Five Reasons Why You Need to Grow Sunflowers In Your Garden
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- In this video, I delve into one of my absolute favorite plants to put in the garden. Nothing says summer to me like seeing a big, bright sunflower open from the middle of the garden. I highly encourage everyone, if you have to space available, definitely grow these. The type shown in the video are the Mammoth variety. I grow for seeds. You dont have to grow the 12 foot tall ones though, you can absolutely grow dwarf varieties that barely break knee high or also different color varieties that are meant to be looked at, not eaten.
I got my seeds here:
www.rareseeds.com/store/flowe...
Check out the National Sunflower Association:
www.sunflowernsa.com/all-about/
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"The bees are gonna be like: yo, we gotta go over there". Man, you kill me! wonderful stuff!
Yes!! Sunflowers will rejuvenate worn out soil! It is a great cover crop! I grow them all over my farm, amending the soil with my horse manure compost. They not only attract bees, but also attract aphids, which keeps aphids off of other veggies
where you don't want them!
Been doin it 3 years and now I have yellow orange and red flowers mixed together, such a fun process
Great video. Extremely informative! Thanks from a first time grower in Australia 😎👍
Thank you!
Best reasons, bees love them and they are absolutely gorgeous... that's enough for me.
Nothing says summer quite like sunflowers. I love them
First time grower of Mammoth variety sunflowers. You aren't kidding about the pollinators they bring into the garden. I have loved seeing that! I heard that you can burn the stalks at the end of the season and you get potash for the garden. Have you heard that before? Semper Fi !
They do collect a ton of minerals as they grow because of the deep taproot so if you burn or compost, you'll see those minerals in your soil. Burning almost anything plant wise will increase potassium and phosphorus to some extent but sunflowers will only mine so much. You're better off adding a few hardwood logs in the fire too. Semper Fi!
@@PalmettoPrepared Great info! Thanks so much!
Very informative! I purchased seeds already! Thank you for sharing
I hope they do great!
Sitting outside having my tea watching Palmetto Prepared.
Thank you my friend. Hope I kept the mojo goin for the mornin
Same, but coffee
Great video! I love growing sunflowers and buy black oil seeds by the bag full on the cheap meant for bird seed. They also are delicious and lucrative to sell as baby micro-greens at farmer’s markets or on your dinner table. So many wonderful uses for these versatile plants, from food and fats to cut flowers and pollinator attractors. They are a fantastic addition to any garden but make sure to verify compatibility as some veggies don’t make good companions. Nice job, thank you for posting!
Which veggies don’t like them?
Trying sunflower stem flour this year. I'm using a tupperware lettuce cutter to extract the white foam from inside the stem, drying, grinding, ready for baking. Also, the flower head holds more than the stem. Just another resource, to better utilise your food growing.
Sounds like that would that just be cellulose. Like eating straight up sawdust. Probably not the best for your gut but not overly harmful. You'd be better off feeding the stalks to a ruminate animal or even a pig as they can actually get the nutrients out of that
@@PalmettoPreparedI have sunflowers growing in medium pots , they are about 4/5 foot... it's safe to transfer them into the ground at this point?
I believe the old term for asia, "the orient", came about because you would "Orient" to the east when the sun came up, before compasses were common. The direction in which you orient, the solid baseline, became known by that term
I did not know that. BAM, THE MORE YOU KNOW
I really like sunflowers. I find then to be very cheerful and enjoyable. I'm adding them to my gardens this year.
They are a staple for me. I didnt grow them one year and it just didn't feel right at all. The story of how Russia started using them and being the number 1 producer is interesting.
love my sunflowers, i had to plant twice this year...first time i donated direct seed to birds, squirrels and mice (from the starts in the high tunnel)....2nd planting i was much more on top of it....we'll see how many make it all the way. I love the Mammoth Variety, not sure they will ever grow as tall as yours (in PacNW) but will be fun to watch.... home made sunflower oil? NICE
Oh the birds and their sunflower seeds lol, i definitely had half taken by them thats why youll notice half of these are a week behind the others lmao. And yep, gonna try the oil making. Just got my expeller so im gonna have to wait a few more weeks to see just how little oil I get out of each head
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Definitely a video topic!!
@@Joe_Brown99 oh i will definitely. I cant wait to try it out
I’d be very curious because we like olive oil
@@Joe_Brown99 oh yes! i wonder if Anthony will need to de-shell every seed?
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Ha! We were literally just talking about planting some a couple days ago. But because we like the seeds and they look cool and we have a hummingbird that we want to help feed and attract the bees
Interesting!
Heck ya! Those are COOL!👍
I freaking love these. My absolute favorite flower by far
Do they have to be replanted every year?
@@Joe_Brown99 yep. They are an annual
Ok, thanks. I still want to plant a couple I think
@@Joe_Brown99 still got plenty of time.
Anthony, I love growing sunflowers to add to my birdseed, but, in your opening I realized another reason I love growing them, “THEY MAKE A STATEMENT “. Great video. Thanks
Thank you so much
I literally harvested 21 of my Mammoth Sunflowers about 20 minutes ago! I had my son help me, he had so much fun and of corse we left a few for the birdies!
I love them too and plan on using them to shade the house walls this summer. But one thing I just learned is don’t interplant then with something else and expect it to do well. They really suppress their close neighbors
Oh yes the allopathic roots will stunt so much. Learned that a few years ago when my okra didn't do anything
Great video man. I knew they were being used in Chernobyl but didnt know exactly why. Creating your own fat is also very important, smart thinking
Thanks man. Yup they are the soil cleaner. Take out radiation and heavy metals. If i could grow olives in South Carolina I absolutely would. But we are just a tad too cold for that. Figured Sunflowers were the next logical choice
I have loads of different types growing including the russiand and mongolian giants😍. Last year the squirrel ate a lot of the flowering heads🙄 The vanilla ice had 100 of flowers and was my showpiece
Good Video dude!
Those are awesome
EXCELLENT VIDEO 🙏🏻🌻
Thank you very informative and through. God bless
Good stuff!!
Thanks Steve
Very good video thank you
Good info, thank you
Thank you!
Thanks for the video super informative!
Thank you for watchin
Planted some sunflowers❤ can't wait for them to grow up
Amazing flower. I will plant sunflowers next year on my garden. I received a lot of useful information. Thank you.
They truly are wonderful to have. So versatile
Wow! Great info Anthony...thanks my friend 😊😎
Thank you Will
Sunny sunflower love right back to you from sunny Cornwall, England! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻great vid, many thanks 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
We've been thinking about adding sunflowers so this was a great informative video!
thank you. Im a firm believer in the sunflower. No question its a staple every year for us
Great video. Thank you. Love your enthusiasm!
Thank you so much
Great video, Anthony. I feed my ducks with them. Good point on the oils.
Thank you Uncle Al
Try Sweet Romance lavender too. Pollinators love it!
🌻🌻It is often seen as a symbol of faith and devotion, radiating positivity and hope. In some Eastern religions, such as Buddhism, sunflowers are considered sacred and represent spiritual enlightenment.
Their ability to turn towards the sun is seen as a metaphor for the human quest for enlightenment and self-realization.🌻🌻
I love sunflowwers . I planned some think year . There not as big as yours yet but hopefully they will be soon . There amazing plants .
I got a bit of a headstart since im down south. I freaking love them
Great video ,sounds like a great plant to grow , many benefits, I learned something new , thanks for sharing, stay safe, God bless !
Thank you my friend
Wow!!! I did not know at least 80% of that, very cool. Also, I now know why the 12-15 sunflower seeds I planted last month didn’t take off, I definitely should’ve checked the soil ph. Good stuff 👍🏼👍🏼
Could of been too cool too. They do like it warm. However since you have chickens, I would wonder if they didn't have something to do with it
what zone?
Living in brazil planted them in the winter and they have flowered all ready about two months i live down south .
Great video. Do you think that another good reason to grow sunflowers is that it might help to hide corn or other crops from critters such as deer and raccoons? Maybe they're to smart for that.
Trust me, deer and especially raccoons love sunflowers just as much as corn.
Damn that’s tall!
Tallest ones ive ever had so far. Most of the time they hit 8 feet maybe. These mammoth ones are huge
i goin for the seed mammoth and exotic colors
1st time growing sunflowerin Chicago and 1 grew really tall
Thanks very resourceful. I have never planted any flowers/plants. I live across from a river in Jacksonville Florida...I was thinking about growing them ( area: 3ft x 125ft at the very back of my property/yard and also in a sunny are( ,6 ft x 30ft. I thought about integrating one other colorful plant...l don't want the plants to grow too densely. I am not the gardener type. So the plants must be self-survivals
With your explanations now I know why in a 5 gallons bucket, my flower are just 1-2 feet high! But I sown in front of my home for the first year and I love them. Will they let the seeds to come back next year or do I have to sow again??
I'd sow again next spring
Hey, the are big, still to cold here at nights to plant those, you know the great white north...lol
Its still freezer overnight there? Thats crazy
@@PalmettoPrepared HI not freezing but it will be about 50 your temp, 14 C here but there is a cold wind and we have had rain, so knocked down a lot of plants
Hi. I'm planting a variety of wild and store acquired sunflower seeds on 30 acres I live on. I'm in zones 5b, 6a, 6b. Do you know if all varieties of sunflowers are fully edible raw as well as cooked? Thank you!
Can you plant black oil sunflower seeds? That's what I feed the birds.
Got a link for that expeller? Plz do a video on the process 😀
Also, the mining aspect with composting after. ..awesome
Its coming soon. Waiting for the first head to fully develop then ill show the first try and everything so yall can see
@@PalmettoPrepared yaaaaay
We feed squirrels the black type of sunflower seed, they love them...a squirrel planted a seed in my mils planter...and so came our love for them too. I just purchased 6 seeds of the mammoth type, and will put it in my garden next year...my question is:...should you hull them, for growing?
or what?
Just plant them as is. No need to dehull them
Hi…I hope all is well with you…what other flowers can be planted with or around SUNDLOWERS?
I grow all varieties dwarf And mega giants but my favorite is Maximilian
Please could you give me some advise of how to prevent squrrel digging up the seeds
I have cats for this issue. But unfortunately squirrels can be ridiculous. You might have to put out a feeder that is easy for them to access so they go for it instead of your Sunflower garden
@@PalmettoPrepared The most frustrating are when the sunflowers are ready to bloom or at their blooming peak and the frucking squirrels gnaw the flowers off the stem! I swear I wanna shoot them on the spot! This happened too often.
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Very nice Anthony. I grew some two years ago. It's a pain in the rear to harvest the seeds, though. Do you ever feed the entire flower to the chickens?
I do, LG. dry the head.
I sure do. Wait till the head dries out and the pedals fall off and just toss the whole head in the coop. They treat it like crack
@@PalmettoPrepared 😂😂😂like crack
I grew one 28 feet tall
That's no long a Sunflower. I believe that should be called a suntree
I put some sunflower seeds in my garden. As soon as they germinated slug ate their leaf, will they grow back?
I'd replant personally
How do sunflowers seedlings take to mature
How long does it take for sunflower seedlings to mature
Takes about 60-75 days to flower and then another 30-40 days to have mature seed. When the heads droop and the back of the flowers brown, you're good to harvest
1k!
Where did you get your sunflower press at?
Got it off Glamazon. Looks solid so hopefully i didnt waste my money
@@PalmettoPrepared look forward to the video of you using it. I'm planting 30 sunflowers. got six in the ground already.
I only have 12 down. Wasnt even considering pressing them for oil when I planted them as I love roasted sunflower seeds. Definitely wanted to explore the possibilities so I can plan accordingly for next year
Is it true that production decreases if you don't rotate the crop
Yep. Sunflowers are a very heavy feeder of nitrogen
@@PalmettoPrepared so , how many consecutive seasons should I put sunflowers before I start rotation because sunflower is more earning than maize in Uganda
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I Love them. But, mine drowned. So I got to replant.
That stinks. Try try again unless we get another big hurricane season of course
Can i still grow sunflower only 3 hour sun light? I want to use it clean my soil
Yep. But they will be very short and take longer to grow
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I’m trying to grow them but afraid the few iguanas will destroy them! Living in FL we have sunshine all year round.
I love growing sunflowers..But as soon as they bloom, the cockatoos come & snap the heads off.Im constantly chasing them away..Cheers from Australia. 😊I always compost the stems..
Why do my sunflower seeds not contain any oil? The ones I planted did, but the harvest did not.
I've been trying to figure that one out myself. I've tried pressing multiple times only to fail every time
I have w bad habit of commenting in the middle of vid. Do you separate them because they put out a chemical that inhibits competition?
You can if you want. I'm actually growing okra and cucumbers next to mine this year without much fuss so far. The bigger issue is they take alot of nutrients from the soil, specifically nitrogen so thats what you have to watch out for with other plants
@@PalmettoPrepared I tried it last year another thing I failed to appreciated was just how much shade they would cast so in addition probably need to take that into consideration
iHAVE HEARD that sunflower seeds per day are 1/3 of cup a day or you can overload our body with excess of some vitamins, and that has caused kidney damage posible.
One reason I DON'T want sunflowers is all the fricken bees they attract!!! I hate bees😂 good video Anthony, stay safe my brother 👊🇺🇸
Lol bees rock!!!. Hope all is well well with the family my friend
"Gonna show us" the way that there is more than 1 bloom on a single stalk? No, u didn't. Instead, I got an insurance commercial.
RUclips is ruined by commercials.
Sunflowers also remove toxins from the soil returning the soil to it's original state
You know what else is tall? Trees. Also, you don't have to plant trees every year.