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🌱 ProCut Red Sunflower

🔬 Helianthus annuus · 👨‍👩‍👧 Family: Asteraceae · 🌍 Origin: North America

🎨 Color Palette

Red
Black

About ProCut Red Sunflower

ProCut Red Sunflower is an annual cultivar of Helianthus annuus notable for its vivid red ray florets surrounding a dark central disk. It is grown for ornamental display, with a strong, branching habit and classic sunflower silhouette suitable for garden borders and seasonal floral arrangements.

🌱 Detailed Care Guide

☀️ Light: ☀️ Full Sun
💧 Watering: drip
💦 Humidity: 40%
🌡️ Temperature: Ideal: 23°C • Min: 15°C • Max: 30°C
⚙️ Maintenance: ⚡ Moderate

📐 Growth & Structure

📏 Height: 180 cm
↔️ Wingspan: 120 cm
🔄 Life Cycle: annual
🍃 Foliage: deciduous
🌿 Seasons: summer

📅 Phenology

🌱 Sowing: april, may, june
🌸 Flowering: july, august, september
🍎 Fruiting: september, october, november

🌍 Ecology

🌿 Biodiversity Role: melliferous
🦋 Pollinators: bee, butterfly, beetle

✨ Usage & Benefits

  • edible
  • ornamental
  • Edible parts: seed, flower

⚠️ Safety & Traits

👤 Human Toxicity: non toxic
🐾 Pet Toxicity: non toxic

🐛 Pests & Diseases

🐛 Pests: Cerotoma trifurcata (sunflower beetle), Homoeosoma electellum (sunflower moth), Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid)
🦠 Diseases: Puccinia helianthi (sunflower rust), Plasmopara halstedii (downy mildew), Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (white mold)

📝 Expert Advice

🌾 Sowing Advice:

Sow outdoors after last frost in full sun. Space plants about 45–60 cm apart. Ensure rich, well-drained soil and keep evenly moist until established; thin seedlings to the recommended spacing.

✂️ Pruning:

Deadhead or cut back spent inflorescences to direct energy to seeds; stake tall varieties and harvest when the back of the head turns yellow-brown.

📋 Additional Information

🍳 Recipe Ideas: Baked seeds with salt

🤝 Companion Plants

These plants grow well together:

🌱 Cosmos 🌱 Corn 🌱 Sunflower

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