Mid-season. Beautiful sunflower with black and plump seeds that are typically grown for snacking in Bulgaria and Northwest Turkey where sunflower is a common commodity crop. Tall plants produce large flowers with flavorful seeds and high seed yield. Matures fast. Very reliable.
Our current seed stock was grown by Tom Wahlberg of Decorah, IA. He was one of the former seed house managers of Seed Savers Exchange.
Packet has min 25. seeds
Commercially introduced by us in the U.S.
Phonetically pronounced:
- Helianthus annuus
- Needs full sun
- Planting depth: 1/2″
- Sprouts in 7-10 days
- Ideal growing temperature: 75-95F
- Plant spacing: 18-24″
- Frost hardy: No
- Growth habit: Upright growth with one main, large flower and many small flowers that grow away from the stem
- Growing tips: Directly sow your sunflower seeds in well-drained, compost-rich after last frost in spring and once the soil has warmed to 70F. Keep soil consistently moist until seeds germinate. Once seedlings come through, thin them to maintain 18-24″ spacing along the rows that are 30″ apart from each other. In windy areas, sunflower plants, especially the tall ones, may need staking.
Didn’t get as big as I thought it. Looked like some kind of disease very early on that all my sunflowers got this year regardless of variety.