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Posted by: furbaby
Last year this time (please forgive me I'm new at this gardening stuff) I started my sunflowers indoors. They did grow all summer, but the stalk were so flimsy that I needed sticks to hold them up or the wind would blow them down. They were much thinner than a pencil. What did I do wrong? Should I have started them inside or outside? What can you suggest I do this year to have better sunflowers?
Posted by: MaryG
I'd start them outside, they don't really like to be transplanted, they tend to sulk.
Mine self-seed themselves every year and do great.
Posted by: furbaby
So do I start them as soon as the frost is out of the ground? (I warned you I was new to this) I feel so silly asking these questions, I'm sure many eyes are rolling right now because of me
Posted by: MaryG
No gardening question is silly to us here at BS. Welcome by the way.
Yes, start them when the frost is out of the ground and they should do fine.
Posted by: furbaby
Last year this time (please forgive me I'm new at this gardening stuff) I started my sunflowers indoors. They did grow all summer, but the stalk were so flimsy that I needed sticks to hold them up or the wind would blow them down. They were much thinner than a pencil. What did I do wrong? Should I have started them inside or outside? What can you suggest I do this year to have better sunflowers?
Posted by: MaryG
I'd start them outside, they don't really like to be transplanted, they tend to sulk.
Mine self-seed themselves every year and do great.
Posted by: furbaby
So do I start them as soon as the frost is out of the ground? (I warned you I was new to this) I feel so silly asking these questions, I'm sure many eyes are rolling right now because of me
Posted by: MaryG
No gardening question is silly to us here at BS. Welcome by the way.
Yes, start them when the frost is out of the ground and they should do fine.
