Before anyone get confused, the sunflower head is not a product from my garden of sunflowers but the seedlings belong to me which I gave to my sister Emmy.
The question of why her sunflowers thrive to be bigger, larger or monster-like in size proportion when those seeds came in the same package that I bought from the store. It's a very long story.
I planted the first seeds of sunflower direct to the ground on the garden last March 29, 2019 together with other plants such as the dahlias and loganberries. The ground is just the simple soil without any fish compost or fertilizer. Although I watered them with liquid fertilizer every week. I didn't follow the spacing which should be 15cm apart and the plant should be 24" apart from each other. I want the plants close to each other so that in "pictures" they will look pleasing to the eyes. For selfie purposes only as in "background." Pretty adornment. My beautiful garden.
The continuation of the story: First week of April, the island experienced some kind of storm and windstorm that toppled down a part of the fence. Neighbors also had their fence tumbled upside down. Then it was cold again. Frost not over yet. Sunflower seeds on the ground probably been shocked, however they survived the very harsh climate. Tough. I planted/sowed some seedlings on 2 empty egg cartons for my sister Emmy and kept them inside the house. On April 14, 2019 the seeds sprout out.
We're supposed to held it at the beach but it was so windy and cold. Brought the new seedlings of sunflowers.
My sister's sunflowers died. The sunflowers at my niece's thrive to be the "monster size sunflowers." LOL. j/k.
Wow!
