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sunflowers and squirrels
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Sheldon" wrote in message ups.com... On Jul 19, 5:17?pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "rachael simpson" wrote in message ... Sheldon wrote: On Jul 18, 7:20?pm, Xoobee wrote: I am...was...so very proud of my dwarf sunflowers this year. I grew them from seed, and they ALL came up! All 40 of them! Happy little sunflower faces...sigh.... Now there are none. I found 'evidence' along the top of the wooden fence that surrounds the yard, leading me to believe it was a nasty SQRL! Evidence? What evidence do squirrels leave on a fence; paw prints, DNA? I seriously doubt squirrels got your sunflowers, not if the entire flower head is gone. And btw, because of their configuration and how they grow sunflower seeds are essentially bird and squirrel proof. I've watched squirrels and blue jays have conniptions trying to find a way to get to my sunflowers, can't be done. I'd suggest thinking about raccoons, they can easily scale most any fence and they'd have no problem ripping off the entire flower heads and carrying them off. well your blue jays may have problems with it, but the turtle doves here love the sunflowers...........they scatter quite a few seeds, but they get the job done! Same with the cardinals here I don't believe yoose... unless what yoose call sunflowers ain't. No bird on the planet can scavange a real sunflower while it's still on the plant... just not a possibility. The sunflower head grows upside down, and has a natural barrior all around the circumference that no bird or squirrel can penetrate. I've been growing sunflowers for nigh on 50 years, no bird or squirrel has ever gotten to my sunflower seeds until I whack off the flower and allow them access. I don't know what kind of wussy pansies yoose grow but these are sunflowers: http://i19.tinypic.com/4losnxj.jpg http://i10.tinypic.com/6fqklmu.jpg http://i10.tinypic.com/4tsxam8.jpg Whatever you say, Sheldon. My 7 foot tall sunflowers, grown from a packet of seeds labeled "sunflowers", are not really sunflowers. And, the birds which look look just like all other cardinals are actually cockatiels. A fine waste of breath Joe. Just leave the man alone on his street corner, telling at the sky. God protects drunks and fools and Sheldon must be covered by both. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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