the Ford tractor is not shy

larry@stinescorner

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It looks like a long ways down to the pond. I wish I could have things looking as nice as yours. I have had a heck of a time getting the sweet corn to do anything. The first planted is stunted so I am not expecting much.
 
thats not our place at all,another neighbor,he planted sunflowers,I Knew he just baled the field and took a little ride down the hill to get a picture,Im going to e mail him one
 
I always like the gentle rolling hills in your pictures Larry...keep'em coming for all of us...Thanks!!
 
Can you ask him about the seed for the sunflowers please? Went to a "pumpkin patch" last fall,
they had a field of sunflower with large blooms/seed heads like those in the picture. Bought a
couple three, dried/kept them over winter and planted this past spring. Got near 100%
germination and most all of them made strong plants that bloomed, was a hit with family and
friends at church (all the women folk are extra happy when somebody volunteers the flowers) but
the flowers were mostly normal size. I wanted the huge heads found on the plants the seed came
from. Maybe I lost some hybrid vigor or something. I asked at the best seed house around here
but they just looked at me funny and pointed to the more ornamental like plant seed.

Would appreciate your time if the man could share his seed source.
 
I thought that was the concept of hybrids. The seeds are the result of the hybridization process, mating two different varieties, the result will produce for one generation, the wonderful plant. But that genetic hydribization is lost for all future next generations. I don't think it's a loss of "vigor", it is a loss of the cocnept. [Not a good scientific explanation.]
 
I ain't no master of the English language either and the terms may be a bit off. I didn't get the traits that were present initially, maybe due to my plants being second generation to the original hybrid???

I find "giant" sunflower from many sources, Burpee and other catalog sources but the quantity and pricing is odd, like 75 seeds for $10.00. Guessing that's not how the 20 acres at the patch I was at got bought or Larry's neighbor, would be an expensive way to go.

The other thing is the description of the Giants I see is of a 10 to 15 foot tall plant, looking for that 48 to 72 inch plant like in the picture and how my plants went.

I call myself studying/searching for the right source, just not finding it.
 
Many major seed companies[farm seed, corn, soybeans, sunflowers] sell seeds in bulk for your bigger plots. I have raised the sunflowers that have the large heads with the grey striped seeds. These flowers have giant heads and are a pleasure to see. Order your seeds now for next spring planting.
 
Yep, ran across that one. As described in an earlier post, I'm looking for that variety that matures like those in the picture, five-ish foot, the description in the link describes a plant that matures at 8-12 feet. Thanks for the help.
 

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