upside down in a warm, dry place.

••Birds are the main pest of sunflowers; early harvesting or covering the heads may help to deter them.

••Aphids suck plant juices and in large numbers can cause stunting.

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