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sunflower help!!

Discussion in 'Random Ramblings' started by agnes_day, May 27, 2010.

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  1. May 27, 2010 #1
    agnes_day

    agnes_day Songster

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    i have a bunch of sunflower plants that im trying to move to make room for azaleas..well, i dug them up and replanted them and within minutes they look dead! all wilted and saggy..just awful.

    are they truly dead? how can i avoid this with the next bunch??

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  2. May 27, 2010 #2
    Katy

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    If they were very big at all their tap root was probably damaged. They have a very long tap root and it's easy to damage it. They grow so fast it's probably just as easy to plant some new ones where you want them.
     
  3. May 27, 2010 #3
    agnes_day

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    i dug really deep though, and got all the roots..or so i thought.
    are they easy to grow?? i guess i suck at it then because this is my first really successful year at it [​IMG]
     
  4. May 27, 2010 #4
    WoodlandWoman

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    Did you water them right away?
     
  5. May 27, 2010 #5
    dntd

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    miracal grow sells a root booster for transplanting, it has saved many plants. I use organic things mainly but this works wonders:)
     

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