Type: Flower
Color: Bright Yellow
Height: 60" Tall
Width: 20" Spread
Season: Annual
Maturity: 80 days
Zones: 2 to 11
Environment: Full sun after the chance of last frost.
When to harvest sunflower seeds
Harvesting mammoth sunflower seeds is easy with few steps. Your sunflowers will be bloomed for about 4 weeks before beginning to die back. Once the flowers have begun to die, you can harvest the seeds to eat or propagate new sunflowers for the next year. Just scoop the seeds from the bloom and preserve in a cool dry place.
How to Grow:
TO PLANT OUTDOORS
Plant in full sun in well-drained soil under warm weather and all danger of frost is past. Sow seeds into soil 1 inch deep and 16 - 24 inches apart. Each row of seeding must be at least 36 - 48 in. Cover and press soil over seeds firmly, keep it moist until the seeds is germinated in 8 days. The plant needs several gallons of water per week to quench the taproot.
GROWING TIPS
Keep soil moist and often weeding. In addition, you should protect seedlings from hungry birds by netting or plastic baskets, removing the net before plants get crowded. To get better pollination and overall production, you can plant sunflowers amid squash plantings.
