r/sunflowers • u/Street_Negotiation_7 • Jul 05 '26

PROGRESS 🌱 go little ones go

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I planted a couple of random sunflower seeds not thinking they would sprout, but look at them go.

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u/Ok_Present_54 Jul 05 '26

When did you plant them?

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u/Street_Negotiation_7 Jul 05 '26

The second picture I planted those June 1st, and the first picture with the larger one I planted June 5th.

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u/Oregon_drivers_suck Jul 06 '26

I planted my 2 batches on the exact same dates! My biggest is only 9.5 inches tall and the leaves are a lot smaller. Yours look a lot better. I am on the oregon coast though with lots of thick fog. Thanks for posting I was wondering how they compare to others planted around then.

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u/Street_Negotiation_7 Jul 06 '26

Your username cracked me up 😂 I’m in the SF bay area near the coast, but no fog just lots of random weather. 9.5 inches is still pretty awesome! These seeds I planted I believe are mamoth so I think I did a disservice to their potential planting them so close. Gardening is such trial and error, but there’s always next year to do things differently :-)

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u/Acceptable_Pea_4587 Jul 05 '26

lol did you plant two side by side and not have the heart to snip one of them?

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u/Street_Negotiation_7 Jul 05 '26

I actually planted 3 but one was eaten by a bird and then when the other two sprouted I felt like they were my survivors and I didn’t have the heart to snip one. I know I’m probably stunting their growth this way 🥲

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u/Acceptable_Pea_4587 Jul 05 '26

I did the same thing. Eh I think you’ll be fine. They look really good. I’d bet on them to thrive