Mariah Henry, director of urban agriculture at the Carolina Farm Trust Related: How to Grow Sunflowers and Harvest Their Seeds, According to Experts Follow the below instructions for harvesting ...

Blooming stage: When sunflower buds fully open, the plant has entered the blooming stage. The blooming stage occurs about 10 to 13 weeks after sowing seeds, and it’s the best time to harvest ...

Plant in summer or fall. Takes 8 days to produce a large sunflower. Yields more seeds at harvest. Sunflower Seeds are a seed that, when planted and grown during Summer, produce Sunflower.

using certified seeds, burning infected plants, and applying appropriate fungicides. Sunflower mature within three to four months depending on the variety. Harvesting is done when the heads turn ...