🌻 6 Tips To Grow Sunflowers || How To Grow Sunflowers || Cut Flower Garden
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It's that time of year! Let's grow sunflowers! They are a major part of my cut flower garden. They produce blooms from late spring until the first frost. This video covers some helpful tips on how to grow sunflowers. Enjoy!
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I'm growing sunflowers the first time this year. My strategy is plant them in all different locations and see what works best, then next year I will focus them there.
That is a great strategy!
The heads will face in the direction of the most sun...
Oh Amanda! You have been reading my mind and I'm so thankful you spoke about not just the garden issues and how to treat, but the issues of budgeting and watching some of the big garden YT people that most of us can't even relate to. That's why I watch you the most because not only are you in my area, but you do so much with a normal neighborhood home and garden and not outrageous budget. Thank you so much for showing how to save money by growing from seed and using Facebook Marketplace for savings on pots and other items. We all want it all, but we have to realize like you have, that many gardens we admire are well established gardens that happen over time. And the most joy we should receive is just being in our garden every day and enjoying the journey that is gardening. Big hugs!
I also watch, "You Can't Eat The Grass" - it's a really good channel!
Love your pics!! ❤
Since first growing sunflowers I have always had them scattered about the yard and orchard. It's January here in the high mountain desert and I have sunflowers in bloom. Even after some snow. These are voluntary sunflowers "often the best kind". They are easy to grow and beautiful.
Jack
Oh wow! I bet that is a beautiful sight!
Growing mammoths for the first time to use as a privacy hedge! Thanks so much for the tips!!
Glad it was helpful!
I adore sunflowers. Thanks for all these tips. 🌻
You are welcome! 💚
Thank you for the great tip about how to collect the seeds I never knew about hanging them upside down with a little baggie to collect all the seeds when they fall out oh my gosh Do you are a great channel and you get great tips thank you so much you really are going to help me a lot collecting seeds from my sunflowers this year
Thank you!
Those tips were excellent 👌and You've gotten some Beautiful blooms 🌻
I've grown Mammoth and Teddy Bears and one that was a burnt orange. They were All my favorites 👩🌾👍
Gonna go Google the burnt orange one!
@@shesamadgardener I just made a video on my backyard and what's Bloomin in May.
You'll see a Sunflower 🌻that is setting up to bloom. It's birdseed!
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@@shesamadgardener I went through my past seeds.
The Sunflower was from
Botanical Interest and the name is
EVENING SUN
I hope you find it 👩🌾👍
PS. I did a video of my May backyard yesterday and I uploaded a new video of my Front yard this morning.
Central Florida zone 9b. I have to water my plants every morning just to get them through the day. Clay pots needs a 2nd watering or the basil, mustards, Marigolds, etc are fainting by 4p.m.
This was very helpful this will be the first time planting sunflowers for me so thank you
Yay! Hope you enjoy growing them!
I have grown a sunflower before and it is growing very well
Awesome!
For sharing all the beautiful sunflowers you’re going to put in your garden oh I love the red lemon one it’s gorgeous
Thank you 💚💚💚
Great tips! Love sunflowers 🌻 can’t wait to grow some of your suggestions :)
+stephanie johnson Thank you 💚💚💚
Going to try tip number 4.
Love all of your choices!🌻
Thank you 💚💚💚
So grateful for your incredible video. So, so helpful, concise and easy t follow for new gardeners.
Please keep more videos coming …
+Virginia Abubakr Thank you 💚💚💚
Super helpful!!! I’m trying this.
Wonderful!
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!! Green blue red orange yellows and some giants
Maroon lookin too.
You're welcome!!
Thanks for your tips❤
My pleasure 😊
Thanks for sharing, now, back to my sunflowers
Enjoy!
I really enjoyed this video! You get to the point, explain so we’ll but have such a sweet personality! Thanks so much, you have definitely taught this crazy newcomer
You are so welcome!
I found your helpful video exactly when I needed it. Thank you, great, specific tips! Gracias!
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for all that awesome tips you gave and some of them I didn’t even know or aware of thank you so much for a great video you put together today
You are welcome! 💚
It's my first time to plant sunflowers. Wish me luck. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, it's much appreciated. Have a wonderful day 😊
You are going to love them! 💚💚💚
Thank you!
+Karen Schwartz You are welcome! 💚
☀️🌱🌿🌻GREAT TIPS‼️🌻🌿🌱☀️
Thank you 💚💚💚
Hi my awesome friend I am just putting in my sunflower of flowers today this is a great video for me to watch. I really wish I had found you one day sooner because I just planted a bunch of sunflower seeds yesterday too I’m a little late getting things out in the garden but then finally getting them out hugs and kisses from grandma Sandy until the next video to
I feel like I’m late this year too!
Very useful tips thank you about to try for the first time 🙏🏻🙏🏻
My pleasure 😊
My Aunt Lois lives in Wylie!😁🌻🌻🌻LOVE Thanks for video!
So cool!
Great growing tips! I just received my first order from Sunflower Selections today! Their variety of seeds is wonderful. I’m growing mine in a spot I already know they’ll grow in. Super excited to try out some new varieties this season. I got two that get over 18 feet tall! Growing some pro cut varieties for the first time as well.
Wonderful!
Great video. Always start my Sunflowers inside along with the Zinnias. Zone 6. Sunfill Purple looks unique. Have to find that one for next year. Thank you 🌻
I tried sunfill last year but harvested then too late.
Thanks for sharing I have giant sun flowers too I love sun flowers thanks for sharing flowers have a good day
+Marcy Green VLOG You are welcome! 💚
@@shesamadgardener thanks you ❤️
Good stuff!!! Thanks for posting. I need to check out ordering some new kinds of seeds 🤔
You are welcome! 💚
Your t-shirt is so me 😅. I was going to ask where those gorgeous pictures of sunflowers came from, that's impressive, definitely give us updates. I can watch a billion sunflower videos
😂 I freak bc love that shirt! Got it from Amazon!
I have grown sunflowers I’ll be about seven or eight years now I always love them I like to try different varieties also different colors and I’ve done a little of each never heard of this website that you were talking about I will have to go check them out and maybe I can find some new ones I’ve never seen or heard thank you for the great tip really am enjoying your channel a lot as you can see I am on my second video and I’m sure I will look through more in the future
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I love sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 I grow them every year my tallest was a 13 1/2 ft.
That is amazing!!!
Sherman, TX checking in
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I live in Abilene and have grown many types of sunflowers. They just love our heat and shine in my garden. The only ones that didn't grow well for me was the dwarf size, but I think bc I tried to under plant them under the larger variety and they didn't get enough sunlight.
+Karen Plante yes they need just as much light as the larger ones!
I did the same thing after watching Serenas post; I dashed over to SunflowerSelections and got 11 different varieties! Today I'm planting many of them in trays before placing in the garden because I want to keep an eye on them.....(free range chickens.)
JERI!!! OMG, I am obsessed with your channel … thanks so much for putting together such calming content. Can’t believe you are commenting on my video … eeek!!!!
@@shesamadgardener You are very welcome! Your sunflower choices are great, how did I miss those?!! We both chose the Tinies; I'm excited to see our Sunflower forests.
omg are you kidding me 😁i just stumbled across your channel looking for zinnia tips, I'm binge watching and find out you're in WYLIE haha... my bf is from there! I had never heard of Wylie Texas up until 2 years ago. Nice to know its a good growing zone incase we ever move back :)
That’s awesome!
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I love the pre-sprouted seeds tip, but I have one dwarf variety where the seeds split rather than sprout. All the other varieties I’ve tried this with responded well.
Interesting about the splitting.
love them……..and so do the japanese beetles🌻🪳🐞🪰
Truth!
@@shesamadgardener It is 9:30 in zone 5B and I just went outside to check my flowers - yup, those little buggers are everywhere. I had to stop getting sunflowers because they would eat them right down to the ground. We have tried everything. Nothing really helps unless one wants to be in an all out war in the garden - day in and day out.😜
OMG!!! I just started watching your channel and just found out you are from Wylie, TX! So am I! Hello, neighbor! I want to do a zinnia hedge with sunflowers in the background so been watching videos! 🥰
+S X hi neighbor!!
@@shesamadgardener What kind of critters do you see feasting on your sunflowers? I plan to grow zinnias and sunflowers together. Mostly zinnias with the occasional sunflower in the background. Do you think this is a good idea?
"and any that don't sprout-go in the trash" LOL I laughed so hard at this
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Loved your video. This is my second year growing sunflowers. I'm finding that my Procut ones have small heads. I'm not sure why. Maybe spacing? I put two in a 8-10 inch round pot and this year I used a 10 inch fabric bag and they are growing well but I think the bud is going to be smaller. What is the tall branching yellow sunflower that you showed in your video and spoke about? Please share pics this summer of all the sunflowers you grow and their names. Thank you so much. I love the You can't eat grass channel they are a hoot and also Flower Hill Farm NY - she is great too so funny.
I’ve had that same issue with the Procut ... I find that they need consistent water to produce the large heads.
Italian White is my favorite branching sunflower.
Love Nicole with Flower Hill Farm too!
You may enjoy Nicole from Flower Hill Farm. She has a few videos where she interviews Sunflower Steve. He has created some really neat sunflower varieties that will go on sale next year. Her series with Steve started this past January or February.
Yep, I love her! She’s hilarious!
@@shesamadgardener I agree she's very funny.
Several years ago I grew some sunflowers that were taller than my husband (6'3'). I did bag two of the blooms but somehow I did not store them properly because they were moldy the next spring. Last year I planted some in pots in March. I planted the little plants in my garden in mid May. The bunnies feasted on them soooo no sunflowers last year. By the way, have bunnies ever eaten your petunias? They ate all the ones I planted in the ground last year and some of the ones in pots they could reach. That was a first for this house and this is our 20th year here in central Indiana.
I haven’t had issues with bunnies but I think that’s because of the highly populated area that my house is located with tons of new construction. I’ve seen other gardeners suggest covering the seedlings with netting until they are larger and stronger.
I love "you can't eat the grass " hahahah I saw her sunflowr video, thankfully I already had a ton of seeds so was able to stay strong.
Ahhahahaha I have two mammoths sunflowers growing ahahahahahahaha. In my small garden hahahahah. Ooh well.
My first branching sunflower seed just broke through this morning!
My ruby eclipse are doing good, but my autumn beauty, and velvet queen didn't germinate. I'll try again.
I'm totally going to do the baggy method on the rest of mine. Thanks for that tip!
You’re welcome!
I'm growing sunflowers for the first time, glad to have this video!
Since not all might come up which will give me gaps in my row, I planted some in pots at the same time. Then I can transplant as necessary. Does that make sense?
Yes, that’s a great idea!
i'm growing so many varieties this year, great fast hedge, and food for the birds in the winter, growing mamoth and dwarf, yellow, burgundy, they scream "it's summer" for me"...i'm using empty water bottles to direct seed to keep the squirrels from munching, i cut out the bottom, cut up the side, cut off the top, plastic cylinder...so they pull off easily once it's growing
Genius technique!
Thank you for the pre-sprouting tip!!!! I direct seeded a 4x4 space and had a pretty high germ rate (Johnny’s Seeds), but the soil in that spot is pretty mellow. I’m about to plant in a heavier clay and I was considering transplants but have never done that myself and often hear not to transplant. Sounds like pre-sprouting might be the happy medium here. Thanks!
You’re welcome 🌻🌻🌻
I transplanted last year and had no problem
Interesting that you water your sunflowers once a week. I water mine whenever soil feels dry the leaves tilt if sun on them is scorching hot. I water deep in their base area. They perk right back up. They’ve made it through thunderstorms but I had to do some draining work to keep them from overwatering. The one I planted on ground is growing from mulch and it’s growing crazy fast! I don’t water those that much because they are in ground. The rain helps. When heat weather becomes excessive, I water them almost regularly so they don’t burn out.
When our temps are brutal … like right now … I definitely water more often.
Great tips!!
Would it be ok to start the seeds in pack and then transplant them in bigger pots? I don’t have big enough area to dig.
Thank you.
Yes you can do that, however sunflowers don’t love to be transplanted … you might have better results waiting until the danger of frost is over and then starting directly in the pots.
Our neighbourhood bloody squirrels decimated all my sunflowers this year. Managed to salvage some of the seeds that were not eaten
Squirrels are the worst!
Good tips, thanks for the video. If I were to add one more I would say be careful of the squirrels. They will eat the seeds when you try to direct sow and even if they are just small sprouts they aren't necessarily safe. I planted a good number, planted the best looking seedlings first, slowly I would lose one after another and had to replace them with the less than ideal seedlings that I had. The squirrels are relentless where I live, they treat all my containers like a jungle gym, they simply do not care
Good to know!
I enjoyed seeing all your sunflowers Do they grow better in (east facing sun) morning to afternoon sun or afternoon to evening? Will the face of the flower turn toward the sun.
+Elsa Salinas mine are planted in full sun, so they receive 8-10 hours per day. Some varieties will turn with the sun and others don’t!
@@shesamadgardener I brought some seeds and I am excited to plant them. I hope they grow well. They should the spot I picked out for them is face east they will get sun in morning & also the afternoon sun
Do you pinch your branching sunflowers?
I do not
Charmer is really a pretty one too and the one before it was even prettier different I’ve never seen one made like that sorry I didn’t Get the name
On my way to Google it!
I can grow sunflowers if the deer, rabbits etc don't eat them. ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT? I love sunflowers and zinnias!!!
I don’t deal with deer in my area so I’m not familiar with tactics to keep them away.
What can I mix with them? Other flowers or tomatoes?
Zinnias, cosmos, veggies … whatever you want!
How do you stop critters from getting your planted seeds before they germinatw
It’s not something I typically have an issue with but I’ve seen that lots of people put a sheer cloth over their seedlings to protect them.
How do I get rid of pests on sunflower. Leaves brown and curling in, also many small black bugs along stems
I pull off the brown leaves! Not sure about the small bugs but you can always use a water soap solution or spray the stems with water to knock off the bugs.
I grow the sunflower that gets only 4 ft tall...how do I remove the blooms that are dead in order to have more blooms grow....
Depends on the variety … if it is a single stem bloom then it will only produce one bloom even if you prune them. If they are branching, you can cut the first bloom above a set of two leave to get more blooms going. However, I do not prune any branching sunflowers bc they additional blooms are never far behind the first.
Ma'am I have a doubt that,"where can I place the seeded pot for germination, should I keep it in direct sunlight for 6to8 hour or in shade area"
It needs direct sun for at least 12 hours.
I have tons of volunteer sunflowers. Do I need to thin them?
I like to have mine spaced out about 5-6 inches. You can always move some of the seedlings to utter areas too.
I'm growing some sunflowers right now, but this Texas sun has been brutal and something is turning my leaves a little brownish. I'm not sure if it's the heat. I have them in the sun with a little shade.
I just pull the leaves off if they get super brown.
@@shesamadgardener I cut them off today.
Do you put the paper towel in the window or do you keep it in the dark?
Sunflower seeds don’t require light to germinate.
Fertilizer for, specifically flowers?
I use Plantone when planting them and Alaskan Fish Emulsion for a liquid fertilizer.
Some of my sunflower leaf has some yellowing, is it nitrogen dificitancy ?
Perhaps … I usually just remove the yellowing leaves and continue to let it grow.
Hello, You didn't mention what type of fertilizer? You mentioned a brand or two---but those aren't available to me and need an alternative----Do we want nitrogen as the main ingredient; how much? Thank you
+fran smith hi there! I use the Espoma fertilizers. However, you can use a general all
purpose flower/bloom fertilizer.
Please do you sell sunflower seedlings
+owusu Ernestina I do not!
I love sunflowers but the seed head always get invaded by caterpillars. Is there a way to avoid this?
+amy amy perhaps grow a pollenless variety like the ProCuts
@@shesamadgardener alrighty, I will look for it and definitely try. I am deathly scared of caterpillars.