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  2. Sunflower seed - Wikipedia

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    The crops may be referred to as oilseed sunflower crops. These seeds are usually pressed to extract their oil. Striped sunflower seeds are primarily eaten as a snack food; as a result, they may be called confectionery sunflower seeds. The term "sunflower seed" is a misnomer when applied to the seed in its pericarp (hull).

  3. Sowing - Wikipedia

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    Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area. When sowing it is important to: Use quality seeds; Maintain proper distance between seeds; Plant at correct depth; Ensure the soil is clean , healthy , and free of pathogens (disease causing microorganisms)

  4. Gardening for You: Self-harvesting sunflower seeds - AOL

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  5. Germination - Wikipedia

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    A seed pot used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs Germination glass (glass sprouter jar) with a plastic sieve-lid Brassica campestris germinating seeds Time-lapse video of mung bean seeds germinating. Germination is usually the growth of a plant contained within a seed resulting in the formation of the seedling.

  6. Seed drill - Wikipedia

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    The seed drill allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths at a specific seed rate; each tube creates a hole of a specific depth, drops in one or more seeds, and covers it over. This invention gives farmers much greater control over the depth that the seed is planted and the ability to cover the seeds without back-tracking.

  7. Helianthus maximiliani - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus maximiliani is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name Maximilian sunflower. [ 2 ] This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied , who encountered it on his travels in North America.

  8. Common sunflower - Wikipedia

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    Sunflower seeds are generally planted only an inch deep in the ground. When such shallow planting is done in moist and soaked earth or soil, it increases the chances of diseases such as downy mildew. Another major threat to sunflower crops are broomrapes , a family of plants which parasitize the roots of various other plants, including sunflowers.

  9. Sprouting - Wikipedia

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    The soaking increases the water content in the seeds and brings them out of quiescence. After draining and then rinsing seeds at regular intervals, the seeds then germinate, or sprout. For home sprouting, the seeds are soaked (big seeds) or moistened (small), then left at room temperature (13 to 21 °C or 55 to 70 °F) in a sprouting vessel.