Notes
Branching. Pinch above 2nd set of leaves. Teddy Bear / Autumn Beauty class.
Cultivars / Cut flowers
Teddy Bear
Sunflower · Helianthus annuus
DTM
82 d
112 d occupancy · tender
Rows
2
12 in in-row
Density
2
plants / bed-ft
Yield
5
stems / bed-ft
Direct $/ft
$7.04
$1.60 / stem
Cut flower protocol
Focal · 24 in stem
- Support netting
- 1-layer Hortonova · 8 in mesh · 18 in
- Pinch
- 8 in · leave 2 nodes · +12 d DTM
- Harvest stage
- Cracked bud · every 4 d
- Stem yield
- 5 / plant · 5 / bed-ft
- Pulse
- Citric-acid hydration · vase 7 d
- DTM on this sheet
- 82 d field-to-cut (includes pinch)
Propagation
- Method
- Direct or transplant
- Cell size
- 72s
- Nursery lead
- 14 d
- Germination
- 5 d
- Germ temp
- 60°F – 90°F (opt 75°F)
- Seed spacing
- 2 in
Field geometry · 30 in
- Bed width
- 30 in
- Rows / bed
- 2
- In-row
- 12 in
- Seed spacing
- 2 in
- Plants / linear ft
- 2
- Plants / 50 ft
- 100
Timeline
- DTM from field
- 82 d
- Holding
- 14 d
- Occupancy
- 112 d
- Multicut
- yes · 5 cuts · 4 d
- Fall photoperiod
- ×1
- Frost hardiness
- Tender
Yield & revenue
- Sales unit
- stem
- Units / bed-ft
- 5
- Avg unit wt
- 0.1 lb
- Target lb / bed-ft
- 0.5 lb
- Cull rate
- 12%
- Wholesale / Direct
- $0.85 / $1.60
Irrigation
- Drip lines / bed
- 2
- Emitter spacing
- 8 in
- Emitter GPH
- 0.42
- Weekly water
- 1.2 in
- GPH / 50 ft
- 63
- Gal / week · 50 ft
- 93.5
Soil extraction
- Fertility demand
- Heavy
- N / 100 bed-ft
- 1.8 lb
- P / 100 bed-ft
- 0.45 lb
- K / 100 bed-ft
- 2.4 lb
- N-P-K / 50 ft
- 0.9 / 0.2 / 1.2 lb
- Family
- Asteraceae
On this farm · 50 ft block
- Season window
- 2026-04-15 → 2026-08-20
- First greenhouse
- 2026-04-01
- First harvest
- 2026-07-06
- Successions that fit
- 3 · every 14 d
- Bed-ft for 50 lb
- 114 ft
- Seed for 50 ft
- 118 seeds · 100 plants
- Wholesale / Direct · 50 ft
- $187.00 / $352.00
Companions
basil · dill · alyssum
Avoid
fennel