Sunflowers

somejoke

Sowed a few last year but do they normally reseed themselves like Foxgloves, cause I don't see any sign of baby ones around yet or is it too early.

Citizenpain

Perennial ones tend to have multiple heads , the ones you usually see around with the big single head need to be replanted .

I planted some seeds today ,,,then I saw the weather forecast

Grrrrrr

Stheno

Citizenpain wrote: »

Perennial ones tend to have multiple heads , the ones you usually see around with the big single head need to be replanted .

I planted some seeds today ,,,then I saw the weather forecast

Grrrrrr

Am I too late to plant some?

Citizenpain

Not at all .. I planted some in June last year .

May is usually the ideal time .. Wait till after the frost though

somejoke

Stheno wrote: »

Am I too late to plant some?

No... I sowed some seeds last week in a pot in the house and their just peaking their heads up now, did this last year a bit later in da year after planting into individual pots and when all danger of frost was gone I planted them into the ground.

Supercell

Monty Don was sowing them in Gardeners world just last week so definitely not too late, am going to plant a few myself in the next week or so.

Chip Whitley

I've planted roughly 15 sunflower seeds outdoors in the last week or so... how many can I realistically expect to survive? They are all in a row and will be backed by a fence that gets sun most of the day, I'm just afraid there will be gaps between sunflowers if a couple don't survive the early days!

Technophobe

Brendão wrote: »

I've planted roughly 15 sunflower seeds outdoors in the last week or so... how many can I realistically expect to survive? They are all in a row and will be backed by a fence that gets sun most of the day, I'm just afraid there will be gaps between sunflowers if a couple don't survive the early days!

Why don't you sow some in pots to transplant into gaps later if you have some...

Supercell

Bit early to be planting sunflower seeds into the ground. Far better to get a head start now if you have the space on a windowsill or greenhouse by putting into pots until the ground heats up. With all the frosts and cold lately I'd say the ground is colder than average.

Actually see on the Met Eireann website -

Chip Whitley

Thanks for the tips guys!