Helianthus ‘Pro Cut Red / Lemon Bicolor’
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Collapse ▲Trial Started: 2005
Year of Trial: First (from 2005 report)
Good Qualities
Unusual bicolor (4); Vivid contrast (3), much better than Pro Cut Bicolor, earlier than ‘Florenza’ and not multi-branching; It sold like hot cakes!; Plants were taller than 35 inches but that height worked best for cutting, awesome color combination that combines the ease of growing of the ‘Pro Cut ‘variety with a novelty color, we prefer the single stem sunflowers versus the branching sunflowers for cutting; Good for fall displays; This was the one variety in the trial this season that a customer made a point to tell me she really liked the variety and hoped I grew it again – she also said she had over a 7 day vase life; Uniform size, short harvest period; Nice 4-foot height, great one for fall; Customer favorite of sunflowers trialed; Sold for mostly 1.50 – 2.00 each, sold fast; Strong stem, multiflowers; Wasn’t really my customers’ favorite color but I thought it was a nice sunflower.
Problems
Stems too thick (3); Too large head; Some weak necks; Corn borer beetle was a problem; Unstable stem post harvest; Poor height and size (too short to be useful), washed out colors, the “red” was a dusky purple/red; the “lemon” was a very light shade of maize yellow, not a knock-out!; Hard to keep up with bugs on sunflowers in our location without routine pesticide applications; Not too much demand; Held head down; Seed heads attract attention for possible birdfeeders, etc.; I did not get good performance from this variety;
Postharvest
Pick when just opening. See separate postharvest report in this issue for results from NC State University postharvest evaluations.
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | Average Postharvest Life (days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 1.4 | 38.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 109 | 8.9 |
| Range of Responses | 1-7 | 22-51 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 9-256 | 7-12 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
SeedSense Ltd.
The Tithe Barn, Mundesley Rd.
Trunch, Norfolk HR28 0QB, England
Comments
Similar to ‘Florenza’ (2); Very tall, could cut much longer; Despite problems growing them, there is a big demand for locally grown sunflowers in our market, especially among upscale event florists; Seeded to a 128 cell flat on 4/24/05 before transplanting to the field, harvest interval was 7/4 – 7/10.