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110 days ago I planted some sunflower seeds. (Original Post) Ptah May 2020 OP
I had some huge ones a few years ago. 8, maybe 9 feet tall. panader0 May 2020 #1
This one is about 8 feet tall. Ptah May 2020 #2
And as soon as the local honey bees find out bluecollar2 May 2020 #3
Here's a video of one of my sunflowers and bees from 11 years ago: Ptah May 2020 #5
Thanks for planting bee friendly... bluecollar2 May 2020 #6
I tried to grow some a few years ago. Grammy23 May 2020 #4
I love this. ❤️ herding cats May 2020 #7
My first volunteer sunflower opened yesterday. czarjak May 2020 #8
several years ago a sunflower was self planted in yard. it blossomed all summer. pansypoo53219 May 2020 #9
Are any 8' or taller.. denbot May 2020 #10
Not just bees will rejoice... Harker May 2020 #11
The chickadees ignore the birdseed suet blocks that other birds devour. Ptah May 2020 #12
Ah... Harker May 2020 #14
A sunflower showed up in our yard csziggy May 2020 #13

panader0

(25,816 posts)
1. I had some huge ones a few years ago. 8, maybe 9 feet tall.
Wed May 27, 2020, 09:18 PM
May 2020

I baked the heads slow after a salt bath, delicious. Enjoy.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
6. Thanks for planting bee friendly...
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:53 PM
May 2020

I have a dozen hives on my property...

Half are mine and half belong to another beek...

He's a commercial keeper and uses my property as a queen breeding site...

I keep Italians and he keeps Buckfast...

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
4. I tried to grow some a few years ago.
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:01 PM
May 2020


Sadly, never got to see them in full glory. The danged squirrels decided to chow down on the blooms and snapped them off at the stem. Grrrr....

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
7. I love this. ❤️
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:03 PM
May 2020

I'm a gardener and I planted sunflowers with my two sweet little granddaughters this year. They're 2 and 3 years old.

I've been FaceTiming their progress and those of the various veggies and zinnias we'd planted together so long ago now.

The summer squashes are producing, as are the tomato and the zinnias are blooming.

We're a pod as far as social distancing goes, but every so often something happens (read: a jerk gets in our personal space) and we have to quarantine from each other for 2 weeks. Since my one granddaughter is high risk, as is my husband.

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
9. several years ago a sunflower was self planted in yard. it blossomed all summer.
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:10 AM
May 2020

w/ led to more the next year + then we got red sunflower seeds & no matter what. we get dozens of blossoms.

denbot

(9,894 posts)
10. Are any 8' or taller..
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:06 PM
May 2020

I seem to recall you can grow giants.

On Edit: I guess I should have scrolled down before responding.. again.

Harker

(13,874 posts)
11. Not just bees will rejoice...
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:12 PM
May 2020

Many species of birds, especially chickadees will be eating the seeds for months after the plant has dried up.

Ptah

(32,983 posts)
12. The chickadees ignore the birdseed suet blocks that other birds devour.
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:22 PM
May 2020

The chickadees eat the leaves of the sunflowers.

The seeds are destined for my oven.

Harker

(13,874 posts)
14. Ah...
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:43 PM
May 2020

We had a huge sunflower stalk with over a dozen flower heads, but the seeds were tiny, so we let them go to the birds.

Chick-a-dee-dee-dee.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
13. A sunflower showed up in our yard
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:23 PM
May 2020

It bloomed yesterday, full open. I have no idea how it got planted. I haven't been feeding the birds this year so it's not from bird seed.

Some of the construction crew were eating locally produced, organic granola - maybe it was from that or maybe one of the guys was eating sunflower seeds. It's a mystery.

It's got a lot of buds on it so I will let it bloom and let the seeds mature. Next year maybe I will spread some in the field south of the house - they'd be pretty and feed the birds.

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