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Talkback: Sunflowers
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My sunflower got black spots due to weevil, shall i pull it out of the pot shake all the soil off and re-pot it to save it?
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This year I'm growing Little Dorrit and watering them with dilute garlic to keep the slugs/snails off. I hope this works with the squirrels as well.
I turn them everyday. Been growing them for about 1.5 months now. They also seem to go to sleep every night wilting surprisingly a lot, but come morning, they are perky again. No water added. Is this typical behaviour?
Unfortunately the flowers are now dying off, the problem is when all the flowers have died do I have to cut the spike off or do I leave it to fade naturally I think I could have difficulty cutting it its about 5 inches round. Really need help don't want to kill my plant by doing or not doing the right thing.
And Laura, you're probably growing one of the many multi-headed varieties. Some sunflowers just form a single flower at the top of each stem, but multi-headed varieties produce branched stems where each branch carries a flower (or two). These tend to be shorter but bushier plants, and are great for border displays.