I was a bit cross with myself for not getting round to planting sunflowers in the lottie. Yesterday I noticed a lovely little crop of self seeded ones ;D
Last year, I grew giant, medium and mini ones, so they could be anything ::) I dont mind though ;D
cj :)
watch out for slugs, caroline..our self seeded ones have been decimated ;D
Quote from: manicscousers on May 13, 2008, 08:48:04
watch out for slugs, caroline..our self seeded ones have been decimated ;D
Yup- lost half of ours
Arg!!!! We lost lots of ours too - it's my first year growing stuff, and I faithfully grew + re-potted & hardened off some beauties, then this morning I check around and find some OK, and others a mere stick!! Boooooo! Have put some eggshells around the bases of the ones that are left, hope I get a few flowers at least!!
Commiserations on your losses, everyone, I can sympathise.
Pinky
Tried the eggshell barrier bit one year but found it hopeless. But we get driving hard rains here (just had 2 1/2 inches +) so the slugs may swim across!
Will take emergency slug measures ;D
cj :)
we use the'cut off pop bottle' method, it works until the bottle collar falls over and takes the sunflower with it ;D
No idea if this will work but a guy up the lottie suggested a ring of soot around plants to ward off the slugs - anyone tried this ???
I always use the pop bottle method too, just make sure you fit it deep into the soil, it keeps off the slugs and doubles as a mini greenhouse, fantastic, two for the price of one ;D
Soot is an old Victorian, maybe older, method, but I don't know how effective it is.