7 years ago I walked the fence line with my grandkids with quite a few varieties of sunflower seeds, showed them how to poke their fingers in the ground and put a seed in. As soon as they saw the stalks coming up they were eager to help with the watering. That was the beginning of teaching them to plant seeds. I also have them walk around the garden in the fall to collect seeds from echinacea, marigolds, columbine, ect. My little helpers👍🌻😊
No their not ! It's Snow Drops ! Or that's so here in Scotland 🏴 My Bees today were collecting the Pollen on their back legs. Big globs of Bright Orange ! Must mean they are making Baby Bees for the pending Spring. 👍 OK. Maybe Crocus is out too. Have both Smowdrops and Crocuses. But the former show up quicker, unless the odd Crocus Bulb is in a Sunny spot. Then yes, it could be first ! 🙃
Sunflowers are my favorite flower. I like that they provide food for the birds, the squirrels and me. Very healthy. Peonies are my other favorite flower because the blooms are big and beautiful, and they smell so good. Plus, they are perennial, and every few years you can split them up and grow more. The only bad thing is they are so pricey I really can't afford them now. Another excellent video, Brian. I don't think I've ever seen one before on sunflowers. May the Lord continue blessing you and yours.
I have multi stemmed sunflowers in my garden. Every plant is from seed that dropped from last years planting. I moved a dozen of them when they were around 10" to 12" tall. They immediately flopped over, but I was patient and now one of the plants is 15 foot tall and all have multiple blooms.😳Wish I could remember the variety. Good to know that they can be planted in succession! Thanks for sharing your garden.
Here in middle TN there’s a beautiful home on acreage next to a main highway and every year they plant a huge strip next to the road with sunflowers! It’s so beautiful 🌻💚🌻
I never do anything to plant sunflowers anymore except pull up the ones I don’t want lol. Nearly all of mine are volunteer. I love in Kansas, where sunflowers grow wild everywhere. But after years of planting fancy varieties, even my wild sunflowers have hybridized into an interesting mix of traits. My volunteers make me smile every year!
I made the mistake last year of planting them in my raised garden beds. They averaged 12 to 15 feet tall and shaded all my veggies. I used every part of the sunflowers though. I washed and sliced the leaves for stir fry, I cut open the trunks took out the white part, dehydrated it and made sunflower flour, used the petals for tea and gave most of the seeds to the chickens. Love sunflowers, just not in my raised beds. Thanks, Brian! Love the varieties you've planted.
Last year I roasted some sunflower heads while the seeds were still white. Lots of garlic and olive oil, and it was delish! What's not delish with garlic and olive oil? When my kids were small and I had a large garden I would plant the mammoth sunflowers in a large circle and then plant pole beans at the base of each once they started getting some height. I would tie the mature blossoms together at the top to create a teepee, which also kept them from leaning way over, and the beans would climb up and were easy to harvest and shaded the inside of the teepee for the children. I left a gap for a doorway. Good times.
My 1st attempt a couple of years ago. Planted in raised beds and 5 gallon buckets with a reservoir. Learned that they have a huge root system. After harvesting the bloom and removing the bucket.. there wasn't much soil left. The ones in the raised bed took over my squash, lettuce, a radish. Sooo... if you do decide to grow the Single Sunflower, make sure to give their root system plenty of room.
Ok, I was not thinking on planting sunflowers, my husband keeps telling me he doesn't like it. However, I know a place they will look great in my front yard. By the time he realizes what it is he will be lonving how it looks :) Sometimes is better to say sorry after the fact than ask for permission :)
I get them growing under my bird feeders every year . I was very interested to see the different varieties you showed us the photos of . I’ll be interested to see yours come up and I hope you will video them for us to see once they bloom.
Awesome tips. I bought some multi head sunflowers last year from my grocery store and this year I have tons of volunteers ❤ even in places I didn't have plants. I can't wait. Your tips are very helpful. Thank you!
I noticed Brian covered his seeds/seedlings, w/a tool/mesh cover, using landscaping staples to secure it to the ground. I've put (tied on) clear bags/baggies (w/air holes 4 ventilation) over the heads as they're forming. Or, depending on the size of the/your plant(s). You may want to put empty clear (upside down) plastic grape/apple juice jugs (the biggest you can find), over the plants while they're beginning to grow. I cut/melt off the bottom of the jug (using a wood burning tool; very handy tool). Sometimes I have to use landscaping staples to secure/ancor the jugs to the ground; esp for windy days! I melt a little hole in either side of the jug, (usually about an inch or so from the bottom) I then insert my staple through/into the hole, & voila, go poke it into the ground. If you can; it's a good idea to countersink the bottom of the jug into the ground a bit, when you put it over the plant(s). Or you could place some soil up against the jug, & around the bottom as well. Lastly, if needed, depending on your weather (humid/hot); you may want to include a few ventilation holes in the jug. Keeps out the cutworms, & other pests, chipmunks/squirrels; & is a mini greenhouse with an opening on top. 🌻🐛🐇🐀🐿️🐦 One more little tip I learned that may be helpful for you: In the fall when the seeds are drying inside the flower head, I put a plastic shopping bag (sometimes I double the bags, if they are thin/prone to holes) over the head so the birds, and other critters can't/won't/don't eat your seeds/seedlings. Hope that helps! God's good blessing's; & happy gardening to you! 🤗🌱🌻🌞
Thanks for this video. I tried to grow them in the spring. They started to grow, became leggy and died at about 10 inches tall. Thought I had to wait to next spring to try again. After watching this video ill try again this weekend
Yes, I love sunflowers too along with daisies Shasta daisies. I think they're a happy plant. Also Love your cottage gardens looking beautiful, very envious of your gardens
Sunflowers:) which is why I’m watching your video. My mom passed away last week and her favorite was sunflowers. I’m going grow an area of sunflowers in her memory.
Sunflowers are happy. I like daisies and roses. I have a rose of Sharon my mother in law gave me and it is crazy beautiful. Flowers are like plates. It is always nice to see how you plant them. Good information on the need for nitrogen.
I’m pretty sure my chickens swallow their sunflower seeds whole. Sunfloweres are everywhere. Apparently chicken poop is exactly what they need to grow in Georgia
Chicken's are one of the few animals that are proven to kill all seeds they ingest. The gizzard grinds the seeds up to a paste, so any seeds they consume are no longer viable
Perfect timing! I thought I missed to plant sunflowers. I’ve been busy revamping my outside and forgot all about it. Doing it tomorrow hopefully. BTW I have learned new ways of doing things from you, thanks.
Thanks Brian I started growing sunflowers a couple of years ago and keep adding more, my wife loves them as well. I will be planting more because of your advice.
I found out they are cold tolerant .. they did fine with frost cloth.. planted in April.. 6a, I spaced them 4-6 inch's apart and they were so cute! Lisa from The Gardener's workshop taught me that. I grow them for bouquets.
Pansies n roses r my happy flowers! Love the 'fantasia' faces of pansies n the,scent of a Mr Lincoln or Neil Diamond rose can just make me forget my troubles. Have 2 volunteer sunflowers. Both facing west n both grew down along grd for about 3 ft b4 popping up about 3 ft n their stalks r al.ost 2 inches in diameter. Didnt expect them so didnt notice either one til they were ready 2 flower.
My first sunflower (Sunflower Steve's Van Gogh's Fantasy Mix seeds) has bloomed and a few more are about to open. I am so excited to see what colors come from it. I already have one of them that sprouted two side shoots.
How did you know I was searching TH-cam for tips on Sunflowers! I planted seeds about a month ago for the very first time. They are about 8" tall now! Listening now.....
I had tall sunflowers that were blooming one year that needed to be staked. While figuring out what to use, the squirrels had a blast destroying every plant by stripping off the flowers and eating them! So much for that.
My happy flowers are roses sunflowers are not as popular here in Australia as they are in the US. When I see those beautiful coloured scented blooms in my garden it makes me happy and the birds don’t eat them.
Our garden beds are much smaller and we too are always concerned if we go away during growing season. Glad you could have some time with the family on vacation!
I just saw an interesting video on the Homesteading Family channel about making your own seed oils. Sunflower seed oil was one they recommended as a good option, but also that you can press pumpkin seeds, butternut squash seeds and many others. Pretty cool - kind of that next step!
I'm planning to sow mine in a couple of days. I'm jealous of your clean soil. I live in the Missouri Ozarks, and my soil is rocky clay. It's a new house, and I'm just getting the garden established. I'm going to have to use raised beds and Ruth Stout. I'm going to plant the sunflowers along a new wooden fence. I'm doing it the easy way by laying the seeds down on the soil and covering with garden soil, compost, and probably a straw mulch. In spite of the Rocks the soil is quite fertile here and I know sunflowers are easy to grow so I would imagine they will penetrate the soil with no problem.
Sunflowers have always been my favorite flower. I remember driving across ND one summer passing miles and miles of blooming sunflower fields. That is a very happy memory.
🌻🌻. Hey Brian, I saw somewhere 🤔. Where the whole plant is edible. He took a small head with a little oil, wrapped it in foil & baked til tender AND ATE IT !! The stalk is similar to broccoli, cut the tough outer part of & eat… kinda like celery. Can’t remember about the leaves 🫤 the head looked really good when he took a bite. Darn I wish I could remember who so as to give them credit 😢. I have TBI that trips me up on some things 😵💫😵💫😁 Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
That was Kevin & Jacques from Epic Gardening. It did look tasty. If my sunflowers (that I haven’t planted yet but am inspired to now) work out l’m tempted to try it. Brian, I had no idea before this video that the entire plant was edible! Thanks for your detailed explanations!
I had a bad experience last year. Cut worms destroyed my plants. They were about 8-10 inch high at the time. One day they were there, the next morning, the stem had been cut at soil level. Luckily it was early enough in the season I was able to start other plants. Now I wrap the bottom of the stem in foil to protect them.
Time for growing giant amaranth, sunflowers, corn stalks, ... and nitrogen-fixing peas, chickpeas/garbanzos, and vine beans in the same strip - and have all growing as a vertical garden. Grow 2 nitrogen-fixing plants on each side of (could even do 4 completely surrounding) the amaranth, sunflower and corn plants.
How do you keep the squirrels from eating the seed heads while they’re drying? Also, my squirrels like to chew the flower heads off. The deer do this too. Help!
Agreed! the Sunflower is nature's happiest flower! I saved the heads from last year and replanted this year, at least these plants are growing and starting with new seed heads. BUT those SPECIAL SUNFLOWER seeds I purchased and planted from Hoss must have been eaten by the critters in my gardens. Ah now I see my mistake - not covering to protect from the critters. Thanks~~
I laughed out loud at the "love the way the sun hits it from behind.. more happiness" 😂 thats what she said hahah annnnnnnyways lets learn about my sunflowers im trying to grow 😅
I have super hard clay flower beds :( and they are super stunted :( my 10 footers are only 5 foot... and my 5 footers are only 2 to 3 ft :/ and heading... I'm just happy to see flowers
I didn't plant any sunflowers this year, but have at least a dozen growing. I was pulling up hundreds of 'weeds' before i figured out what they were. 😂
I love sunflowers, but decided not to grow them again after what happened three years ago. My grandson planted sunflowers and they thrived and grew. When the stalks were very tall and the heads began to form, I noticed something eating some of the leaves. It looked like some kind of worm damage, but each day a new leaf was damaged and the last one left shabby but intact. I spent a couple of weeks trying to catch the culprit and then one day, while I was reading near the garden, I saw a goldfinch fly in, hold onto the stalk, and eat part of a leaf. Then (s)he moved to another leaf and ate part of that one, and so on. It looked awful, but the flower heads were growing and maturing, so I did nothing because the flowers were for my grandson to see where we get the seeds he loves to eat. Just before the heads were ready to cut and dry for harvest, a flock of at least two dozen goldfinches swooped in, decimated every single part of all the sunflowers (they ate leaves, petals, seeds and the flower pods) and within minutes the marauders left all together and remaining were only tall, completely stripped stalks. My grandson never got to see how to harvest the seeds and there were none left for him to eat. We have for nearly fifty years planted bird-friendly gardens, and also have a number of feeders where we supply birds with high-quality black oil sunflower seeds and other staples. While we have always had house finches visit, I've never seen a goldfinch at any of our feeders, but clearly there's a gang of renegades in our neighborhood who would rather go on raids than come for the free food offered all year. I'm too old to deal with such malcontents.
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7 years ago I walked the fence line with my grandkids with quite a few varieties of sunflower seeds, showed them how to poke their fingers in the ground and put a seed in. As soon as they saw the stalks coming up they were eager to help with the watering. That was the beginning of teaching them to plant seeds. I also have them walk around the garden in the fall to collect seeds from echinacea, marigolds, columbine, ect.
My little helpers👍🌻😊
Aww, what some nice kids!
Crocus comes to mind for a happy flower. They're the first to bloom after winter. They mean spring is finally here. And THAT makes me happy.
No their not ! It's Snow Drops !
Or that's so here in Scotland 🏴
My Bees today were collecting the Pollen on their back legs.
Big globs of Bright Orange !
Must mean they are making Baby Bees for the pending Spring. 👍
OK. Maybe Crocus is out too.
Have both Smowdrops and Crocuses. But the former show up quicker, unless the odd Crocus Bulb is in a Sunny spot.
Then yes, it could be first ! 🙃
Sunflowers are my favorite flower. I like that they provide food for the birds, the squirrels and me. Very healthy. Peonies are my other favorite flower because the blooms are big and beautiful, and they smell so good. Plus, they are perennial, and every few years you can split them up and grow more. The only bad thing is they are so pricey I really can't afford them now. Another excellent video, Brian. I don't think I've ever seen one before on sunflowers. May the Lord continue blessing you and yours.
Just bought sunflower seeds. I would have grow peony if they existy country 😢 (they probably can't).
I have multi stemmed sunflowers in my garden. Every plant is from seed that dropped from last years planting. I moved a dozen of them when they were around 10" to 12" tall. They immediately flopped over, but I was patient and now one of the plants is 15 foot tall and all have multiple blooms.😳Wish I could remember the variety. Good to know that they can be planted in succession! Thanks for sharing your garden.
Here in middle TN there’s a beautiful home on acreage next to a main highway and every year they plant a huge strip next to the road with sunflowers! It’s so beautiful 🌻💚🌻
I never do anything to plant sunflowers anymore except pull up the ones I don’t want lol. Nearly all of mine are volunteer. I love in Kansas, where sunflowers grow wild everywhere. But after years of planting fancy varieties, even my wild sunflowers have hybridized into an interesting mix of traits. My volunteers make me smile every year!
I made the mistake last year of planting them in my raised garden beds. They averaged 12 to 15 feet tall and shaded all my veggies. I used every part of the sunflowers though. I washed and sliced the leaves for stir fry, I cut open the trunks took out the white part, dehydrated it and made sunflower flour, used the petals for tea and gave most of the seeds to the chickens. Love sunflowers, just not in my raised beds.
Thanks, Brian! Love the varieties you've planted.
The cottage flower garden is coming along very well. I love it 😍
Perfect timing! I have a multi-head sunflower getting close to blooming in my garden! I can't wait.😊 Thanks so much for the information Brian!
Last year I roasted some sunflower heads while the seeds were still white. Lots of garlic and olive oil, and it was delish! What's not delish with garlic and olive oil? When my kids were small and I had a large garden I would plant the mammoth sunflowers in a large circle and then plant pole beans at the base of each once they started getting some height. I would tie the mature blossoms together at the top to create a teepee, which also kept them from leaning way over, and the beans would climb up and were easy to harvest and shaded the inside of the teepee for the children. I left a gap for a doorway. Good times.
My 1st attempt a couple of years ago. Planted in raised beds and 5 gallon buckets with a reservoir. Learned that they have a huge root system.
After harvesting the bloom and removing the bucket.. there wasn't much soil left.
The ones in the raised bed took over my squash, lettuce, a radish.
Sooo... if you do decide to grow the Single Sunflower, make sure to give their root system plenty of room.
Ok, I was not thinking on planting sunflowers, my husband keeps telling me he doesn't like it. However, I know a place they will look great in my front yard. By the time he realizes what it is he will be lonving how it looks :) Sometimes is better to say sorry after the fact than ask for permission :)
🤣🤣 true
Asking for permission to plant sunflower 🌻
I get them growing under my bird feeders every year .
I was very interested to see the different varieties you showed us the photos of . I’ll be interested to see yours come up and I hope you will video them for us to see once they bloom.
Awesome tips. I bought some multi head sunflowers last year from my grocery store and this year I have tons of volunteers ❤ even in places I didn't have plants. I can't wait. Your tips are very helpful. Thank you!
Love ❤ Sunflowers 🌻. It's great for clay soil, the next season the soil is much more malleable.
Your cottage garden and all the flowers are so beautiful. I’m inspired to get out and plant those sunflower seeds!
I'm growing two different types of sunflowers in my garden this year. I've never grown them before and I'm so excited to watch them grow ❤
I noticed Brian covered his seeds/seedlings, w/a tool/mesh cover, using landscaping staples to secure it to the ground.
I've put (tied on) clear bags/baggies (w/air holes 4 ventilation) over the heads as they're forming.
Or, depending on the size of the/your plant(s). You may want to put empty clear (upside down) plastic grape/apple juice jugs (the biggest you can find), over the plants while they're beginning to grow.
I cut/melt off the bottom of the jug (using a wood burning tool; very handy tool).
Sometimes I have to use landscaping staples to secure/ancor the jugs to the ground; esp for windy days!
I melt a little hole in either side of the jug, (usually about an inch or so from the bottom) I then insert my staple through/into the hole, & voila, go poke it into the ground.
If you can; it's a good idea to countersink the bottom of the jug into the ground a bit, when you put it over the plant(s). Or you could place some soil up against the jug, & around the bottom as well.
Lastly, if needed, depending on your weather (humid/hot); you may want to include a few ventilation holes in the jug.
Keeps out the cutworms, & other pests, chipmunks/squirrels; & is a mini greenhouse with an opening on top. 🌻🐛🐇🐀🐿️🐦
One more little tip I learned that may be helpful for you:
In the fall when the seeds are drying inside the flower head, I put a plastic shopping bag (sometimes I double the bags, if they are thin/prone to holes) over the head so the birds, and other critters can't/won't/don't eat your seeds/seedlings.
Hope that helps! God's good blessing's; & happy gardening to you! 🤗🌱🌻🌞
Opps for some reason this went to you Tina instead of the person I was trying to respond to. Sorry about that!
Have a pleasant day! 🤗🌻
Thanks for this video. I tried to grow them in the spring. They started to grow, became leggy and died at about 10 inches tall. Thought I had to wait to next spring to try again. After watching this video ill try again this weekend
Yes, I love sunflowers too along with daisies Shasta daisies. I think they're a happy plant. Also Love your cottage gardens looking beautiful, very envious of your gardens
Sunflowers are so much fun to grow, another great informative video, thank you, Brian! :)
It will be so beautiful with all the Sunflowers. Thanks for sharing Brian.🌻
Thank you, I like the idea of mixing them up and then sprinkling. A farmer down the road does a huge field of them every year! It's beautiful!!!
Sunflowers:) which is why I’m watching your video. My mom passed away last week and her favorite was sunflowers. I’m going grow an area of sunflowers in her memory.
That's very nice! Sorry for your loss. I hope you are doing ok. :-)
Sunflowers are happy. I like daisies and roses. I have a rose of Sharon my mother in law gave me and it is crazy beautiful. Flowers are like plates. It is always nice to see how you plant them. Good information on the need for nitrogen.
I’m pretty sure my chickens swallow their sunflower seeds whole. Sunfloweres are everywhere. Apparently chicken poop is exactly what they need to grow in Georgia
Chicken's are one of the few animals that are proven to kill all seeds they ingest. The gizzard grinds the seeds up to a paste, so any seeds they consume are no longer viable
Chickens don’t have jaws, and cannot chew
Wow, you should not own chickens if you do not know they’re basic physiology.
They sure eat alot, they should have teeth
Perfect timing! I thought I missed to plant sunflowers. I’ve been busy revamping my outside and forgot all about it. Doing it tomorrow hopefully. BTW I have learned new ways of doing things from you, thanks.
Haven’t grown sunflowers yet but I have some seeds. Time to plant some. Thank you for the inspiration! Blessings ❤️🌺
I'm excited to try these with my daughter tomorrow. Got a perfect place in my back yard for a chunk of them. Thanks for the video.
Thank you! This is the exact advice that I needed to start planting my sunflowers this year.
Thanks for the tips, especially the east facing.
Thanks Brian I started growing sunflowers a couple of years ago and keep adding more, my wife loves them as well. I will be planting more because of your advice.
Sunflowers are my favorite too. I have some getting ready to get blooms on some now.
Thank you.
I planned on putting seeds in this wknd.
Very nice of the Squirrels to plant seeds for you, and they did a great job.
I found out they are cold tolerant .. they did fine with frost cloth.. planted in April.. 6a, I spaced them 4-6 inch's apart and they were so cute!
Lisa from The Gardener's workshop taught me that. I grow them for bouquets.
I like growing sunchokes. They have decent flowers and are perennials.
Pansies n roses r my happy flowers! Love the 'fantasia' faces of pansies n the,scent of a Mr Lincoln or Neil Diamond rose can just make me forget my troubles. Have 2 volunteer sunflowers. Both facing west n both grew down along grd for about 3 ft b4 popping up about 3 ft n their stalks r al.ost 2 inches in diameter. Didnt expect them so didnt notice either one til they were ready 2 flower.
My first sunflower (Sunflower Steve's Van Gogh's Fantasy Mix seeds) has bloomed and a few more are about to open. I am so excited to see what colors come from it. I already have one of them that sprouted two side shoots.
How did you know I was searching TH-cam for tips on Sunflowers! I planted seeds about a month ago for the very first time. They are about 8" tall now! Listening now.....
I’ve got sunflowers seedlings growing! And okra! So excited to see these grow and bloom.
I had tall sunflowers that were blooming one year that needed to be staked. While figuring out what to use, the squirrels had a blast destroying every plant by stripping off the flowers and eating them! So much for that.
That's a really cool idea. Mixing the seeds up like that. I really like that
Cosmos are my happy flowers .
My happy flowers are roses sunflowers are not as popular here in Australia as they are in the US. When I see those beautiful coloured scented blooms in my garden it makes me happy and the birds don’t eat them.
Thank you it always amazes me how different soil is in different parts of the world
I agree with you about them being a happy flower. One other thing is that all parts of a sunflower are edible, including the roots and leaves.
I love sunflower seeds, yummy! Happy independence day Brian!❤
Same to you!
Its the Sunflower Year for me. I fed and watered lots, as one of the goals was very tall ones. The tallest one is about to bloom, right under 14 feet.
I swear you're psychic! I'm planting sunflowers this weekend!
Our garden beds are much smaller and we too are always concerned if we go away during growing season. Glad you could have some time with the family on vacation!
I just saw an interesting video on the Homesteading Family channel about making your own seed oils. Sunflower seed oil was one they recommended as a good option, but also that you can press pumpkin seeds, butternut squash seeds and many others. Pretty cool - kind of that next step!
I'm planning to sow mine in a couple of days. I'm jealous of your clean soil. I live in the Missouri Ozarks, and my soil is rocky clay. It's a new house, and I'm just getting the garden established. I'm going to have to use raised beds and Ruth Stout. I'm going to plant the sunflowers along a new wooden fence. I'm doing it the easy way by laying the seeds down on the soil and covering with garden soil, compost, and probably a straw mulch. In spite of the Rocks the soil is quite fertile here and I know sunflowers are easy to grow so I would imagine they will penetrate the soil with no problem.
Sunflowers have always been my favorite flower. I remember driving across ND one summer passing miles and miles of blooming sunflower fields. That is a very happy memory.
I love sunflower seeds, the plants are so pretty ❤, thanks for your great video 🎉
Can't wait to see your sunflowers grow! I also think daisies are happy flowers.
I grow sunflowers every year. My favorite flower.
Beautiful garden! 😍
First time growing sunflowers 🌻 for us this year. They are six feet and forming heads!
Thanks for sharing
Sunflowers! Wild sunflowers grow along the highways in Northern AZ. ❤ The Bluejays plant ours.
First year I planted some. They are beautiful.
Thanks Brian. 🌸💚🙃
Just ordered your book. Looking forward to reading it and using it
Dahlias make me happy
Yup I love sunflowers too
thankyou, i had no idea there were so many varieties
Gladiolus. They keep popping up like fireworks. ❤️
I cut minds down and sprinkle seeds all over the yard and I think they all came up 🌺
I’m inspired to grow sunflowers 🌻
Love sunflowers! But shasta daisies are my happy flower
Sunflowers are my favorite
The stems make good mulch for next year's beds.
Zinnias are very happy to me !
I'm having a GREAT zinnia year too!!!!
@@Dutchessofcyber Yes-Yes-Yes ‼I love those bright Zinnias ‼👍👍👍
I went to feed the birds the other day snd found the biggest striped sunflower seeds I've ever seen. Popped 2 into the ground, now we wait.
Buttercups! They have the promise of warmer weather.
Love sunflowers
Great video
🌻🌻. Hey Brian, I saw somewhere 🤔. Where the whole plant is edible. He took a small head with a little oil, wrapped it in foil & baked til tender AND ATE IT !! The stalk is similar to broccoli, cut the tough outer part of & eat… kinda like celery. Can’t remember about the leaves 🫤 the head looked really good when he took a bite. Darn I wish I could remember who so as to give them credit 😢. I have TBI that trips me up on some things 😵💫😵💫😁
Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
That was Kevin & Jacques from Epic Gardening. It did look tasty. If my sunflowers (that I haven’t planted yet but am inspired to now) work out l’m tempted to try it. Brian, I had no idea before this video that the entire plant was edible! Thanks for your detailed explanations!
Great, thanks - some good tips there.
I had a bad experience last year. Cut worms destroyed my plants. They were about 8-10 inch high at the time. One day they were there, the next morning, the stem had been cut at soil level. Luckily it was early enough in the season I was able to start other plants. Now I wrap the bottom of the stem in foil to protect them.
I think sunflowers are HAPPY , too!!
Can these be grown in pots. My soil is so hard and just not workable. Thanks. Love the cottage garden.
Love sunflowers. They make me happy and the birds go wild for them. I add handfuls of the seeds to my horses’ feed too.
Keep us updated please. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
I agree. Sunflowers. I have such a hard time because as soon as they come up something (probably rabbits) eat them.
Thank you!
I want these in my yard
Time for growing giant amaranth, sunflowers, corn stalks, ... and nitrogen-fixing peas, chickpeas/garbanzos, and vine beans in the same strip - and have all growing as a vertical garden. Grow 2 nitrogen-fixing plants on each side of (could even do 4 completely surrounding) the amaranth, sunflower and corn plants.
How do you keep the squirrels from eating the seed heads while they’re drying? Also, my squirrels like to chew the flower heads off. The deer do this too. Help!
Love the pansy/viola happy faces
You can also grind the sunflower seeds like corn and make a flour out of them. Lots of fiber.
Question: have you tried Korean Natural Farming before? That would make an interesting series learning and experimenting with to compare methods.
I have 8 growing right now.
Agreed! the Sunflower is nature's happiest flower! I saved the heads from last year and replanted this year, at least these plants are growing and starting with new seed heads. BUT those SPECIAL SUNFLOWER seeds I purchased and planted from Hoss must have been eaten by the critters in my gardens. Ah now I see my mistake - not covering to protect from the critters. Thanks~~
sunflower stalks used in compost pile provide good aeriation layered at the bottom
What kind of mulch did you use? Also, when did you plant your pumpkins? Is it too late to plant them now?
I laughed out loud at the "love the way the sun hits it from behind.. more happiness" 😂 thats what she said hahah annnnnnnyways lets learn about my sunflowers im trying to grow 😅
I'm growing them for the first time. The two I have are growing super tall and haven't bloomed yet but seem to be getting there.
I have super hard clay flower beds :( and they are super stunted :( my 10 footers are only 5 foot... and my 5 footers are only 2 to 3 ft :/ and heading... I'm just happy to see flowers
I didn't plant any sunflowers this year, but have at least a dozen growing. I was pulling up hundreds of 'weeds' before i figured out what they were. 😂
I love sunflowers, but decided not to grow them again after what happened three years ago. My grandson planted sunflowers and they thrived and grew. When the stalks were very tall and the heads began to form, I noticed something eating some of the leaves. It looked like some kind of worm damage, but each day a new leaf was damaged and the last one left shabby but intact. I spent a couple of weeks trying to catch the culprit and then one day, while I was reading near the garden, I saw a goldfinch fly in, hold onto the stalk, and eat part of a leaf. Then (s)he moved to another leaf and ate part of that one, and so on. It looked awful, but the flower heads were growing and maturing, so I did nothing because the flowers were for my grandson to see where we get the seeds he loves to eat.
Just before the heads were ready to cut and dry for harvest, a flock of at least two dozen goldfinches swooped in, decimated every single part of all the sunflowers (they ate leaves, petals, seeds and the flower pods) and within minutes the marauders left all together and remaining were only tall, completely stripped stalks. My grandson never got to see how to harvest the seeds and there were none left for him to eat.
We have for nearly fifty years planted bird-friendly gardens, and also have a number of feeders where we supply birds with high-quality black oil sunflower seeds and other staples. While we have always had house finches visit, I've never seen a goldfinch at any of our feeders, but clearly there's a gang of renegades in our neighborhood who would rather go on raids than come for the free food offered all year. I'm too old to deal with such malcontents.
Poppies are my happy flower).
I like the filed with sunflowers and I I'm planting one and I added I bit of water so the seed won't die