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Sunflowers
The Sunflower, Helianthus annuus is an annual flower of the Americas best known for its bright yellow petals and delicious seeds.
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What happens if rabbits eat sunflower seed shells?
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They could suffer from a case of advanced felinelukimia
What is another name for a sunflower?
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Daffodils are also called jonquils, paperwhites, and narcissus.
How to extract oil from sunflower seeds?
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You can do it by using heat, solvents or pressure.
What direction do sunflowers point?
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Sunflowers follow the sun because they can sense the change in light.
Are there any special nutrients for sunflowers?
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No, the sunflower (Helianthus annuus) can grow just about anywhere as long as it has full sun (at least 6hr/day), well drained soil and they like to have mulch to conserve water and increase the organic content of the soil. They do like soil with a rich organic content. Some references say sunflowers prefer a limey soil, but I've grown them for years in an acidic location and they do just fine.
How do sunflower work?
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First, the "Sunflower" is native to the Americas.
The sunflower is comprised of many smaller flowers very close together, forming what is known as florets. These florets as a whole is called the head or flower of the sunflower. The florets, spiral forming the flower/head and can grow to as large as 15" (381mm) in diameter and up to 15 feet (4.57M) tall.
What season does sunflowers die in?
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Yes and no. There is no specific day on which the sunflower will die, such as "The sunflower will die exactly 120 days after germination." However, the plant will deteriorate in health after it has flowered. and the plant will die when temperatures drop below 29 °F.
Are sunflowers deciduous or evergreen plants?
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generally deciduous though some angiosperms (Azalea, Camellia, Eucalyptus) are evergreen :D
What happens if you eat too many sunflower seeds?
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You mean.... you become a Sunflower.
I love these questions, every insecure person thinks them ahaha.
But really if you've eaten too many on one occasion and feel guilty don't worry, the body adapts itself. Continuously overeating them could cause you to go to the toilet more (provided you have had enough water) and have oily skin, plus like other nuts they are high in calories which could inhibit your weight loss opportunities if you are on a diet with limited physical activity. If you are not overweight or anything and its occasionally you overeat them, you should be fine as you will use some of the calories in your sleep for homeostasis, plus they will keep hunger down (just wait until you are hungry again). Sunflower seeds do have good antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits from fat soluble vitamins like E, B1, and minerals such as Magnesium, Copper, Trytophan, selenium, phosphorous, and folate. Oh and they are also 'supposed' to help lower bad cholesterol.
Just general knowledge, anyone correct me if I am wrong. :)
Are sunflowers asexual or binary fission?
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No. Sunflowers grow both male and female parts and reproduce sexually.
How long do sunflower grow?
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Mine were planted in April and were done by August. I live in Florida and some non-native parrots made short work of them when the seeds got ripe.
Where can you find a picture of a sunflower?
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See the link below for lots of images of sunflowers.
What do sunflowers seeds make?
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Foods made from sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) include the following:
- Seeds - as a food used raw, baked, roasted, salted or not salted.
- Seeds - can be used for feeding seed-eating birds.
- Seeds - can be made into butter (like peanut butter) or made into bread.
- Seeds - oil is extracted for cooking, margarine and biodiesel.
- Seeds - when oil is extracted, the remaining "cake" can be used for cattle food.
- Leaves - can be used for cattle feed.
Other uses:
- Flower - ornamental plant for flower or vegetable gardens.
- Plant - produces latex and may be source for nonallergenic rubber.
- Stem - contains a fiber that can be used in paper production.
- Roots - used in phytoremediation to extract poisons from the soil.
- Native tribes also used the sunflower as a medicinal ointment.
How are sunflowers classified?
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Botanically, a flower is a modified, shortened, compacted branch that bears lateral appendages. Sepal, petal, stamen and carpel, the basic floral parts are in fact, greatly modified leaves. Flowers develop from buds in a similar fashion like twigs do. Flowers are a whole host of combinations of form, size, color and anatomical arrangement. There are different parameters used in classification of flowers, which are as follows.
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How many sunflower seeds can a chipmunk hold in its mouth?
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Considering the size of a Chipmunk and the size of a sunflower seed it would depend on whether the seed was shelled or not. If not shelled, from my own recollection in looking at the mouth of a chipmunk I'd say not over two at the most. Now shelled that is a different story all together.
Why is a sunflower yellow?
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an average sunflower is the color yellow
Most sunflowers are yellow, however, they can also be red or orange.
How many grams are in one cup of sunflower seeds?
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A typical serving of sunflower kernels is 1/4 cup, which has about 160 cals.
There are 16 tbsp per cup. Therefore, 1 tbsp of sunflower kernels has about 40 cals.
Hope this helps. Thanks.
