By Well its week 3 and I am deeply shocked at what I saw this week: out of the 4 seedlings that survived, once put into the garden to get some more sunlight only 1 has managed to see it through to week 3. The others have literally disappeared – but how?
I am actually really annoyed that I have just one sunflower left and now I do not know what to do with it? Where do I keep him to protect him from whatever got the other 3? I have put him back in the greenhouse, up high, so hopefully if its ants or slugs or whatever he will be a little more protected.
Out of the second batch of seeds that Noah planted, we have quite a few seedlings, but some of these look chewed as well. What is it eating them? How do I stop them from eating my little sunflowers? It is actually quite sad when you have grown these things from their seeds. I know Noah will not be impressed, so I haven’t told him just yet – thankfully the rain means that we have not been out in the garden as much.
Fingers crossed that the remaining sunflower from the first batch grows into a fine sunflower plant and we will keep tabs on the second batch which seems to be growing nicely now.
Donna @ Little Lilypad Co
May 30, 2014Great images!
My sunflowers never survive, be thankful one is doing well ๐
Fingers crossed for the second batch x
MummyConstant
June 2, 2014Thank you Donna. ๐
I have one really big sunflower growing so fingers crossed it does grow.
My husbands nan told me to spray them with fairy liquid diluted in water and it gets rid of the greenfly which gets rid of bugs and things trying to get them. I found some caterpillars on my plants this weekend too. They are all eating away at them. Boo hoo!
Family Fever
May 30, 2014What a shame some have been eaten away at, but it looks like you are still going to have some great sunflowers to cherish! #blogsrus
MummyConstant
June 2, 2014I hope so! Our first ones ๐ x
Lisa from Lisa's Life
May 31, 2014My mum has holes like that in some of her plants; we think it may be the harlequin ladybirds…hope the strong one keeps going! ๐ #blogsRus
Danielle Vedmore
May 31, 2014It may be snails. Poor little sunflowers ๐
MummyConstant
June 2, 2014I know I feel dreadful that they are being gnawed at! I have sprayed them with diluted fairy liquid apparently that is the answer ๐
Tinuke
June 2, 2014Oh no! We tried sunflowers last year, only one survived and it literally only grew a couple of feet high. Hope you have better luck!
MummyConstant
June 2, 2014I really hope it grows into an actual flower – it is so upsetting that they are being eaten ๐
Thompson Kate
June 2, 2014Those photos are stunning – we’ve never had much success with our sunflowers except the one year we had an 8′ one! It’s not that they get eaten… our cat digs them up!!!
MummyConstant
June 2, 2014Thank you so much, that is really lovely of you. I love taking photos of their progress they grow quite quickly!
I hope the larger one I currently have continues to grow. The other batch are looking a little more chewed each day ๐
Jaime Oliver
June 2, 2014oh no .. i planted 5 and we now only have 3! .. i am not happy either it took all on not to kill mine off in the first place! ……… hope your last one makes it xx