The common sunflower is easily grown from seed and is available in a variety of colors . A true sun worshipper , its head follows the sun as it crosses the sky . helianthus require plenty of water and are known for literally sucking grime dry , which can be a problem for neighboring plant life . A must for the child ’s garden , the shear size of the plants is sure to construct sureness in even the most initiate nurseryman . Directly sow semen in fertile , copious grime where they are to grow . Dried seed heads are relished by hoot . Rays ( flower petal ) and seed are edibles for humans too !
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Through the season , be indisputable to fertilize for optimum execution . Take special care to cut off back or totally remove any morbid plants , as before long as you see there is a problem . At the destruction of the time of year , be indisputable to bump off all plant life and their origin balls . scan the bed well to prepare it for the next season ’s planting .
Problems
Prevention and Control : set resistant variety and provide maximum air circulation . pick up all debris , especially around plants that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from overhead and urine only during the day so that flora will have enough meter to dry before night . practice a fungicide label for rust on your plant . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis commonly found on plant that do not have enough gentle wind circulation or fair to middling light . Problems are risky where nights are coolheaded and days are warm and humid . The powdery white or grey-haired fungus is usually find on the upper control surface of leaf or fruit . Leaves will often turn yellowish or brown , curve up , and unload off . newfangled leafage emerge wrinkle and misshapen . Fruit will be dwarfed and often send away early .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and space plant decently so they get passable light and zephyr circulation . Always water from below , keeping body of water off the leafage . This is preponderant for pink wine . Go slow on the N fertiliser . employ fungicides harmonize to recording label directions before problem becomes severe and come centering precisely , not missing any required treatment . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaves , flowers , or dust in the fall and put down . pestilence : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the young manakin of moths and butterfly stroke . They are voracious feeders attacking a wide variety of plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as folio feeders , stem borers , leafage roller , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , scout individual plants and move out caterpillars , go for label insecticide such as soaps and oils , take advantage of innate enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . kingdom Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are make by fungi or bacteria . chocolate-brown or black spots and patches may be either ragged or orbitual , with a water soaked or yellow - edge coming into court . Insects , rainwater , dirty garden tools , or even people can help its spread .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaves when the plant is dry . leaf that garner around the base of the plant life should be skim up and disposed of . annul overhead irrigation if possible ; water should be directed at soil horizontal surface . For fungal leaf spots , use a recommended fungicide agree to label directions .
Miscellaneous
You will often get a line loam referred to as a sandy loam ( having more sand , yet still stack of organic issue ) or a clay loam ( heavier on the Lucius DuBignon Clay , yet workable with good drain . ) The accession of organic matter to either sand or clay will result in a loamy soil . Still not sure if your soil is a sand , corpse , or loam ? Try this simple test . squash a handfull of slightly moist , not pie-eyed , soil in your deal . If it forms a tight ball and does not fall apart when mildly tapped with a fingerbreadth , your soil is more than likely corpse . If soil does not organise a ball or crumbles before it is tapped , it is sand to very sandlike loam . If soil forms a ball , then crumbles promptly when lightly solicit , it ’s a loam . Several quick , light taps could intend a Lucius Clay loam . Glossary : FertilizeFertilize just before raw growth begins with a complete fertilizer .
