SUNFLOWERS 



Figure 1 



Upper: Two Sunflower Plants per Hill — Crop Almost a Complete Failure. 

 Lower: One Sunflower Plant per Hill — Strong Stalks with Large Seed Heads. 



Growing the Crop 



Sunflowers will grow successfully in Massachusetts on any land which will 

 produce field corn. A light loam is preferable to a heavy wet soil. The field 

 should be prepared by plowing, disking, and smooth harrowing, similar to the 

 seed bed preparation made for corn planting. Sunflowers are hardy to light 

 frost, and can be planted when it is safe to plant field corn. The plants are much 

 more resistant to frost when they first come up than at the four or six leaf stage, 



