Sunflower origin
Sunflower is native to North America, and is now cultivated in countries around the world, especially in the Hetao region of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia, and Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and other large areas of cultivation.
The common varieties are European oil sunflower, oil sunflower S31, oil sunflower S40, oil sunflower S47, Ritem oil sunflower, French dwarf 15 oil sunflower, Kandi 5 oil sunflower, Kandi 1035 oil sunflower and so on.
Oil sunflower maturity time
Oil sunflower is usually ripe in August-September, ripe and ready to be picked on the market, its flowering time is usually in the summer and fall of the July-September, a month after the flowering of the fruit.
Sunflower in the north of Hebei region, suitable for planting in the summer of June, JiZhongSouth region suitable for sowing in early March mulching is appropriate, summer sowing sunflower in June to July in the open field direct seeding.
Sunflower price
Wholesale sunflower price on the market at 3.6-4 yuan a pound, because the sunflower oil rate is very high, squeezed out of the oil in the market price is in the 5-7 yuan a catty, the price of high-quality oil in 10 yuan a catty.
Sunflower efficacy and role
1, sunflower seeds are rich in essential unsaturated fatty acids - linoleic acid, can remove the body's garbage, and sunflower oil is rich in vitamin E, has a light, appetizing, moistening the lungs, supplementing the deficiency, cosmetic and other effects.
2, sunflower seeds pressed into the oil often eaten to help brain, growth and development, very suitable for the elderly children to eat, pregnant women to eat, on the "diabetes during pregnancy" treatment to play an auxiliary role.