{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 132 Sunflowers for 2023 | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3278,"description":"On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome back horticulture educator Emily Swihart to finally talk about sunflowers! We discuss the history of sunflowers, some of their benefits to the environment and bees, what sunflowers we’ll be growing this year, and more. \n\nWatch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YLlwBnHp4qA \n\nSkip to what you want to know: \n 00:40 – Welcome Ken, and why isn’t Chris in Macomb?\n 01:45 – Welcome Emily\n 02:45 – An overview of sunflowers\n 04:00 – Sunflowers as food and a quick history of sunflowers\n 11:19 – Sunflower pollen benefits for bumble bees\n 12:50 – Effectiveness of honey bees and bumble bees on sunflowers\n 14:00 – Sunflowers as hyper accumulators (heavy metals)\n 17:45 – What do we need to think about when growing sunflowers?\n 22:20 – Do you grow sunflowers for cut flowers?\n 24:23 – What sunflowers were we growing at the Lukeman Garden and Education Center in Jacksonville?\n 25:40 – What sunflowers will Emily be growing in 2023?\n 26:45 – Sunrich Summer Provence\n 27:55 – ProCut White Nite and ProCut White Lite\n 29:25 – What sunflowers will Ken be growing in 2023?\n 30:55 – Short - Sunray yellow\n 31:11 – Medium – Soluna lemon, Gold & Silver, Italian white, Lemon queen, Evening sun, Seneca\n 32:23 – Giant - Arikara and Kong\n 34:00 – What site conditions do sunflowers need? Fertilizer? How to plant and dealing with critters\n 39:50 – More sunflowers Emily is growing in 2023\n 40:30 – Starburst Greenburst\n 41:30 – Goldy Double\n 42:40 – Strawberry blonde \n 43:20 – ProCut Plum\n 43:40 - Shock-O-Lat\n 44:15 – SunFil Purple\n 45:30 – Hopi black dye\n 47:13 – Are there fragrant sunflowers?\n 48:58 – Sunflowers are heliotropic\n 50:12 – Where is Chris planting sunflowers this year?\n 50:40 – A few problems in sunflowers\n 52:38 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye! \n\n\nWhat new vegetables are we growing in 2023 - https://youtu.be/hww7vEXP3_0 \nWhat new...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}