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Posted by cuke 8B (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 07 at 12:31
| Hello-Last year as I prepared to harvest sunflowers I found that most had their heads hanging down and I don't know what bug caused it. Most stems appear as though the stem has "broken" 6-8 inches below the flower. Anyone know what is doing this? |
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RE: sunflowers being cut
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| Birds? Landing on the sunflowers? I've found that when the flowers are looking like they are ready to set seeds, I put some cheese cloth over them, the birds stay off them and you can get the seeds before they can. |
RE: sunflowers being cut
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| Cuke, look on the back of the head. If you see bite marks or areas that are eaten, I would guess leafhopper/grasshopper. |
RE: sunflowers being cut
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| Cuke, Make sure you are growing sunflower varieties that are good for cutting. Some varieties have heads the hang down, not matter what, bugs, or no bugs. Unless you are growing them for seed, you should be growing the polenless varieties that don't produce seed. Sunflowers should be picked the morning they open. |
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