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Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Once the flower forms a head, has most of the vertical growth come to an end? b) will cutting the head off stimulate vertical growth. Most of mine now have heads and I would like to get a few more vertical feet of growth, thanks.

7/22/2008 4:13:29 PM

Netherlands

The head means the end. The top of the stem will still stretch out a bit though. Cutting off the head will not help at all. The sunflower will start growing secondaries at each leaf node.

7/22/2008 4:21:39 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Thanks Brad.

7/22/2008 5:09:22 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

brad is right once the head has been cut off you will receive a bunch of small ones. but if you fertilize it, the flower head will get bigger But since u are gorwing for sizeExperiment. see for your self what works.

7/22/2008 8:30:37 PM