Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sun Flower : 2009

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Sun-Flower

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Seedling

We grew sun-flowers this year from the seeds found in a bird-feed packet. Soaked them for a couple of days in water until the sprouts showed up. Then planted them in moist soil during winter rain and protected the seedlings from slugs by putting a cut cylinder of water bottle around it.  Now after about 4 months we have 15-20 sun-flower plants ready to bloom. They attract a number of pollinators. I hope that will be good for near-by tomato plants.

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