If you do it now, before the roots get too entangled, you can extricate all the extras now and put them into pots (large pots, they are thirsty little beggars!) of compost! Oh, and stakes !Then you can move them around and see where sunflowers are happiest growing 😀
Thank you! Put them in pots…that’s…brilliant. This is such good advice. I’m really enchanted with gardening even though it feels like a constant puzzle that I’m unable to solve.
I lived in a small house on Alwife's Creek in Southampton, NY, near North Sea Harbor for 35 years.
When I first moved in the vegetation was random and wild which attracted all kinds of birds, bees, butterflies, and once a small box turtle. I often saw egrets and once a tall heron feasting along the creek...my little piece of paradise. Over the years I planted forsythia, hydrangeas, rose of sharon bushes, all my live Christmas trees, and a tiny perennial garden. The flowers were doomed in the sandy soil alongside my house, but everything else grew and flourished.
Then someone moved in next door....a guy hell bent on having the perfect, vast, green yard. He tore out everything along the property line, chopped down every tree and bush.
Now there are no birds, bees, butterflies, and more to be seen. The luscious habitat disappeared and my heart is broken.
We are looking forward to seeing your post in the Fall showing your gorgeous sunflowers.
I started some black eyed susans from seed one year and they did really well.
Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies, and it is so rewarding. Good luck with your gardening!
Thanks, Missy. My husband planted some black eyed susans a few years ago and they’ve really filled out. I love seeing them every year.
Lovely sunny, optimistic 🌻 post.
If you do it now, before the roots get too entangled, you can extricate all the extras now and put them into pots (large pots, they are thirsty little beggars!) of compost! Oh, and stakes !Then you can move them around and see where sunflowers are happiest growing 😀
Thank you! Put them in pots…that’s…brilliant. This is such good advice. I’m really enchanted with gardening even though it feels like a constant puzzle that I’m unable to solve.
They won't all survive the thinning, but it's much pleasanter than throwing them away!
Oh and weedkiller!? No, never...
I lived in a small house on Alwife's Creek in Southampton, NY, near North Sea Harbor for 35 years.
When I first moved in the vegetation was random and wild which attracted all kinds of birds, bees, butterflies, and once a small box turtle. I often saw egrets and once a tall heron feasting along the creek...my little piece of paradise. Over the years I planted forsythia, hydrangeas, rose of sharon bushes, all my live Christmas trees, and a tiny perennial garden. The flowers were doomed in the sandy soil alongside my house, but everything else grew and flourished.
Then someone moved in next door....a guy hell bent on having the perfect, vast, green yard. He tore out everything along the property line, chopped down every tree and bush.
Now there are no birds, bees, butterflies, and more to be seen. The luscious habitat disappeared and my heart is broken.
Ugh. I'm so sorry. Your yard sounds beautiful though. People are so clueless.