Specialty Gardening: Planting sunflowers in containers, 1 by gabagoo

gabagoo wrote:
I guess I stick them about an inch down. {{shrugs}} I don't really think about it. I just stick 'em in. LOL! I think the seed packet says how deep.
When I remember to fertilize - I use Osmocote. I usually do it when I first plant them & forget about it the rest of the time. They are thirsty plants. Luckily, last season when it rained, they were solid drenching rains so I didn't have to do much.

LOL! Steven!
I know what you mean about the squirrels. Some of the sunflowers manage to survive lone enough for the birds (finches, chickadees, etc) to enjoy.
The squirrels sometimes get to them first.
One day I looked out the window and saw a sunflower with a bushy tail running along the top of my fence. It was so funny!

Here's a woodpecker stopping by for a quick bite.

Nancy