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Peredovik Sunflower

Quick Facts:

  • Shiny black seeds with high oil content
  • Large, yellow flowers
  • Widely-adapted
  • Attracts birds, deer & other wildlife
  • 4 to 6 feet tall; 80-100 days to maturity

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Peredovik Sunflower

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The Peredovik sunflower is a widely adapted, medium statured sunflower that boasts beautiful large yellow flowers and shiny black seeds with high oil content.  Commonly used as a black oil sunflower seed for bird seed mixes, the Peredovik sunflower is a great variety for attracting doves, quail, pheasants, turkeys and songbirds.  Peredovik sunflower seeds are also attractive to deer and a number of ground foraging animals.  Peredovik sunflowers reach an average height of 4 to 6 feet and are of a medium maturity— approximately 80 to 100 days— making them an excellent choice for gardens and food plots throughout the United States.

Bred in the USSR and released commercially in 1960, Peredovik was ... More

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Helianthus annuus

The Peredovik sunflower is a widely adapted, medium statured sunflower that boasts beautiful large yellow flowers and shiny black seeds with high oil content.  Commonly used as a black oil sunflower seed for bird seed mixes, the Peredovik sunflower is a great variety for attracting doves, quail, pheasants, turkeys and songbirds.  Peredovik sunflower seeds are also attractive to deer and a number of ground foraging animals.  Peredovik sunflowers reach an average height of 4 to 6 feet and are of a medium maturity— approximately 80 to 100 days— making them an excellent choice for gardens and food plots throughout the United States.

Bred in the USSR and released commercially in 1960, Peredovik was once one of the most widely grown sunflowers in the world, with nearly 3 million acres being grown in the Soviet Union alone.  At the time of its release in the United States in Canada, the Peredovik sunflower bested commonly grown cultivars by nearly 30% in overall oil content, leading to a massive increase in the amount of sunflower acreage grown in North America.  It maintained its prominence throughout the late 1960's and early 1970's owing to its excellent yield and improved resistance to common diseases and pests like rust, Verticullium wilt and broomrape.

Although replaced commercially by the advent of hybrid varieties, the Peredovik sunflower remains a popular variety today, with considerable acreages being grown by conservationists, hunters and bird lovers.  If you find yourself in one of these categories, or are just looking for a dependable, easy-to-grow sunflower, Peredovik is the way to go.  Pick up a pack of our premium Peredovik sunflower seeds today and get started on your next gardening or game hunting journey.  Each packet contains a minimum of 50 seeds.

Helianthus annuus

The Peredovik sunflower is a widely adapted, medium statured sunflower that boasts beautiful large yellow flowers and shiny black seeds with high oil content.  Commonly used as a black oil sunflower seed for bird seed mixes, the Peredovik sunflower is a great variety for attracting doves, quail, pheasants, turkeys and songbirds.  Peredovik sunflower seeds are also attractive to deer and a number of ground foraging animals.  Peredovik sunflowers reach an av... read more

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Helianthus annuus

The Peredovik sunflower is a widely adapted, medium statured sunflower that boasts beautiful large yellow flowers and shiny black seeds with high oil content.  Commonly used as a black oil sunflower seed for bird seed mixes, the Peredovik sunflower is a great variety for attracting doves, quail, pheasants, turkeys and songbirds.  Peredovik sunflower seeds are also attractive to deer and a number of ground foraging animals.  Peredovik sunflowers reach an average height of 4 to 6 feet and are of a medium maturity— approximately 80 to 100 days— making them an excellent choice for gardens and food plots throughout the United States.

Bred in the USSR and released commercially in 1960, Peredovik was once one of the most widely grown sunflowers in the world, with nearly 3 million acres being grown in the Soviet Union alone.  At the time of its release in the United States in Canada, the Peredovik sunflower bested commonly grown cultivars by nearly 30% in overall oil content, leading to a massive increase in the amount of sunflower acreage grown in North America.  It maintained its prominence throughout the late 1960's and early 1970's owing to its excellent yield and improved resistance to common diseases and pests like rust, Verticullium wilt and broomrape.

Although replaced commercially by the advent of hybrid varieties, the Peredovik sunflower remains a popular variety today, with considerable acreages being grown by conservationists, hunters and bird lovers.  If you find yourself in one of these categories, or are just looking for a dependable, easy-to-grow sunflower, Peredovik is the way to go.  Pick up a pack of our premium Peredovik sunflower seeds today and get started on your next gardening or game hunting journey.  Each packet contains a minimum of 50 seeds.

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Little girl planting seeds

How to Grow Sunflowers

Sunflowers are widely adapted to a variety of climates and are especially tolerant of cold temperatures.  Sunflowers will flourish in a wide variety of soil types, from clay to sandy, so long as sufficient nitrogen is available throughout the growing season.  The water requirements of sunflowers are similar to those of other field crops.  Plants should be irrigated if drought occurs within 20 days of pollination as this period is especially critical for seed development.

After danger of frost has passed, sow seeds 6" apart, 1/2" deep in rows 36" apart.  Germination will occur in 6-10 days.  Thin to one plant every 24" once seedlings have reached six inches tall. Can also be started indoors 4 weeks before the average last frost date.

Transplant outdoors after danger of frost has passed.  Plants should be spaced 18-24" apart to provide for ample air flow.

Sunflowers are susceptible to a number of common diseases including verticillium wilt, mildew, leaf spot, and rust.  However, the extent of these diseases is usually not of consequence to the home gardener.  Ensuring adequate airflow by thinning plants to the recommended spacing will reduce the incidence of disease and cultural practices such as crop rotation, tillage and removal of plant debris in the fall will limit its spread.

Sunflowers make great cut flowers. They are long-lasting and have a bright, cheerful appearance that adds a cheerful touch to any bouquet or arrangement. Sunflowers are also easy to care for, and can last up to a week when cut and placed in a vase with fresh water. When harvesting fresh cut flowers, cut the main head just before it blooms to encourage additional blooms on side shoots. Harvesting flowers in the morning will prevent premature wilting.

CONSIDERATIONS:

Sunflowers are outbreeding plants, relying on bees and other insects for their pollination. Varieties may be self-compatible or self-incompatible, meaning that pollen must be moved from one plant to another. Plants of different varieties must be isolated by 1/2 to 3 miles, depending on the population size and insects in the area, to maintain varietal purity. Hand pollination can be performed by bagging heads and rubbing the flowers of adjacent plants together each day for 10 consecutive days. Heads should be re-bagged after pollination to prevent pollen contamination and predation by birds.

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SEED LONGETIVITY:

Sunflower seeds can remain viable for up to five years if stored in a cool, dry place.

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Customer Reviews

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Jason Sotir
2018

and 2019. It seems that you’re a few years behind on your years.

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Elisabeth Schwab
Peredovic sunflower

We got 100% germination.

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Dallas Gresham
Peredovik sunflowers

Just received the seeds. Looking forward to getting them planted. They arrived in good time, and everything went well. Thanks

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arsenia reilly-collins
Excellent and quick shipping

Thank you

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Dianne Foster
Sunflowers

My sunflowers are growing beautifully. Most are almost 5” high at this time. Will order again.

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