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| I am a newbie to gardening, and so trying sunflowers this yr for the first time. I have enclosed a picture of my seedlings that are popping out, although some of the seedlings are 'clumped' together, was hoping for the bunnies and chimpmunks to eat only 50% of my seedlings and therefore leave at least one or two intact...
Is it ok to leave them 'clumped' together or should I attempt to pull out all but one stalk? My limited understanding of sunflower seedlings is that they do not liked to be moved, so I would loose any that I pulled up an attempted to replant, correct? Could use some advise please :-) JD.
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Here is a link that might be useful: Sunflower Seedlings
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- Posted by jaydeeinma MetroWest5 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 17:23
| OR MAYBE... 'lose' the seedlings and needing 'advice'? Sheesh, my brain definitely has left the building today!!! JD. |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 17:56
| JD, From many years ago experience, my, now 31 year old son, tried to grow sunflowers that way. You need to separate them into individual plants or you will end up with only 1 plant anyways. It's how mother nature works, on the Darwin theory. It's survival of the fittest, the strongest seedling will be the only one left standing. Now with seedlings that do not grow as huge as a sunflower, you can plant them in hunks and they will be fine. Fran |
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- Posted by diggingthedirt CapeCod Z7? (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 18:49
| If you don't need all the seedlings, just take some tiny scissors and clip the extras somewhere below the seed leaves. That way you won't be disturbing the ones you've decided to keep. You might want to do that with some of the clumps, anyway. If you're going to pull them, make sure the soil is damp, i.e. that the plants are not already stressed by being dry. Then water the newly planted ones (the ones you've yanked) and keep them shaded for a day or 2 if it's sunny out. In my experience, bunnies don't do a very good job thinning seedlings. |
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- Posted by jaydeeinma MetroWest5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 13:05
| Thank you for the advice! JD. |
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