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I love the various varieties of sun flowers that are on the market. I QUESTION why are the sunflowers that the birds seed in and that grow randomly in the veggie garden do more prolific growing???????????????? At least this has been my experience. would love to get input on this from other garden and flower fanatics:)1303357545_372695ef29_b.jpg

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Comment by Stephen Dunn NETexas Zone7b on January 13, 2010 at 3:47pm: I have used sunflowers as supports for my beans to grow on. It really dresses up a bean patch.

Comment by cheryl catherine chriss on January 11, 2010 at 1:47am: I agree...weird. I planted seeds from Wildflower Farms, and the did well, while the seed from my feeders,scattered by the birds and forgotten, went nuts, and my theory is that the seeds that surived in the groung over winter and sprouted were hardier. Even my fancy seeds that were volunteers were burlier, so I think planting them in the fall may help them, if you can protect them from the birds. I live inan area where we get snow, also...