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Gardening

dixiegrrrrl

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2. Sunflowers I have grown thin buds on their own, sorta.

Reply to stopwastingmymoney (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:41 PM

Jun 2012

Some just don't develop.
They grow pretty much on their own, actually.
The birds appreciate the dried heads which I cut after the seeds have set. I hang them upside down from tree branches, and let the seed eaters go to it.

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