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| Chepfer |
Giant Sunflower hints - tips and wivestailsSo i am about to try and grow (with my son) a giant sunflower.What is the secret to getting one to grow that extra bit high ? :D |
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| Local lass |
Make sure you give it plenty of support.
I grew 5 last year 4 went with the wind . also slugs love them . one way to stop this is cut a top of a plant pot off . anough to go over the sunflower . get some copper tape and stick all around the plant pot. slugs dont like copper at all. sunflowers also get attacked by black fly is you see any of them on there use tepid water with a bit of fairy and gevtly pour over the stem of the sunflower. |
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| Martin Peck |
Be careful with the fairy liquid only a drop it has salt in it.
Copper give off a small electrical current that the slugs and snails dont like. Martin |
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| Local lass |
Thats quite intresting i never knew why they didnt like the copper. :shock: |
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| Chepfer |
Thanks for that ....... it's in and looking ....well ..... small at the moment.
This sun is helping though .... whats the record height of one of these things ? Copper sounds great .... though i may add a battery to the end of the wire ... Just for that extra bit of slug death fun ! |
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| Clunk |
http://www.sunflowernsa.com/all-about/default.asp?contentID=67
http://www3.cty-net.ne.jp/~fumifuji/yokuaruquestion_e.html |
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| Chepfer |
cheers clunk .......... Beer it is then ! | ||
| Local lass |
Mine died. :roll: | ||
| Chepfer |
Mine (now called forest and Pete, are about a foot high though the lower leaves have turned yellowish ..... better put them in individual pots now i guess !? | ||
| Bear |
I have just read Clunks link I cant imagine a 25 ft sunflower thats as tall as a house | ||