MICRORADICLE

Nursery / Sunflower

Black Oil

Sunflower · Helianthus annuus

Nutty, crunchy

Queue in nursery

Seed / 1020

200 g

15 seeds / g

Soak

16 h

Overnight · 16 h

Blackout

3 d

12 lb paver

DLI

14 mol

16 h · 243.1 µmol

Cut

12 oz

$14.00 / lb · 9 d

Soak protocol

Protocol
Overnight · 16 h
Hours
16 h
Gel seed
no
Tray
10 × 20 in 1020

Blackout & light

Method
Stacked + paver
Blackout days
3 d
Paver
12 lb
Target DLI
14 mol·m⁻²·d⁻¹
Photoperiod
16 h
PPFD
243.1 µmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹

Yield · one 1020

Cycle
9 d sow → cut
Fresh cut
12 oz
Wholesale
$14.00 / lb
Clamshell
$3.75 · 4 oz
Clamshells / tray
3

On this farm · 4 trays

Seed
800 g · 12000 seeds
Cut
48 oz
Wholesale
$42.00
Clamshells
12 × 4 oz

Bench notes

In-shell black oil. 16 h soak, 12 lb paver. Hulls must be washed off at unstack or they stick to cotyledons.