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Old 08-05-2007, 07:17 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Sunflowers have sprouted!






"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
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"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
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I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.


Mine mowed down 2 Peony bushes when we lived iun Alaska. I wanted to murder
him on he spot.
They cost a fortune here.

Betsy