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Hey! Thanks for posting this, it looks neat for kids especially!

Chris, What a fun project for my son and I!!! He will love planting the seeds and counting the bees...and so will I. :) Thanks for the information on The Great Sunflower Project. Kim

Wow, there sure isn't any information on this topic anywhere. I've done web searches and couldn't find any basic information. I went to Amazon to look for any books, but couldn't find any. Carol Deppe's book, "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties," has a little basic information. It is listed as an "outbreeder," like corn. It has 17 pairs of chromosomes(2n=34), although there are also some (maybe some wild variety) with 7 pairs. Also mentioned are Helianthus maximilianii (2n=34), and H. tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke, 2n=102). But that's about it. It looks like you'll have to do your own experiments.