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The ground is a little wetter than I’d like it to be to plant with more rain on the way, but the calendar says it’s time to put the seeds in the ground. So I took advantage of the nice afternoon and got to work.
The area I cleared then plowed with the Cub has settled back down so I started by working it up with the disc.
It was just dry enough not to make clods so it should be ok.
I got dad’s old planter out and got ready. I think he bought this in the early 1980s and I found the tag on it. This one was sold by Sears & Robuck.
I filled the hopper and pushed it alone. I made 7 crooked rows, had to dodge some torn roots still laying around! I didn’t bother to soil test this patch, since it’s been covered in honey suckle and small trees for years I’m just going to assume it pretty deficient. I broadcast spread some 12-12-12 fertilizer fairly heavy. Not really sure if that’s the best way to apply it in this situation but what the heck, anything is better than nothing at this point!

So now it’s fingers crossed to see if we get some sunflowers sprouting up! If we get nothing but weeds, I’ll just mow it off and try again! At least I know the spot in the yard where I spilled a bit of fertilizer will be nice and green!

Sorta heavy disks for the Ford. Did a nice job. How long before they sprout. ?

Noel

propane1 wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 10:08 am Sorta heavy disks for the Ford. Did a nice job. How long before they sprout. ?

Noel

You’re right Noel! That is a Ferguson disc, I think it’s 7 foot, and I have the gangs set for an aggressive cut. The ford will pull it, but it’s about all the 2N wants! I usually pull it with either the Farmall M or my 830 Case. But the M has the mower on it for hay and the Case has a cylinder I need to fix so the Ford gets to do it with a little grunting!

I think we should know if these sunflowers are going to do something in 10 to 15 days. This is the first time I’ve really put an effort into growing them so that’s just a guess. Thinking back I did sow some in the bottoms years ago but the river came up and drowned them before they could even start.

What do you know, they started to pop out of the ground! A little spotty at the moment and I may have to thin some places out, but the sunflowers are a growing

Any idea what kind you planted? We grew some that my kids planted in pots at the local library. They grew (in the ground) to 7 or 8' tall.

MattA wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 11:13 pm Any idea what kind you planted? We grew some that my kids planted in pots at the local library. They grew (in the ground) to 7 or 8' tall.

These are called Peredovic sunflowers. I got them at the local COOP. I told them I wanted a variety for game birds. Not sure how tall these will get.

Quick sunflower update. There are some that didn’t come up. I suspect it may have been a little too wet when I planted but its still a nice stand. They are almost waist high and after doing some reading I’m expecting them to be 4 to 5 foot high at their peak. I need to hoe the weeds out if I ever get an extra 5 minutes!

@JSinMO How are you sunflowers doing . Ours are doing well I think . I am 5'6" for reference. They range between 9-10 foot . and base of stalk as bigg as my wrist.

David your sunflowers look great. Do you know what variety you planted? How far did you space those out?

Here are our sunflowers... the kids and I planted a mixed variety from lowes which were supposed to grow to about 4.5'. We planted about two dozen directly in the ground because we really didn't have time to start them in the house. We had maybe 50% germinate and most of those were either eaten or stepped on by my little helpers. Anyways heres our progress:

Early July we returned from vacation to find brown beetles devouring our sunflowers. I removed the beetles and treated with some sevin I had. The larger plants survived. The surviving sunflowers grew well until late July when the biggest suddenly broke. It has continued to grow suprisingly well laying down (not pictured). Thunderstorm last week took out the other big sunflower. It split in several directions. Some survived, some died. Kids had fun cutting them up with clippers. Pretty disappointing results this year. I've got one late volunteer on the other side of the house that's maybe 18" tall so far. Next year I'll plant the giant variety again. Amazing how last years grew 2" a day. The kids will have more fun cutting these up with clippers this fall.

A field up the road from me, about a minute away, has a patch of sunflowers. Funny how they turn with the sun.

These pictures are from Aug 9/24

Noel

MattA wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 8:46 pm David your sunflowers look great. Do you know what variety you planted? How far did you space those out?

We planted two types, smaller ones about my height with red flowers and the one you see in the picture . I will have to ask her what there called .

Well the can't remmeber what kind they are other than she got the seeds at Walmart .

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 5:18 pm Well the can't remmeber what kind they are other than she got the seeds at Walmart .

No worries. I'll probably plant the american giant sunflowers lowes had next year. Last years sunflower grew to about 8'.

It amazes he how the sunflowers keep growing despite being broken over. They somehow manage to grow vertical toward the sun again.

@DavidBarkey your sunflower are awesome!

We ended up with a fairly nice stand. This variety ended up being between 3 to 5 feet tall. They are done for the year now but that was by design. I planted them with the hope they would be ready for Mourning Doves to eat in the fall and they are right on time. Here is a picture from a few weeks ago. I need to collect some of the seeds for the chickens then mow the some off for the birds, doves like them on the ground.

I’m thinking if I plant again next year I would like to try a mixed patch with some bigger one like you have.

A face book picture I saw yesterday.

Noel

Ours are 12-1/2ft tall. Heavy rain knocked a few down.
My 561 for comparison. It would be nice if the flowers were comparatively big!

Wow! @FUTZ seeing the height of those sunflowers - you could almost believe the "Jack and the Bean Stock" fairy tale

Looking good Futz
Forum record?
Google says the world record is 30'1" (9.17m).

FUTZ wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 7:59 am Ours are 12-1/2ft tall. Heavy rain knocked a few down.
My 561 for comparison.
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It would be nice if the flowers were comparatively big!

Holly crap Ian . you got couple of foot on mine .

@FUTZ holy cow. You win!!!

Another tall plant in neighbour's garden (not mine, honest!).
I'm impressed with girth and strength of stem; no wonder they made rope with it.

Sunflowers continue growing. This ones approaching 6' with probably two dozen buds. Lily's about 46".

We have 18+ flowers as of yesterday. Probably another dozen not open yet.

@MattA beautiful pictures. Moments to last a lifetime.