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- Grow sunflowers yourself - That's how it works!
- Sow sunflowers
- Prefer sunflowers in the house
- Find a suitable location
- Caring for the sunflower in the garden or pot
- Tips & Tricks
Even growing sunflowers is easy
Grow sunflowers yourself - That's how it works!
Sunflowers are easy to grow themselves. After just a few weeks, the sunflower seed turns into a small plant and later a large, beautiful summer flower. Tips for growing sunflowers in the garden or on the balcony.
Sow sunflowers
Sunflowers can be sowed in the field on the spot. But you have to wait until the ground is not too cold. Before the end of April, you should not put the cores in the ground.
Since birds appreciate the sunflower seeds, you should first germinate the seeds and plant the sunflowers as sprouts. They are then no longer interesting for the birds.
Prefer sunflowers in the house
Sunflowers are not hardy. So that you do not have to wait too long for the first flowering, you should prefer the sunflower seeds already in March in the house.
Place three to five pips in small pots, put them warm and keep the soil moist. After emergence snap off all but a single plant all the sunflower.
Do not plant the preferred sunflowers in the garden before the end of May. If you would like to care for the sunflowers in the pot, you may also repot them earlier in a pases, large planter.
Find a suitable location
Sunflowers prefer a favorable location if they are to grow and produce many flowers:
Caring for the sunflower in the garden or pot
Sunflowers need a lot of moisture and nutrients. Therefore, supply the sunflowers from their own cultivation regularly with water. But make sure that no waterlogging arises. She would make the roots rot.
As a starter, you need to fertilize sunflowers once a week.
When the flowers have faded, you can harvest sunflower seeds. Either hang the flower heads for drying, or let the seeds ripen on the plant until they are harvested.
Tips & Tricks
Growing sunflowers is a nice introduction to the nursery for children. Since the cultivation is quite simple, the little ones quickly see a success. You will learn very clearly about the structure and growth of the sunflower.