TerraLife® components
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus L.
Characteristics
- Annual, bristly plant
- Leaves: large, stemmed, heart-shaped, serrated, partly hairy leaves (10-40 cm long)
- Stem: not branched, 1 cm diameter
- Height: up to 2 m
- Flowers: Composite flower of numerous florets
- Root: taproot up to 3 m deep, many lateral roots
Environmental needs
- Low claims to soil conditions
- Prefers medium heavy, warm and well aerated soils
- High heat demand
- Very sensitive to frost
Use
- Catch crop
- Silage (sufficiently high DM yield is necessary)
- Oil production
- Legumes can bend around the stem
Green manure
- Tilth formation
- Very good preceding crop
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Root residue of 15-20 quintals DM/ha
Function within TerraLife®
- Deep rooting
- Mycorrhization-promoter
- Flowering
- Bee pasture