BRAC DWARF (50-80 Seed)

🌼✨ Helichrysum Bracteatum Dwarf Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Helichrysum Dwarf, Strawflower, Everlasting flower
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Xerochrysum bracteatum
🔹 Type ➜ Annual flowering plant 🌱
🔹 Special ➜ Paper-like everlasting flowers 💐

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic gardening
➜ Natural flower farming
➜ Dry flower production
➜ Terrace gardening
🌟 Why Helichrysum Dwarf?
✔️ Long-lasting flowers 🌼
✔️ Excellent dry flower 💐
✔️ Bright mixed colors 🌈
✔️ Compact dwarf plants 👍
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Pots & borders
➜ Flower decoration
➜ Craft & bouquet work

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Winter sowing ➜ October – January ❄️
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • October – November
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 15–25°C
✔️ Cool climate preferred
🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained sandy loam soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic flower gardening
➜ Raised beds & pots

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Helichrysum dwarf seeds 🌱
• Organic flower seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
✔️ Flower colors: ➜ Yellow 💛
➜ Red ❤️
➜ Orange 🧡
➜ Pink 🌸
➜ White 🤍
🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Nursery sowing preferred
Seed depth: ➜ Very shallow sowing
✔️ Germination: ➜ 7–14 days
✔️ Transplant: ➜ After 25–30 days
🌿 Spacing
➜ Row ➜ 25–30 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 20–25 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Compact bushy growth
➜ Better airflow
🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before planting:
➜ FYM ➜ 3–4 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Compost tea
✔️ Improves: ➜ Flower quality 🌼
➜ Plant vigor

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 4–6 days
✔️ Light to moderate watering
❌ Avoid waterlogging
☀️ Sunlight Requirement
➜ Full sunlight essential
✔️ Minimum: ➜ 6–8 hours sunlight
🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common issues:
➜ Aphids
➜ Powdery mildew
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Proper spacing & airflow
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic flower farming
🌸 Flowering
➜ Starts ➜ 60–75 days
✔️ Long blooming season 🌼
✂️ Harvesting Flowers
✔️ Harvest when: ➜ Flowers half-open
✔️ Best for: ➜ Fresh bouquets 💐
➜ Dry flower making

🌼 Dry Flower Speciality
✔️ Keeps shape & color after drying
✔️ Popular everlasting flower
Used for: ➜ Decoration
➜ Crafts
➜ Floral arrangements
⏳ Plant Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 4–5 months

🪴 Growing on Roof
✔️ Excellent rooftop flower 👍
Container:
➜ Pot / grow bag ➜ 8–10 inch
Sunlight ☀️
➜ Full sunlight needed
Watering 💧
➜ Moderate watering
✔️ Perfect for: ➜ Balcony decoration
➜ Terrace flower beds 🌈