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Geranium ID and sunflower woe
caz11
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I sowed some hardy geranium seeds, I know I planted them too late in the season and most didn't germinate (I collected and stored what I could), however after having left them in the cool shade a few have now germinated, but, one (seemingly trailing) seedling I can't tell what it is, is it even a geranium?!
Also, my sunflower leaves are being eaten almost by the hour but I cannot see anything on them at all that could be eating them! There is a small amount of slug trail on a couple of the leaves but most are slime free. What else could it be and is there any way to stop it? Would something like a washing up liquid/garlic spray combo help?
Thanks!
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Those 2 little seed leaves are geranium
The trailing one isn't. What else have you sown?
Slugs don't always leave a visible trail and some slugs are very small so you don't see the trail easily
In the sticks near Peterborough
Did you sow any morning glory, ipomoaea?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I just said to myself that it looks like morning glory
Whoop whoop.......I got one right.
I'm glad it's nit just me Caz that has unknown plants appearing
I love to find a stray something in a seed pot OL
Sometimes it's not a weed
In the sticks near Peterborough
A long shot but is there anything that can be done to stop slugs on sunflowers?
Like my Calendula that 'popped up' on my veg patch border where I had sown my Candytuft, really quite pleased with that
My slugs have only allowed one of my sunflowers to survive, despite my having spoken to them severely.
However this on remaining sunflower seems to know that the reputation of all sunflowers is on its shoulders - it's turning into the sturdiest looking sunflower I've ever grown 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dovefromabove, yes I'm hoping I'll get at least one, the last time I tried they didn't even get past tiny seedling stage ???? They are in full sun, what's the best feed to give them?
Mine isn't getting anything other than the Fish Blood & Bone and manure that was applied to that area earlier in the spring.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Last year several sunflowers appeared we think from seed dropped by birds. They grew fantastically & were much admired. This year I sowed seed from last years flowers. I must have planted 40 fairly large plants at various times this year, some under bottles some with coffee grinds, some with organic pellets. I don't think any have survived- how frustrating is that and how did last years survive completly by themselves when I was thinking I have far fewer slugs this year ?!