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Sunflower seed to seedvideo describes about the steps involved in bringing the sunflower seed to a complete plant. Steps involved are field preparation which consists of levelling, ploughing and formation of ridges and furrows. Next is basal application of fertilizers like nitrogen, phosphate, potassium at a required concentration. Third step is sowing of seeds in furrows ata required spacing to enhance undisturbed growth. Followed by irrigation which is given immediately after sowing and at 3rd day after sowing which is considered as the life irrigation and 20thday after sowing, at early bud development stage, twice at flowering stage, maturity stage which is then followed by observation of plants at it's vegetative stage. Weed management is done with the help of weedicides and hand weeding with the help of agricultural implements like spade, hoe. Formation of heads or capitulum at it's reproductive stage. Pollination by wind and insects mainly honey bees. Keeping bee hives at a rate of 5/ha improves seed setting. Harvesting after the seeds mature and followed by threshing to collect the seeds