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Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 15:04
| Every year I plant sunflowers of various kinds but they never come up. The seed is fresh and I soak them overnight before planting. Does anyone know why this happens? |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 15:43
| I've not heard of soaking sunflower seeds. Lots of others, but not those. Maybe that's it? |
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| Most likely reason is something is eating them. Voles, mice, chipmunks, squirrels, birds all love them and will eat them every opportunity. You may want to either try coating the seeds with something distasteful such as Captan fungicide and dusting a bit over each planting hole, or start the seeds indoors in cell packs, grow the seedlings on outside, and transplant in-ground when they have 2 pairs of true leaves. |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sat, Dec 29, 12 at 21:58
| I soak my seeds to ensure better germination, but I don't plant until they are at least 4 in or > in height. The birds will swoop down and eat them if planted when very small. |
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