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Sow the ones in the bird food since they are grown especially for seed. I did this a few years back, collected seed and now plant them every year.
Really silly question now, but do you have to shuck the sunflower seeds or plant them with their shell on?Sounds daft, but I've never grown them, and thought it might be fun to do with the grandkids this week!
They grow into strong six foot plants with really thick bases. One enormous head is formed followed by a number of smaller ones. the big central head alone produces a huge number of seeds.
Just wanted to show you my sunflowers, they are brilliant It took me 3 attampts. First time, I planted them in pots inside. They went really leggy in one day and they all died.Second attempt, I planted them outside in my mini greenhouse, and the seedlings all got eaten by snails.Third attempt, I planted them straight in the ground and covered each seed with a cut off plastic bottle until the plant was big enough to survive . Look at them now!
Annie, those look great! I was the same, last year I couldn't get any to survive mainly because of the snails but this year they are 10 ft and gorgeous, such a happy flower so worth the space and effort. Quote from: AnnieD on July 26, 2017, 16:30:51Just wanted to show you my sunflowers, they are brilliant It took me 3 attampts. First time, I planted them in pots inside. They went really leggy in one day and they all died.Second attempt, I planted them outside in my mini greenhouse, and the seedlings all got eaten by snails.Third attempt, I planted them straight in the ground and covered each seed with a cut off plastic bottle until the plant was big enough to survive . Look at them now!