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    Sunflowers hardy?

    I didn't think so but on a seed packet I've got it says hardy annual Can You just sow them outside? I always thought you had to do them in the greenhouse...
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    They do fine sown direct outside - in fact they do best from self-sowings than they do from being started in pots

    (the one behind the Singapore flag is self-sown)
    Last edited by Two_Sheds; 22-03-2010, 08:54 AM.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      However for much better results it might be an idea to start them off in pots and get them growing on big and strong before planting out after all frosts a have gone, i also suggest some sort of Slug defence.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by seasprout View Post
        However for much better results it might be an idea to start them off in pots and get them growing on big and strong before planting out after all frosts a have gone,o i also suggest some sort f Slug defence.
        Mice luv the seeds too..........as I found to my detriment!
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Some of my best ones have grown from seeds that have fallen out of the bird feeders.

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          • #6
            I get ones from the bird feeders too but if I ever actually sow direct they get slugged so I sow in root trainers in the greenhouse an plant out when they get a reasonable size.

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              I'm going to plant mine in pots first. We don't have any that have fallen from the bird feeders, as a pheasant comes into our garden and pecks up all the debris...

              The same pheasant that I suspect of putting a hole in my netting and plucking out my onion sets last night. Grrrrr...

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              • #8
                I do mine in pots and plant out when big enough, but I sow them outside, no cossetting

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                • #9
                  I noticed one of the heads I left for the birds over winter has dropped seeds everywhere. I might shuffle them around a bit and see if they come up before I sow fresh.

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                  • #10
                    Thanks for all the feedback learn something new everyday, think I will try both! The little one has done 1 seed in a pot but think I'll put some in the ground as a backup

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