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Sunflower Seedlings
Facadero
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Hello everyone, i am a 100% Amature at this, i'm an infant at best! i started not long ago about 8 months. That's my back story.
I started my Sunflower Seeds Too early, not reading the pack like a fool. Now they are growing, i have them indoors in a nice warm corner which has its own heating, lets call it a grow room, even though its just a corner that has them.
Right now this is what they look like. And i was wondering if they are looking bad ? and if i should not have put 2 or 3 of them in one seedling pot.
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Hi Facadero. I am afraid that your sunflower seedlings look as if they are possibly too warm and also look as though they have not got enough light. This explains their thin, spindly growth. I am sorry to say that I do not think that they will survive.
Sadly I have to agree with Ladybird. I would scrap those and start again in April. Two seeds per pot and when they germinate remove the weakest one.
They need a bright place to live like a sunny windowsill, and as soon as possible put them outside in a sunny sheltered spot during the day and bring them indoors at night until thelast frosts are over then you can plant them outside.
Give them a strong cane each and try to protect them from slugs and snails.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree with Dove and Ladybird, but please don't be put off from trying again Facadero. We all make mistakes with our gardening, but try to learn from them. This forum is full of support, ideas and helpful advice.
Sunflowers are a good plant begin with. They are fairly easy to germinate, and grow to enormous heights, attracting insects and bees and one that children can relate to as they measure themselves against the plants. As Dove has mentioned do stake them with a strong cane as they can very easily topple over in a strong wind.
Awee Well that sucks, and i will most certainly try again in late april. Ya think they are too hot? damn
Is their any possiblity of them growing strong? could i change something?
The ones that you have taken the pictures of will not grow strong. They are far more likely to just collapse and die.
Plenty of time to start again, and that's what you'll have to do. The advic eyou've got is right - they're very vulnerable if you put them outside in that condition. If they don't collapse, the slugs will have them as they're weak and soft.
Sow them outside once it's warmer, or sow inside in a bright place, and get them out during the day once they've reached a s couple of inches high, gradually getting them hardened off so that they can be outside permanently a few weeks after that.
Plenty of time
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi facadero, like fairgirl said it is not too late to start again. I grew a sunflower called Teddybear for the first time last year. It is dwarf in size, which suits me, as I struggle with growing the beautiful tall ones. It has bountiful amounts of flowers that slowly open up from the inside outwards. And the petals are really tight, hence the teddy bears ear effect. I have just done some seed sowing of these beauties again.
Good luck it is a learning kerb, but one that gives you a lot of pleasure along the way.
Anything for the bees in that Teddybear?
In the sticks near Peterborough
To be honest not for the bees nutcutlet, but the birds love the seed heads. I am however, growing a lot of other flowers that are bee and butterfly friendly.
In the sticks near Peterborough