A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat I planted sunflower seeds 2

Very nice dodge..

Thanks tamara,
The season isnt done on them. Heads will grow much larger.

No big deal if they dont.LOL

Hows baby?

dodge

boy dodge. They're so fresh and pretty. I only had one that was real tall. The others were only 7 or 8 feet. Wonder why.

I think they like the cooler temperatures here , nothing your doing.
Thanks

dodge

Going to have DH help me measure mine tonight....

did you measure?

Mine are missing, they were only a foot high when I left but apparently someone must have mowed them down.. Oh well, trust me they weren't gonna produce anything anyway.

nope & now as I do not have hip boots the measuring will have to wait for a few days....

Tamara--so sorry about the mowing incident.

Hey, at least they mowed

hip boots?
Did it flood?

Mine grew more , I have a taller one to measure .

Take a yard stick an do it
i did.

dodge

Barb: We think the guy who built our house took the top layer of soil here in the back of the house either used it in his own yard or sold it. The yards around us are higher than ours is by a LOT & When my DH mentioned it to the neighbor, his exact exact words were, "yea, I don't know what he did with that dirt"
See their wives are related so he likley knows just what happened.

As a result we have a mini-swamp in our back yard when it rains, & since we got 2+ inches last night, it is really bad out back. That is why I have a raised garden.

When I can I think I will cut down the tallest one & measure it that way. The heads are all drooping now anyway.

Omg..dirt all right..more like gold to a lawn.

Such a shame..and honestly it happens a lot around here with contractors also.

That is not nice of the contractors.

We know what you mean. They wan it for their own to sell or use in their yard.
Top soil is the mostest . Valuable.

Poor you .

dodge

yep I know--& me here coming from a yard & garden that was out of this world when it came to quality of soil. I even made DH help me bring in soil from my old yard to this house in teh back bewteen the rocked area & teh house when I dug out the clay. 25---5 gallon buckets full to be exact. I slept better after that, for sure.

He keeps sayoing he is going ot buy me a few loads of soil for the very back area so I can have a larger garden & it will not have to be raised. But I've yet to see that happen yet.

Tamara & Dodge: Thanks to both of you

Get him excited, say your going to sell an buy a house with a large yard. He might take notice.

b

Remember, when the heads are drooping they're making seeds so be sure the seeds are made before you go to chopping.

so how do I tell they are done making seeds???

They'll start to brown in the center usually..

ps were dancin in the rain today.

Our day off.

I just cut down my Black Oil Sunflowers. They had all died.--The Birds had gotten most of the seeds already anyway. The few that were left were just hollow shells.They apparently never made completely---but hey I did harvest 1 head a few weeks back that was good. So they were not a total loss.

Horray farmer.

Was fun huh/
Try baby boo pumpkins next time.

I have tried to plant pumpkins and watermelons & canteloupes in years past.
I seem to have a lot of problems

I should have planted pumpkins between the sunflowers huh????-

I just took down all but 3 o f my mammoth sunflowers.
The longest one was 10 ft to the bottom of the seed head.

So unless one of my 3 standing yet are taller or barb has a taller one, Sheri is in the lead with 10 ft 11 inches.

I will not measure the 3 left until DH cuts them down. The stalks are too thick for me to manage with my pruner. As it was, I had to leave the one I did manage to bring down in the garden because the root ball was taking about a gallon of dirt with it--and I would not like that happening.

off to take a shower now---it is only 75 out but I am wringing wet.

I took another photo. Different one shot real high ..No measure.

dodge
here it is

looking good---
when they are ready, barb--would you cut the tallest one down & measure it ????

Thanks Carol

No not cutting yet. The Heads arent matured yet.

dodge

Where did I get multiple head sunflowers






Didnt know it had al these heads.

They are multiplying







Mine werent Mammoth, Just stuff in my box from leftovers.

dodge
Not full mature heads yet. seed will get larger.

wow multiple heads--how nice for you.

so beautiful.

Thanks sheri. Pretty photos .

b

Wow those are gorgeous. I love the multiheaded ones they just that much cheeier to look at.

Thanks Shani

Good for fall photos .. I shall use,

dodge

Dodge--I got such a nice card in the mail today. It was full of flower seeds.
Thank you......

Awww shucks, :ding:

Your welcome fine lady.

dodge

Junigirl;

Your such a sweet lady .. The awesome seeds arrived today.
I thank you ber much.


Will trade again.

need any thing else?

dodge

Glad the arrived...now I hope they work for ya.

I am hoping the coconut lime will soon be at a place where I can send some of them to you as well.

Thanks for the offer--but for now I am good----I first have to decide what I am going to keep of what I have then I will better know what I might want/need.

again thanks--this was fun.

Any time nice lady.

dodge