#SKYSCRAPER SUNFLOWER FULL#

Harvest sunflower blooms when the flowers are almost fully open.Mulching heavily around your plants will also help with weed suppression and moisture retention.

In Zones 9 and 10, adding tons of compost will help create a healthy soil structure and keep soil moistures in, which is key.

Sunflower plants should be planted into well-worked soils for the best blooms.

When the plants are 3-4″ (7.6-10.2cm) tall you can plant them out into the garden.

Once your sunflowers have germinated and the first set of true leaves show, fertilize with an organic liquid fertilizer.Place seeds on top of the soil and cover with 1″ (2.5cm) of finely sifted soil. If you are planting seeds in starter pots, plant seeds into thoroughly moist high-quality seed starting soil.Cover with 1″ (2.5cm) of finely sifted soil. To direct sow, plant seeds in debris-free, well-worked soil that has been deeply watered.We recommend you direct seed into freshly irrigated soils. In Zones 9 and 10, you can direct seed or transplant out your sunflower plants.Direct sow seeds in the spring once soils have warmed.Sunflowers can be grown year round in Zones 9 and 10 but are the happiest in the warm season.Plant these and marvel at their height and beauty! Sunflower Months of course are one of the largest predators as they actively seek sunflowers to lay their eggs in.Skyscraper Sunflower is one of the tallest sunflowers on the market! Easily reaching 10 feet into the air, they make for wonderful flowers on the north side of your garden.

Ants will often congregate around sunflowers you can sprinkle DE at the base of the plants to avoid this.

Be on the look out for them under their giant leaves and act quickly or they will soon look like this!

Aphids love sunflowers! This is actually what makes them such a good companion plant as I swear they will go there before your other plants.

Use fish emulsion once a month on these giants!.

Plants should mature in approximately 60-75 days.

Thin to the strongest plant in the grouping once established. Plant 2-3 seeds per section approximately 18-24 inches apart.

These plants are large so give them room to spread.

You can see more about watering in the article, 'Helping Plants Survive the Heat' This will help your sunflowers grow deeper root systems preparing them for the heat.

Water deeply two times a week rather than short bursts of watering each day.

Seeds can take approximately 10 days to germinate.

Sow seeds directly in the ground after all danger of frost.

Sunflowers like well-drained soil, no water should be standing as it will cause root rot.

However, I will be honest I did not till more than 10 inches and they still grew well. That may be the best for sure as their root systems are solid.

SF Home Gates recommends tilling the soil to around two feet deep in prep for these giants.

#SKYSCRAPER SUNFLOWER FULL#

Skyscrapers grow best in zones 3-9 and need full sun all day long if possible.Skyscrapers also produce the largest sunflower seeds making them the best to eat! Their colors range from bright white with gray stripes to light and dark grays and their seed heads are just amazing to look at! Not only are the flowers beautiful the drying stage and the seeds are beautiful as well. The Skyscraper sunflower earns its name as it is one of the tallest sunflowers there is to grow! This baby here grew fifteen feet high and was actually slightly taller than the roof of my house! As a result, you can see from the photo above the flower head was a good thirteen inches across. The Skyscraper Sunflower is just one of the funnest sunflowers to grow!It is SO large, so tall and so bright that I do believe every Bee in the nation can see it! Or at least it seems that way as they all fight for space across its giant Yellow flowers.