"Jim Carlock" wrote in message
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I am on my second sunflower and it's starting to flop like
the first one. This one grew straight up, presented a nice 12"
bloom and reached 6'6" in height. The base of the stem is
1" wide and goes to about 5/8" near the top. It looked good
for about a week but now the flower appears too heavy and
is bending. Is this common or could there be a deficiency in
something?

Thanks.

Does it still follow the sun? Is the stem kinked or is it still round? I
thought that sunflowers tended to "nod" when they got that big but, heck, I
can't grow them that big in the red clay of Indiana so I've sort of
forgotten.