Is there anything I can do to make them stand up again or am I SOL?Too late to save them?
We were gone all weekend and my poor plants were neglected. In two days my sunflowers grew 2" and completely flopped over. Is there anything I can do to make them stand up again or am I SOL?
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I've heard that sunflowers are tricky to start indoors. You CAN bury them up to the seed leaves though. Your main challenge will be when you transplant them, I think.
If you look at my Sunflower& House thread in Permaculture Forum, I started them by early -- a week before last avg frost I think, but check that thread for accuracy -- digging out a hole with a bulb planter 4" deep and planting in the bottom of the hole, then covering each hole with a cut off 2L soda bottle. Adjusted temp by removing or screwing on the caps until temps stabilized and the hotcaps were no longer necessary. After they grew, I filled in the holes with sand/soil mixture up to their cotyldons.
If you look at my Sunflower& House thread in Permaculture Forum, I started them by early -- a week before last avg frost I think, but check that thread for accuracy -- digging out a hole with a bulb planter 4" deep and planting in the bottom of the hole, then covering each hole with a cut off 2L soda bottle. Adjusted temp by removing or screwing on the caps until temps stabilized and the hotcaps were no longer necessary. After they grew, I filled in the holes with sand/soil mixture up to their cotyldons.
