Some people see a sunflower as a flower. Others see it as a vegetable. It is of course both a beautiful flower and a great vegetable! Sunflowers are easy to grow from seeds (种子) and bring sunshine color to the summer garden. They are also good to provide winter food for birds.
Here is a good way to plant sunflowers. Choose a place full of sunshine and dig the earth over. Plant seeds 1.5cm deep and 45cm away from each other. Put two seeds in each place and after young plants come out, take the weaker of the two away. Plant seeds in lines, with taller varieties (品种) at the back and shorter ones at the front. After planting, water well.
Another way for you: Put one seed in a 7.5 cm pot. Water and allow it to grow near the window. Keep wet and move it to the garden when roots come out of the holes at the bottom of the pot.
After planting sunflowers, what will we do then? Keep plants well watered to encourage strong growth and fertilize (施肥) them once a month. Keep an eye out for some small animals which like eating leaves. Keep grass and some other plants growing freely in the area. Short sunflowers do not need protecting, but taller ones at the back should be tied to sticks to keep them from falling down.
【小题1】The underlined expression "Keep an eye out" in the passage probably means _________in Chinese.| A．饲养 | B．留心 | C．照看 | D．训练 |
| A．keep the seeds away from each other | B．take the weaker plants away |
| C．water the sunflowers once a month | D．tie the taller sunflowers to sticks |
| A．how to take care of sunflowers |
| B．how often we should water sunflowers |
| C．how to protect tall sunflowers |
| D．why we should keep grass growing freely |
