Strawberry Blonde Sunflower grown July 2021

2022– I did not grow sunflowers in 2023 but I had one successful Mammoth Sunflower grow. I started them a six pack, and then transplanted five of them along the fence (not in a garden bed) and one in the one of the rows. The ones planted along the fence only got three or four feet tall and the head was only a couple inches across. But the one growing the bed grew six to seven feet tall and the head was about one foot across. I saved some of the seeds, but failed to plant them in 2023.

2024

Mar13- Planted four spots (two seeds per hole) of seeds saved from 2022. I decided to plant two per square foot instead of one, because I can. For now…

Mar 18– Planted six 4” pots with Mammoth Russian. And five 4” pots with Strawberry Blonde. Pots were left in greenhouse.

April 10- Planted Mammoth seeds (saved from 2022) in the strawberry rows. I spaced them about two feet apart.

May 27- Mammoth seeds with the strawberries did not sprout (or if they did, they were eaten by slugs). But the seeds planted Mar 13, are happy and 1’ tall!