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Sunfinity

To

and Beyond!

By Jeanne Svob, Seed Business Manager
The buzz around Sunfinity sunflower has been hard to miss. Truly innovative
new plants are relatively few and far between, but this award-winning
introduction from Syngenta Flowers lives up to the hype.
Unlike traditional sunflowers, which are one and done, Sunfinity continues
to produce new flowers throughout the summer, providing 9-12 weeks of
continuous color. Imagine beautiful sunflowers in your garden or on your patio
from June to September!
A high-quality interspecific sunflower, Sunfinity is a vigorous, branching variety
that continuously produces many large flowers per plant. Its ultimate garden
height is 3-4 feet with a spread of 2-3 feet. Sunfinity tends to be a thirsty plant
but, with adequate water, it’s a fantastic specimen in the back of a flower bed
or in a large patio container!

There’s still time to sow Sunfinity plugs for early summer sales. Or consider
Sunfinity for impulse sales in late August to early September to refresh
summer-weary patio containers.
But how do you get Sunfinity to retail in a form that’s irresistible to consumers?
With the right attention to detail, these magnificent, high-value plants will fly
out the door.
Start out right
A winning Sunfinity crop starts with a high-quality plug. Grown according to
Syngenta’s specifications, your 4-week-old plug should be 3-4 inches tall with
a minimum of two nodes and four fully expanded dark green leaves.
Accomplish this by applying a 2-3 ppm Bonzi sprench within 48 hours of
sowing to keep the nodes tight. A B-nine application of 2,500-5,000 ppm
may be helpful in the final stage of plug production, especially if you’re
shipping plugs.

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