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Any tips on selecting seed to save? Giant Sunflowers

Posted by rj_hythloday 8A VA (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 18, 09 at 9:00

I grew some Mammoth Grey Stripe this year. None of them reached over about 8'. I'm wondering if it would be worth saving seed from any of them. Would I want to select the first to open, Widest head, Widest stalk - least drooping.

The 2 w/ the widest head are also the ones drooping the most. I had tripods nearby for toms and pole beans and used these to support them. The biggest was drooping almost to the ground, it's tied back to the fence and is almost completely upright w/ some help.

I'd like to grow bigger next year, maybe none of these are worth saving seed from at all. What do you guys think?


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