Sunflowers

Could someone help my son with his sunflower he went on a school trip today and planted a sunflower seed but on the way home he sat on it. I told him i would ask on here for advice on what to do with it now, he was so upset had to post this to tell him it will be ok so what do i do with it now please tell me. He will be over the moon to know that it will be alright and how long will it have to be in the pot that it came with.

 

Is the seed actually broken/split? If not just replant it, if it is broken get another one (check neighbours bird feeders )

Cheers MIKE

 

no seems to be fine, will do that mike, i may be a bit thick on these thing but how often do you water it, the soil it came with or compost is not very wet so after replantation shall i water it, as i keep saying nothing in ma noggin :confused: :eek: :D

 

They do benefit from a drop of water now and then, keep the compost damp/moist but not soaking wet same as you would for most plants.

 

thanks mike will do jordan is over the moon to know he hasnt spoilt it

 

heres an update and when do i plant it in the garden

 

Slugs love them so wait till it's quite a lot bigger yet. You might need to repot it into a bigger pot once it gets a bit bigger and before you put it in the garden. As it's in a peat pot though, you don't need to take that pot off, just get a bigger plastic pot and pot the whole thing in that with some new compost.

 

thanks for that mel will do will keep yous posted on its progress jordan over the moon cos its growing and he cant wait to see the end result, he wants it now though but as i keep telling him these things take time.

thanks again mel

 

Sunshine,I would make sure that if you have it on a window sill to make sure you keep turning the pot because it will always grow towards the light.As it looks now you need to place it in the window as it is and then it should start leaning to the right etc.Good Luck with it

 

thanks kandy never thought of that will do that now, thanks again

 

Protect it from slugs even when it's bigger. I had some 2' tall ones munched half way up the stem. Would be very disappoinying if it got eaten!

 

could you please tell me is it time to plant this outside yet

 

Hi Sunshine.Yes put it out somewhere where it will get lots of sun.You will need one of those bamboo canes or a wooden pole and gently tie the stem of the sunflower to it.If you have it windy in your garden then put it somewhere sheltered.It looks like it needs feeding,so some fertiliser wouldn't go amiss.Good luck

 

thanks kandy will do that tomorrow it doesnt look like the pic today took that yesturday up straight and look pretty good will put it in garden tomorrow morning and will keep yous posted on its progress if yous are interested

 

Yes Sunshine keep us all posted so that we can see just how tall it does grow.I just hope it stands up to all this windy weather.Hopefully it will live up to it's name and brig us some much needed sun