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Update on "blind" sunflowers
well, they are blind no more.
The tallest one (easily 8 or 9 foot! Taht's just not natural!) is now sporting a big yellow flower at the top, and has a couple of side flower buds slightly below that comign off the main stem. The other few can't be far behind. It's my first time growing them since I was a kid. Then, in drier and sunnier climes, they didn't grow a third as tall!!! Is this all down to the very wet and warmish weather we have been in the last month or two? Cat(h) |
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Update on "blind" sunflowers
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... well, they are blind no more. The tallest one (easily 8 or 9 foot! Taht's just not natural!) is now sporting a big yellow flower at the top, and has a couple of side flower buds slightly below that comign off the main stem. The other few can't be far behind. It's my first time growing them since I was a kid. Then, in drier and sunnier climes, they didn't grow a third as tall!!! Is this all down to the very wet and warmish weather we have been in the last month or two? Cat(h) I've been impressed at the huge size of the leaves on ours - almost as big as rhubarb leaves! Can you eat them? :-) Mary |
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Update on "blind" sunflowers
On Aug 26, 3:48*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... well, they are blind no more. The tallest one (easily 8 or 9 foot! *Taht's just not natural!) is now sporting a big yellow flower at the top, and has a couple of side flower buds slightly below that comign off the main stem. The other few can't be far behind. It's my first time growing them since I was a kid. *Then, in drier and sunnier climes, they didn't grow a third as tall!!! Is this all down to the very wet and warmish weather we have been in the last month or two? Cat(h) I've been impressed at the huge size of the leaves on ours - almost as big as rhubarb leaves! The sheer girth of the stem is what floored me. They're easily 4 to 5 cm in diameter! Can you eat them? :-) Mary You picked my curiosity. Apparently, "The astringent quality of the leaf tea makes it useful as a poultice for snake bites and spider bites" (see website below) However if the snake bite is deadly, this does not say how far the "usefulness" stretches... http://www.nps.gov/archive/hocu/html/plants.html You can eat the seeds when ripe - though you have to compete with the birds. And in my case, I'm going to need a ladder to harvest! Cat(h) |
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Update on "blind" sunflowers
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... I've been impressed at the huge size of the leaves on ours - almost as big as rhubarb leaves! The sheer girth of the stem is what floored me. They're easily 4 to 5 cm in diameter! Yes, and the rest. Bigger than usual, must be the rain, I reckon. Can you eat them? :-) Mary You picked my curiosity. Apparently, "The astringent quality of the leaf tea makes it useful as a poultice for snake bites and spider bites" (see website below) Oh, that's useful, thanks! You can eat the seeds when ripe - though you have to compete with the birds. And in my case, I'm going to need a ladder to harvest! I've never had success in drying the seeds without their growing mould :-( Mary |
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