Sunflowers in a field
Hi all,
Work wants some sunflowers planted in our field. It's dry, clay, grassy....
Do I grow in pots then dig a hole and plant when 1ft tall (for example)
Or do I dig holes (6" deep) fill with compost and put seeds in and let them do their thing?
Or do I do something else...?
Work wants some sunflowers planted in our field. It's dry, clay, grassy....
Do I grow in pots then dig a hole and plant when 1ft tall (for example)
Or do I dig holes (6" deep) fill with compost and put seeds in and let them do their thing?
Or do I do something else...?
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I would start them off in pots and plant out when strong enough to cope with the conditions. I am growing both kinds so I have a supply of sunflower seeds for the garden birds and our chooks next winter.
I have never had to stake short sunflowers growing in borders as small groups of 3 or 5 whether in a sheltered garden in Harrow, a very exposed one in Belgium or this garden which is open to the elements.
Tall ones do need supports.
Just thinking in terms of easiness for me!
Don't want too many, as I know I will have to stake them.
Right now I can get them in pots, but I can't get them in the field yet, so would have to wait. But if that was the best, I would make it happen asap.
They certainly don't want a field full! And if they did....tough
Is there a fence they can be grown up against?
I have a mowed section with our fruit trees, so I was thinking down the edge of that, which goes to longer unmown meadow grass.
It will decide the areas a bit then. Or I could clump them in groups.