

Details
Crunchy, nutty sunflower microgreens from a small-seeded sunflower, with thick, light green seed leaves on sturdy pale stems, ready to cut 8–10 days after sowing.
SPECIFICATION
Seed
| Common name | Sunflower microgreens (small-seeded) |
| Botanical name | Helianthus annuus |
| Seed type | Conventional, untreated, non-GMO |
| Seeds per gram | approx. 22–28 |
Growing
| Difficulty | Moderate: soak first, then a weighted cover and good airflow |
| Growing medium | Potting soil or coco coir |
| Sowing rate | 120 g of dry seed per 25 × 50 cm (1020) tray, range 100–130 g; about 9.6 g per 10 × 10 cm |
| Soaking | 4–8 hours in cool water, then drain |
| Blackout | 3–4 days under a weighted cover |
| Temperature | 18–22 °C |
| Harvest | 8–10 days after sowing, when the seed leaves are open and before the first true leaves |
| Yield | approx. 350–450 g per tray, depending on light and conditions |
Taste and colour
| Flavour | Nutty and crunchy, with a clean, fresh finish |
| Colour | Pale green to white stems; thick, light green seed leaves |
ABOUT
This sunflower has small seeds, about 22–28 to the gram, smaller than both our black oil and striped sunflower seeds. It is the same plant, Helianthus annuus, and gives the same kind of crop: sturdy, pale stems with thick, light green seed leaves, a little smaller than on large-seeded sunflower, and a nutty crunch.
Sunflower brings its seed leaves up into the light. The young stem pushes through the soil bent like a hook, then straightens and opens the two thick leaves that were folded inside the seed. Those seed leaves and the crisp stem below them are what you harvest. On the way up, each shoot also has to leave its hull behind.
That is where a weight on the cover helps. If you keep the tray pressed down for the first days, the roots grow into the soil instead of lifting the seeds. The stems come up straight and level, and the hulls loosen as the shoots push upwards.
IN THE KITCHEN
Use the shoots wherever you want crunch: on avocado toast, in wraps and rice-paper rolls, or over soup and noodles just before serving. They hold up well under dressing, so they can be the main green in a salad. Keep them dry in a lidded box in the fridge and eat them within about a week.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
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