Ode to the little sunflower patch
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (117224)
El Paso, Texas
July 19, 2016 11:09am CST
Well my sunflowers are kissing the ground 
, I still have 2 blooms on one of the stocks 
but that sandstorm we got on the 15th knocked all of them over. The good thing is that most all the blooms were going to seed already so hopefully they will survive to perpetuate another season of sunflowers.
I tried to prop them up but they were very heavy and I didn’t have anything that would hold them up 
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, I still have 2 blooms on one of the stocks but that sandstorm we got on the 15th knocked all of them over. The good thing is that most all the blooms were going to seed already so hopefully they will survive to perpetuate another season of sunflowers.
I tried to prop them up but they were very heavy and I didn’t have anything that would hold them up .11 people like this
10 responses
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Jul 16
aw, they'll be alright :) sadly the grasshoppers made fine meals outta the sunflowers here. didn't e'en wait this year 'til they'd a chance to bloom.
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@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jul 16
We don't have much in the way of grass here anymore @crazyhorseladycx those idiots who're always sprayin herbicides have killed most anything that was natural here.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Jul 16
@rebelann i thought 'twas too hot'n dry here when they first came 'n droves...e'en 'n the panhandle'f texas they've been doin' battle with 'em. i don't reckon anybody planted their winter wheat 'til 'bout mid october - jest so's they've not eat those tender starts to the ground. seemed kinda odd seein' the 2nd cuttin' 'f alfalfa 'n wheat still green'n the fields, lol.
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
20 Jul 16
That too bad that the wind knocked them over. This year we've been lucky so far. Not gotten big winds when anything was vulnerable. We've been unlucky before. Had our tomato plants just get shredded one year.
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@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jul 16
Sure is too bad but now I've got a better idea for the next endeavor.
I haven't attempted tomato or other plants yet, looks like that was a good idea cuz now that I see what happened to the sunflowers I'll be able to figure out how to fix up an area that'll protect from winds. Always means spending money tho which can be tricky if I don't have enough.
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@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jul 16
Very true @koopharper guess it'll be a couple years before I have enough to fix up my next project ..... I'll just dream it up in the mean time
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
20 Jul 16
@rebelann It's even trickier when you don't have any money to put toward it.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
19 Jul 16
These are so pretty! Hope you can help them survive the heat-phew! We are not growing these this year.
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@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jul 16
They seemed to love the heat but boy did that one nasty sandstorm kick em in the butt.
@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 16
Actually I bought organic sunflower seeds that the grocer was selling as food. I love the tall ones and thanks for that advice, next time I'll put support beams around them to keep them upright.
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Jul 16
Oh dang @rebelann . I think some of the seeds will be okay too.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jul 16
Do you harvest the seeds?
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@rebelann (117224)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 16
I hadn't really thought about it, I merely put out some seeds to various plants to see what wood sprout and most likely the wabbits ate the tasty sprouts so I'll have to rethink how I did this.
