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Talkback: How to grow sunflowers from seed

I have sown some dwarf sunflower seeds in seed trays - never grown these before so complete novice! they are coming through now and about an inch high - I can only grow them on in containers but no idea how many seedlings to one container - any advice greatly appreciated! Many thanks.
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  • Every year I plan to grow sunflowers but always forget it until too late in the season. THIS YEAR I WILL DO IT. LOVE THE PLASTIC BOTTLE CLOCHES!!!!! THANKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!
  • suzyqsuzyq Posts: 1
    I have never grown sunflowers before so this will be an adventure. I love the idea of plastic bottle cloches. I will definitely try that. Thanks
  • Last year i grew sunflowers from seed, i had 12 plants. I planted them in the garden for my litlle son.
    We where proud of them and the morning after planting we went to say them goodbey.....it was a googdbey indead!!!...: all 12 had been eaten by snails. They where about 10 cm high, so the snails had a good meal, there was really nothing left to see, just the soil.
    Now i have grown 16 plants [ 4 different ones] and i will sure use escar-go. [ it is bio, not dangerous for other animals.]
  • AllotmentMaxAllotmentMax Posts: 189
    Kids have already planted a couple of sunflowers. Perhaps a bit early, but they are in fairly sheltered areas and about 2inches in height now. Going to plant some more, so we can use as cut flowers later on. Happy gardening!
  • Excitable BoyExcitable Boy Posts: 165

    In our village they have a competition for kids to see who can grow the largest sunflower head (not the tallest). A few years ago our daughter planted her sunflower on top of a hole filled with the previous year's manure where I had grown courgettes.

    The plant didn't grow particularly tall - about 7 feet - but the flower head was HUGE, 21 inches across excluding petals.

  • AllotmentMaxAllotmentMax Posts: 189
    My three children have challenged each other to a competition too. My friend has the allotment next to our so have given her three boys some seeds too. We have planted them all in various different places, including the garden so will see who comes out tops! I have promised the winner a prize. Feel it should be garden, flower related so any ideas appreciated?
  • basmithrbasmithr Posts: 5
    put sunflower seeds out for the birds you all ways get a few germinating.in unusual places
  • Slight problem - I may have planted my russian sunflowers a bit early (February) and they are all (22 of them) 30-50cm tall and growing 2-3.5 cm every day! I don't have space to keep 22 sunflowers indoors for another 2 months - I reckon they may be 2m+ by then! When is the earliest I can plant them out?

  • clkclk Posts: 95

    Could you start hardening them off outside for a while each day. (I know it's a pain bringing them in and out.) I'd pot them into bigger pots so that they are more sturdy and bring them back in if cold weather is forecast, and then out again when it's mild. And you could sow some more now, for insurance. Is there some way you can stack them?

  • BluebaronBluebaron Posts: 226
    Mine are 2 inches high and outside in pots doing fine
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