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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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They certainly don't want a field full! And if they did....tough
Is there a fence they can be grown up against?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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.