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Birdseed Sprouts--One Sunflower, One Safflower
So I put a special container over in the front of my house for my mockingbirds, and a sunflower seed and a safflower seed got into the water compartment and germinated. Any ideas for care?
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It's a little early for either of them outside I think. Sunflower can go in the ground at average last frost date. A week before if you put a hot cap cover made of cut off gallon jug.
It doesn't like to be transplanted so you need be careful of the roots -- plant the germinated seed in easy to slip out plastic container like a qt deli or a paper pot. 2 parts potting mix and 1 part sand. Someone posted a link to youtube for origami paper pot made of newspaper recently that I think is a good design -- that would be another option. At least 5-6" root depth.
Safflower -- I was curious and looked it up:
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/safflower.html
It doesn't like to be transplanted so you need be careful of the roots -- plant the germinated seed in easy to slip out plastic container like a qt deli or a paper pot. 2 parts potting mix and 1 part sand. Someone posted a link to youtube for origami paper pot made of newspaper recently that I think is a good design -- that would be another option. At least 5-6" root depth.
Safflower -- I was curious and looked it up:
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/safflower.html
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