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Re: Sunflowers

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Jim--  Funny I just planted  a number of sunflowers I had ordered from
Vesey's of different colors and heights. The varieties come in 3, 4, and 5
foot and higher heights and can be planted to your advantage. you can check
them out at http://www.veseys.com

bill missen.

----- Original Message -----
From: "jallan6977" <jallan6977@clarityconnect.com>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Sunflowers


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|    This sunflower bit has perked my interest.  Can anyone suggest a
variety
| and a spacing that might make them a living fence or hedge.  I am thinking
| one of the large tall varieties.  They could attract more birds, I have
| several robin families and many other specie nearby.  Besides I love
| sunflower kernels.  Just hate separating them from the husks.  They make
an
| excellent natural laxative that us seniors frequently need.  At least they
| do for me.  I can still gum them to death:>)
|
| Jim allAn zone 5 New York State
| Northeastern USA.
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Vasha Rosenblum <vashan@mindspring.com>
| To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
| Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 5:22 PM
| Subject: Re: Sunflowers
|
|
| > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
| >
| > In spite of my requests NOT to plant sunflowers in the square foot beds
at
| > our school, the kids snuck those Russion Mammoth seeds into their
squares
| > anyway!  I thought sunflowers "belonged" in the 3 sisters garden, just
| like
| > in the book.  Well, I was wrong.  They looked great - sunny, cheerful,
and
| > enormous, and it was okay!  THey were sort of like sunflower flagpoles!
| > THis year we got "Solar Baby" sunflowers from Parks and they seem to
bloom
| > when only about 1 foot tall.  Solar Baby may be the way to go if you
want
| > small scale sunflowers, but I bet those 6 footers will be great!
| >
| > Vasha
| > 7.5
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > At 05:46 PM 5/21/00 -0700, you wrote:
| > >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
| > >
| > >I got some Moonbright Sunflower seeds:
| > >
| > >"A pollenless variety. Moonbright is a lemon yellow sunflower with a
| brown,
| > >almost black, center reaching 8" across. Plants are 6 feet tall,
| > >well-branching, can be pinched to produce one larger flower. They were
| > >developed for the purpose of cutting as there is no trace of pollen to
be
| > >left
| > >on the table. "
| > >
| > >I'm trying to figure out if I can put any in my square foot gardens. I
| have
| > >two beds, 4 foot by 10 foot each with a trellis at the north end of
each.
| > >Currently I have peas running up both trellises and will add beans and
| > >maybe a watermelon when there is room. In the west bed, adjacent to the
| > >trellis squares are 2 tomatoes alternating with blank squares in one
bed,
| > >and next to them are two other tomatoes checkerboarding. In the east
bed
| I
| > >have tomato, broccoli (that clearly isn't going to do anything),
tomato,
| > >and kale (that also probably isn't going to do anything), adjacent to
the
| > >trellis, then nothing in the next areas.
| > >
| > >So the question is: Would I be sorry if I put a couple of sunflowers in
| > >here? Would they to okay interspersed with those tomatoes in the west
| bed?
| > >In a row of their own in the east bed?
| > >
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