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Canada

Bought some seeds off ebay last fall and planted
them this past spring and now have some of the BIGGEST
sunflower plants ive ever had whent i bought them they
showed BIG blooming nice looking flowers but were suppose
to be overall small plants 2-3 foot range

well one of my plants measured this afternoon is now 13.7 Ft tall with a thick stalk ( bark on the bottom foot part of plant) with a hudge 1 foot diameter flower which just opened up on wed of this past week but looking in the inside
it basically looks like a normal flower will this plant produce seeds? ( I HOPE SO BECAUSE ID LIKE TO SAVE A FEW FOR NEXT YEAR) out of the 12 i planted all are above 8 feet high and one is 13.7 and they were suppose to be all under 3 foot high

just curious if all specices produce seeds or not?

thanks
DaveM

9/6/2003 11:05:04 PM

Ypsilanti Michigan

They should be ok unless larva got into them. When they start bending over you can pull a seed on the outside and break it open to see if it has a nut inside it. If it does then cover it with a screen or pantyhose or you won't have anything left from the birds.

9/7/2003 8:19:08 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

With sunflowers cross pollination is an issue. Next year you may end up with plants with multiheads or 2-3 feet tall.
It never hurts to replant them again, but you never know what your going to end up with. Which makes it interesting.

9/7/2003 10:02:22 AM