Bretherton, Lancashiure. UK Weather. 25 Nov 2021. Cold frosty chilly morning with hoar feathery frost on sunflower seed heads. A stunning flowering cereal crop when in bloom this six acre field is ready to harvest as the ground hardens with the cool November temperatures. Sunflowers should be harvested harvested as soon as the calyx turns to its brownish/yellow color. Credit: MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
In Spanish, the word for sunflower is girasol, which translates to “a trip around the sun,” or mirasol, which translates to “looks at the sun.” Frost Impact on Sunflowers Frost anytime before the sunflower crop reaches physiological maturity (R9) can cause damage. Once sunflowers reaches the R7 stage (ray petals have dropped, back of head starting to turn yellow, sunflower can withstand temperatures as low as -4° C, but temperature, duration and crop stage will influence the type and amount of damage
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