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• Advice
• Warning
• What you need

• You can plant 8 sunflowers in a 90-cm flowerbed, so you can plant 16 plants and then remove 8 plants.

Prepare to water the sunflower more water than many other flowers. Water about 25 ml of water for each seed sown. Water every day or every two days with the same amount of water, depending on the moisture remaining in the soil. Make sure the soil is moist until the seeds sprout. advertisement

Part 4 of 5: Caring for a sunflower

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   Wait for the seeds to germinate. Sunflower seeds can germinate within 3 or 8 days. If not, you can wait a few more days, but by day 13 most of the seeds will not sprout.

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   If the seeds sprout, great! After the plants germinate, remove each pair of seedlings and the seedlings are diseased or crooked. If the space is tight, you can repot the seedlings, but remember that sunflowers do not do well when repotting.
   • Continue watering as before until the plant is about 30 cm tall, then you will need to water twice as much water.

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   Place the sunflower pot in a sunny area indoors, on the garden or on the patio if you like. Sunflowers should be placed in full sunlight or for most of the day; none of the sunflowers can tolerate shade all day long. If you want to grow sunflowers indoors, choose a room with a lot of sunlight, but avoid placing them too close to a window, as the air near the window is often hotter or colder than room temperature and can cause harm to the tree. Try to avoid leaving the pot in a place with heavy rain.

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   Continue to water and care for the plants as a general rule. Sunflowers should be pretty tall after two weeks.

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   By this point, you need to water the plant 75 ml of water. Sunflower buds are now starting to sprout.

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   Within a month, sunflower buds will continue to grow for the next 2 weeks (at which point the amount of irrigation water needs to increase to 100 ml). The flower bud will be about to bloom.

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   Enjoy the beauty of sunflowers as a highlight indoors or wherever you place a flowerpot. Many times you will find the flower head too heavy and need to be propped up to keep this brilliant flower straight. A simple bamboo branch or stake to tie the tree is enough to help the flowers to raise their heads. However, the poles need to be attached to something rather than in the pot, unless the pot is sturdy enough not to tip over. You can attach stakes to wall plumbing, bookshelves and similar items indoors, or against drains, walls, or other objects if outdoors. However, not all sunflowers need support - just observe how the sunflower "manages" before making a decision. advertisement

Part 5 of 5: Harvest

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   Sunflowers can be used in food, petals can decorate salads, seeds and flower buds are all eaten.
   • To get sunflower seeds, you need to let the flowers die on the plant and wait. Once the flowers are dry, the seeds will also ripen and dry. Although not very good, at least the birds won't take away the sunflower seeds if you bring them inside!
   • If you want to eat flower buds, you should blanch first to get rid of the bitter taste, then steam or boil for about 3 minutes. Sunflower buds are delicious when stir-fried with garlic butter.
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Advice

• The bigger the pot, the bigger the plant, especially if you're planting dwarf varieties of sunflower.
• When the seedlings are sprouting, (within 2 weeks), make sure the plants receive as much sunlight as possible. As the plant grows, you need to increase the amount of watering.
• It is possible that the tree will not grow upright once a certain height is reached; You need to tie the tree to a small stake.
• If sunflower seeds are planted in the ground, the earlier they are sown in late spring, the earlier they will flower. If planted in pots, sunflowers can grow year round when placed in a sunny position.
• If you want to get the seeds, let the flowers die on the tree. Once the seeds are in place, you can remove and process them.
• Sunflowers are native to North America and are grown as a perennial tree growing tall in the garden.
• Water the flowers often.

Warning

• Keep the soil moist but not soggy, otherwise the plant may rot.
• Make sure the flower pot has a drainage hole, or else the seeds are at risk of rot.
• Giant sunflowers (like plants over 180 cm tall) are not suitable for pots, unless you have very large pots, such as half a barrel of wine. If you try to grow these flowers in smaller pots, they won't be able to do well, and you will see the entire growth of the plant in stunted form (it's sad to see such a splendid flower. not developing to its full potential).

What you need

• Packaged sunflower seeds with a sticker sold at the nursery. Note: although it is possible to grow sunflowers with seeds to eat at the supermarket, you may not know them well, and they are not guaranteed sterile anyway. Do not try to sow the sunflower seed without its shell, as the insides have been exposed to air and light. Also do not sow roasted or salted sunflower seeds.
• Country
• A clay pot or suitable circular container at least 30 cm in diameter (larger if more seeds are sown); or window-mounted flower pots, milk cartons, half wine bins, etc. if you like
• Land
• Compost is rotten to provide nutrients
• Add a little bit of gravel at the bottom of the pot for better drainage