Bought a two annual type sunflower plants at a local garden shop. They are
10" -12" in height. The top flowers have blossomed and now have shriveled
up. My sister spoke with someone who knew about flowers and they told her
that I should cut off the top flower(s) once they get this way to let others
grow in. Is this what I should do?

"Charlie S." expounded:

Bought a two annual type sunflower plants at a local garden shop. They are
10" -12" in height. The top flowers have blossomed and now have shriveled
up. My sister spoke with someone who knew about flowers and they told her
that I should cut off the top flower(s) once they get this way to let others
grow in. Is this what I should do?


Absolutely. There are latent buds in the leaf joints, you'll get many
smaller flowers if you deadhead.
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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"Ann" wrote in message
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"Charlie S." expounded:

Bought a two annual type sunflower plants at a local garden shop. They
are
10" -12" in height. The top flowers have blossomed and now have shriveled
up. My sister spoke with someone who knew about flowers and they told her
that I should cut off the top flower(s) once they get this way to let
others
grow in. Is this what I should do?


Absolutely. There are latent buds in the leaf joints, you'll get many
smaller flowers if you deadhead.

Thanks for the info! Will clip them tomorrow.

"Ann" wrote in message
...
"Charlie S." expounded:

Bought a two annual type sunflower plants at a local garden shop. They
are
10" -12" in height. The top flowers have blossomed and now have shriveled
up. My sister spoke with someone who knew about flowers and they told her
that I should cut off the top flower(s) once they get this way to let
others
grow in. Is this what I should do?


Absolutely. There are latent buds in the leaf joints, you'll get many
smaller flowers if you deadhead.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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I have one volunteer sunflower in my bed, no idea how it got there at all,
but I pulled up about a dozen of these "weeds" leaving only the one just to
see what it was. I would like to save some for seed, do I just wait until
later in the summer and leave the last head or 2 to dry out?

"arkienurse" expounded:


I have one volunteer sunflower in my bed, no idea how it got there at all,
but I pulled up about a dozen of these "weeds" leaving only the one just to
see what it was. I would like to save some for seed, do I just wait until
later in the summer and leave the last head or 2 to dry out?

Yep, that's as tough as it gets! )
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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