Sunflowers are plants that originate in North America and their discovery happened because some natives worshiped them as a symbol belonging to the sun god. These are plants that they rotate during the hours of the whole day chasing the movement of the sun, they produce enough light and bring joy to our home.
Apart from all of this, plant the seeds Sunflowers is quite easy, as even a child can do it. But nevertheless, the way we can plant them It depends on whether we have a garden at home or if we prefer to have them in a pot. No matter where we want have our sunflowers, in this article we show you all the steps that are necessary when it comes to being able to sow sunflowers in our house.
Sunflowers characteristics
First we have to know certain things about sunflowers, since this is a plant that is usually of yellow and are produced throughout the year, which means that the seeds germinate, grow and die in a single year.
Sunflowers need a lot of water
At the beginning, before the seeds begin to germinate, they have to be watered at least once a day or it can be every two days, of course, taking into account that the soil must stay with a lot of humidity.
When the seed has germinated and has a height of about 30 centimeters, the amount of water in the irrigation has to be double, that is, if at the beginning they were 25 ml, now it has to be 50 ml of water. After two weeks, which is when the plant is largest and we can see the cocoon, we have to water it with 75 ml of water and when we see that it begins to bloom, we have to water it with 100 ml of water.
Seed germination
Sunflower seeds they can germinate in about 10 days, but depending on the species this may vary, also if the terms they are the best the first shoots can come out in about 3 or 4 days. On the other hand, it is best to plant the seeds in the spring, so that when summer arrives they can receive all the sunlight that is necessary.
We can mention the three types of sunflowers that are more common, those sunflowers that are tall, others that are of medium height and those that are free of pollen, the latter being hybrid plants that were created in Europe and Japan, so they do not produce seeds and the only way to have them is by acquiring the plant.
How can we plant sunflowers in our house?
The first thing we have to do is buy sunflower seeds, but we must bear in mind that the varieties that are smaller are the ones that we can have in pots.
If we go to planting sunflowers in pots, we have to look for the ones that are most suitable for the size of the sunflowers. We must make sure that the pot has the holes for drain for water, since if it does not have them, our plant can rot.
You have to remember place a saucer on the base from the pot to prevent the water from overflowing.
At the bottom of the pot we have to place some material that works as drainagebe it polyethylene foam, gravel or pebbles. Then we have to add compost in equal parts and of course commercial land.
Before you can place the seeds we have to water the pot, taking into account that the earth it always has to be wet when germinating the seed.
We place the seeds in the pot and if the pot is big enough we can plant from 2 to 10 seeds, each one about 10 cm apart.
We have to water the plant as we explained earlier.
Last we wait for the indicated time and taking into account that after 13 days if the seeds do not germinate, they will no longer grow. And if we want to plant them in the ground, we just have to follow these steps: