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[Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>]

Hi Doreen,
I had sunflowers scattered in amongst my nursery stock beds last year and 
they did 
fine. I would temper this by saying I have very fertile soil in my 
garden/nursery 
and there were probably only two dozen sunflowers. I just throw the seed 
around for 
fun with my sun from low germ lots I get at work free. These were 
either "tarahumara" (sp?) or "mammoth grey stripe" varieties. Oh yes and 
"prado red 
sun"! 
Seems okay...
Heron Breen
zone 4, Maine

On Thu May 19 15:42 , 'Doreen Howard' <gardendiva@charter.net> sent:

>Sunflowers can be allelopathic to weeds and some crops, I've read.  Has 
>anyone planted them among their fruit trees?  If so, what results have you 
>had?  I have a 50 foot long bed I prepared and thickly mulched to hold dwarf 
>and miniature fruit trees.  So far, I only have a Compact Stella cherry and 
>a dwarf Shipova planted there.  I'd like to plant giant and cutting 
>sunflowers in
>the rest of the bed this summer, since the ground is empty.
>Doreen Howard
>IL-WI Border--Zone 4b/5a
>
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