Growing Sunflower

helianthus annuus : Asteraceae / the daisy family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S	S			S	S	S	S	S	S
T	T	T	T			T	T	T	T
P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P

(Best months for growing Sunflower in Australia - sub-tropical regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 30°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 20 - 45 cm apart
Harvest in 10-11 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Cucumbers, Melons, Sweetcorn, Squash
Avoid growing close to: Potatoes

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11 Jul 13, Rule the world (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Sunflowers, Grow for your chooks. They love them!
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11 Apr 13, carine ferreira (Australia - sub-tropical climate): planted sunflowers in pots 10 april want flowers to be at their peak 23 june. Think we ll be ok?
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31 Jan 13, Pam (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I transplanted 150 Sunflower seedlings and now have lovely big strong plants and lots of flowers out. Hasnt affected mine any.
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16 Jan 13, koos (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): best seeds to eat
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09 Aug 12, anneli (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Getting married in November and want to use sunflowers. Are they available then. How long until they bloom from the time you plant them?
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12 Aug 11, Tony (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I transplanted 4 sunflowers from seedling pots and they grew very well. They were about 10cm tall when I did this.
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01 Dec 10, Patrick Conteh (Australia - temperate climate): Please advise on the variety of sunflower to grow commercially for oil in Sierra Leone with temperatures that average 25 degrees C, Rainfall not a problem
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26 Apr 10, Jennifer (Australia - temperate climate): I had a few questions about planting sunflowers; just by reading others' comments I now have the confidence to give it a go. Thank you so much for this site!
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19 Apr 10, C lee (Australia - temperate climate): Stephen sunflowers wont react too good if u transplant so i would recommend just pulling out the weakest ones and letting the strong ones live.
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19 Feb 10, stephen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Garden centre seeds were too expensive so I planted a whole heap of sunflower seeds which we buy from the supermarket for our cockatoo. Now I have got heaps of seedlings all very close to one another. Should I thin them out by transplanting or by pinching out? And what do you reckon is the minimum space I can leave between seedlings. Thanks
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