- 1). Germinate the sunflower seeds in your home between damp pieces of paper towels. Germinating your seeds inside with increase the plant's survival rate.
- 2). Plant the seedlings in the spring when there is no danger of frost. Plant in an open area with well-drained soil where the sunflower will receive at least six to eight hours of sun a day.
- 3). Mix compost or manure into the soil where you will be planting the sunflowers. Mix it into the soil for about 3 feet until thoroughly blended.
- 4). Bury the seedling 1 inch deep into the soil and space them 6 inches apart. Plant them with the sprout side up and out of the soil. Water the newly planted seedling.
- 5). Check your sunflower every other day. If the soil around the plant is dry, water it. Pull any weeds that may be growing near the sunflower.
- 6). Provide support for your sunflowers when they start to grow tall. Support could be in the form of a stake, fence of trellis.
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