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Iowa

What is the best variety of sunflowers to grow for a big head? I planted Mammoth Gray Stripe from a catalog and got heads over 12 inches across. It won the blue ribbon at the fair and it wasn't even the biggest.

10/26/2007 3:43:58 PM

Ohio

melwil, i plant grey stripe, russian giants, and ones called sunzilla. they all grow pretty big heads, i usually take first or second place at our county fair. i'm trying to breed them for height now! i've been having better luck with the grey stripe for that. the sunzilla's are suppose to be able to get a 24" head, i'm not there yet!

11/1/2007 8:13:33 PM

Iowa

Do you know where I could buy those seeds at?

11/3/2007 10:53:58 AM

Ohio

i bought them on line. just type in sunzilla sunflowers. if i remember right, they were a hybrid that some guy created. the other ones i got from thomas and morgan(on line). i bought those directly from him. anymore questions, e-mail me. vunak05@alltel.net

11/3/2007 2:25:35 PM

Iowa

Thanks

11/5/2007 7:36:21 PM

Ohio

Track down some of the Diane strain, monster heads.

11/24/2007 12:35:37 AM

Ohio

Some of my Cravens produced 22" heads. Just another choice.

11/24/2007 12:37:40 AM