Five Reasons Why You Need to Grow Sunflowers In Your Garden

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In this video, I delve into one of my absolute favorite plants to put in the garden. Nothing says summer to me like seeing a big, bright sunflower open from the middle of the garden. I highly encourage everyone, if you have to space available, definitely grow these. The type shown in the video are the Mammoth variety. I grow for seeds. You dont have to grow the 12 foot tall ones though, you can absolutely grow dwarf varieties that barely break knee high or also different color varieties that are meant to be looked at, not eaten.
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@colindean8261 2 года назад

"The bees are gonna be like: yo, we gotta go over there". Man, you kill me! wonderful stuff!

@marydrew3568 7 месяцев назад

Yes!! Sunflowers will rejuvenate worn out soil! It is a great cover crop! I grow them all over my farm, amending the soil with my horse manure compost. They not only attract bees, but also attract aphids, which keeps aphids off of other veggies where you don't want them!

@melodyhallock6400 14 часов назад

I just bought Sunflower seeds to plant in my garden. Thanks for sharing the importance of growing them in your garden.

@normalwhiteguy1555 9 месяцев назад

Been doin it 3 years and now I have yellow orange and red flowers mixed together, such a fun process

@cartographicprojection 4 месяца назад

Great video. Extremely informative! Thanks from a first time grower in Australia 😎👍

@PalmettoPrepared 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@Angie-ci1lp 26 дней назад

Very informative! I purchased seeds already! Thank you for sharing

@PalmettoPrepared 25 дней назад

I hope they do great!

@TheOwsNest 3 года назад

Best reasons, bees love them and they are absolutely gorgeous... that's enough for me.

@PalmettoPrepared 3 года назад

Nothing says summer quite like sunflowers. I love them

@michaelwatkins3842 Год назад

Great video! I love growing sunflowers and buy black oil seeds by the bag full on the cheap meant for bird seed. They also are delicious and lucrative to sell as baby micro-greens at farmer’s markets or on your dinner table. So many wonderful uses for these versatile plants, from food and fats to cut flowers and pollinator attractors. They are a fantastic addition to any garden but make sure to verify compatibility as some veggies don’t make good companions. Nice job, thank you for posting!

@calisingh7978 Год назад

Which veggies don’t like them?

@ModernRefugee 4 года назад

Sitting outside having my tea watching Palmetto Prepared.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thank you my friend. Hope I kept the mojo goin for the mornin

@bobadams8818 2 месяца назад

Same, but coffee

@mikepoulin7469 4 года назад

Those are awesome

@somapneumapaideiaablessedlife 2 года назад

Thank you very informative and through. God bless

@donnamulvey7574 10 месяцев назад

Great video. Thank you. Love your enthusiasm!

@PalmettoPrepared 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@reedin9954 4 года назад

I really like sunflowers. I find then to be very cheerful and enjoyable. I'm adding them to my gardens this year.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

They are a staple for me. I didnt grow them one year and it just didn't feel right at all. The story of how Russia started using them and being the number 1 producer is interesting.

@nicolewilliams9645 Год назад

Planted some sunflowers❤ can't wait for them to grow up

@clairereid6974 11 месяцев назад

Sunny sunflower love right back to you from sunny Cornwall, England! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻great vid, many thanks 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

@JubeeBijou 10 месяцев назад

First time grower of Mammoth variety sunflowers. You aren't kidding about the pollinators they bring into the garden. I have loved seeing that! I heard that you can burn the stalks at the end of the season and you get potash for the garden. Have you heard that before? Semper Fi !

@PalmettoPrepared 10 месяцев назад

They do collect a ton of minerals as they grow because of the deep taproot so if you burn or compost, you'll see those minerals in your soil. Burning almost anything plant wise will increase potassium and phosphorus to some extent but sunflowers will only mine so much. You're better off adding a few hardwood logs in the fire too. Semper Fi!

@JubeeBijou 10 месяцев назад

@@PalmettoPrepared Great info! Thanks so much!

@lisamamabear3017 Год назад

Trying sunflower stem flour this year. I'm using a tupperware lettuce cutter to extract the white foam from inside the stem, drying, grinding, ready for baking. Also, the flower head holds more than the stem. Just another resource, to better utilise your food growing.

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

Sounds like that would that just be cellulose. Like eating straight up sawdust. Probably not the best for your gut but not overly harmful. You'd be better off feeding the stalks to a ruminate animal or even a pig as they can actually get the nutrients out of that

@ChristinePhi Год назад

@@PalmettoPreparedI have sunflowers growing in medium pots , they are about 4/5 foot... it's safe to transfer them into the ground at this point?

@CanterburyTrailsFarm 3 года назад

We've been thinking about adding sunflowers so this was a great informative video!

@PalmettoPrepared 3 года назад

thank you. Im a firm believer in the sunflower. No question its a staple every year for us

@JITPrepping 4 года назад

Wow! Great info Anthony...thanks my friend 😊😎

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thank you Will

@groceriesforsale8169 Год назад

Very good video thank you

@raysofsunshine5639 Год назад

Thanks for the video super informative!

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

Thank you for watchin

@user-yr9uw2dl3o 10 месяцев назад

Anthony, I love growing sunflowers to add to my birdseed, but, in your opening I realized another reason I love growing them, “THEY MAKE A STATEMENT “. Great video. Thanks

@PalmettoPrepared 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@valtoton2982 9 месяцев назад

I literally harvested 21 of my Mammoth Sunflowers about 20 minutes ago! I had my son help me, he had so much fun and of corse we left a few for the birdies!

@SloveniaWalksAndViews 2 года назад

Amazing flower. I will plant sunflowers next year on my garden. I received a lot of useful information. Thank you.

@PalmettoPrepared 2 года назад

They truly are wonderful to have. So versatile

@lauranyc4966 Год назад

EXCELLENT VIDEO 🙏🏻🌻

@MichaelR58 4 года назад

Great video ,sounds like a great plant to grow , many benefits, I learned something new , thanks for sharing, stay safe, God bless !

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thank you my friend

@mikepoulin7469 4 года назад

Good info, thank you

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thank you!

@Diebulfrog79 4 года назад

Great video, Anthony. I feed my ducks with them. Good point on the oils.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thank you Uncle Al

@JeanneKinland Год назад

Good Video dude!

@OldSchoolPrepper 4 года назад

love my sunflowers, i had to plant twice this year...first time i donated direct seed to birds, squirrels and mice (from the starts in the high tunnel)....2nd planting i was much more on top of it....we'll see how many make it all the way. I love the Mammoth Variety, not sure they will ever grow as tall as yours (in PacNW) but will be fun to watch.... home made sunflower oil? NICE

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Oh the birds and their sunflower seeds lol, i definitely had half taken by them thats why youll notice half of these are a week behind the others lmao. And yep, gonna try the oil making. Just got my expeller so im gonna have to wait a few more weeks to see just how little oil I get out of each head

@Joe_Brown99 4 года назад

Palmetto Prepared Definitely a video topic!!

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

@@Joe_Brown99 oh i will definitely. I cant wait to try it out

@Joe_Brown99 4 года назад

I’d be very curious because we like olive oil

@OldSchoolPrepper 4 года назад

@@Joe_Brown99 oh yes! i wonder if Anthony will need to de-shell every seed?

@winginitwithirishcolleen6692 4 года назад

Wow!!! I did not know at least 80% of that, very cool. Also, I now know why the 12-15 sunflower seeds I planted last month didn’t take off, I definitely should’ve checked the soil ph. Good stuff 👍🏼👍🏼

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Could of been too cool too. They do like it warm. However since you have chickens, I would wonder if they didn't have something to do with it

@Bmileham Год назад

what zone?

@Joe_Brown99 4 года назад

👍 Ha! We were literally just talking about planting some a couple days ago. But because we like the seeds and they look cool and we have a hummingbird that we want to help feed and attract the bees Interesting! Heck ya! Those are COOL!👍

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

I freaking love these. My absolute favorite flower by far

@Joe_Brown99 4 года назад

Do they have to be replanted every year?

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

@@Joe_Brown99 yep. They are an annual

@Joe_Brown99 4 года назад

Ok, thanks. I still want to plant a couple I think

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

@@Joe_Brown99 still got plenty of time.

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping 4 года назад

I believe the old term for asia, "the orient", came about because you would "Orient" to the east when the sun came up, before compasses were common. The direction in which you orient, the solid baseline, became known by that term

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

I did not know that. BAM, THE MORE YOU KNOW

@CorsairTrainers 4 года назад

Good stuff!!

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thanks Steve

@titanpreparedness 4 года назад

Great video man. I knew they were being used in Chernobyl but didnt know exactly why. Creating your own fat is also very important, smart thinking

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Thanks man. Yup they are the soil cleaner. Take out radiation and heavy metals. If i could grow olives in South Carolina I absolutely would. But we are just a tad too cold for that. Figured Sunflowers were the next logical choice

@alicelindborg5096 9 месяцев назад

Try Sweet Romance lavender too. Pollinators love it!

@kathleenhunter3161 4 месяца назад

I love them too and plan on using them to shade the house walls this summer. But one thing I just learned is don’t interplant then with something else and expect it to do well. They really suppress their close neighbors

@PalmettoPrepared 4 месяца назад

Oh yes the allopathic roots will stunt so much. Learned that a few years ago when my okra didn't do anything

@undergroundmetals498 4 года назад

I love sunflowwers . I planned some think year . There not as big as yours yet but hopefully they will be soon . There amazing plants .

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

I got a bit of a headstart since im down south. I freaking love them

@RADCOMJ1 Год назад

I have loads of different types growing including the russiand and mongolian giants😍. Last year the squirrel ate a lot of the flowering heads🙄 The vanilla ice had 100 of flowers and was my showpiece

@howlingmoon.4033 2 года назад

Living in brazil planted them in the winter and they have flowered all ready about two months i live down south .

@SexyAnime7 3 месяца назад

🌻🌻It is often seen as a symbol of faith and devotion, radiating positivity and hope. In some Eastern religions, such as Buddhism, sunflowers are considered sacred and represent spiritual enlightenment. Their ability to turn towards the sun is seen as a metaphor for the human quest for enlightenment and self-realization.🌻🌻

@WandaDavis-lf5eb 10 месяцев назад

Thanks very resourceful. I have never planted any flowers/plants. I live across from a river in Jacksonville Florida...I was thinking about growing them ( area: 3ft x 125ft at the very back of my property/yard and also in a sunny are( ,6 ft x 30ft. I thought about integrating one other colorful plant...l don't want the plants to grow too densely. I am not the gardener type. So the plants must be self-survivals

@lillianrenteria5139 10 месяцев назад

1st time growing sunflowerin Chicago and 1 grew really tall

@davidmantooth1285 7 месяцев назад

Great video. Do you think that another good reason to grow sunflowers is that it might help to hide corn or other crops from critters such as deer and raccoons? Maybe they're to smart for that.

@PalmettoPrepared 7 месяцев назад

Trust me, deer and especially raccoons love sunflowers just as much as corn.

@hadleymanmusic 2 месяца назад

i goin for the seed mammoth and exotic colors

@eastwindfarms3671 4 года назад

Damn that’s tall!

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Tallest ones ive ever had so far. Most of the time they hit 8 feet maybe. These mammoth ones are huge

@moonmountain4640 11 месяцев назад

Hi…I hope all is well with you…what other flowers can be planted with or around SUNDLOWERS?

@claudettemonty4077 9 месяцев назад

With your explanations now I know why in a 5 gallons bucket, my flower are just 1-2 feet high! But I sown in front of my home for the first year and I love them. Will they let the seeds to come back next year or do I have to sow again??

@PalmettoPrepared 9 месяцев назад

I'd sow again next spring

@susiemccoy7 Год назад

Can you plant black oil sunflower seeds? That's what I feed the birds.

@paulbroussard8835 Год назад

I grow all varieties dwarf And mega giants but my favorite is Maximilian

@thesetruths1404 9 месяцев назад

Hi. I'm planting a variety of wild and store acquired sunflower seeds on 30 acres I live on. I'm in zones 5b, 6a, 6b. Do you know if all varieties of sunflowers are fully edible raw as well as cooked? Thank you!

@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894 4 года назад

Hey, the are big, still to cold here at nights to plant those, you know the great white north...lol

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Its still freezer overnight there? Thats crazy

@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894 4 года назад

@@PalmettoPrepared HI not freezing but it will be about 50 your temp, 14 C here but there is a cold wind and we have had rain, so knocked down a lot of plants

@RomeliaGomez-Calmell7934 Год назад

👍

@IntegrityandKarma 4 года назад

Got a link for that expeller? Plz do a video on the process 😀

@IntegrityandKarma 4 года назад

Also, the mining aspect with composting after. ..awesome

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Its coming soon. Waiting for the first head to fully develop then ill show the first try and everything so yall can see

@IntegrityandKarma 4 года назад

@@PalmettoPrepared yaaaaay

@LibertyGarden 4 года назад

Very nice Anthony. I grew some two years ago. It's a pain in the rear to harvest the seeds, though. Do you ever feed the entire flower to the chickens?

@Diebulfrog79 4 года назад

I do, LG. dry the head.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

I sure do. Wait till the head dries out and the pedals fall off and just toss the whole head in the coop. They treat it like crack

@IntegrityandKarma 4 года назад

@@PalmettoPrepared 😂😂😂like crack

@evelynjepson5955 8 месяцев назад

We feed squirrels the black type of sunflower seed, they love them...a squirrel planted a seed in my mils planter...and so came our love for them too. I just purchased 6 seeds of the mammoth type, and will put it in my garden next year...my question is:...should you hull them, for growing? or what?

@PalmettoPrepared 8 месяцев назад

Just plant them as is. No need to dehull them

@marirodriguez2420 2 года назад

I’m trying to grow them but afraid the few iguanas will destroy them! Living in FL we have sunshine all year round.

@wideawake8415 Год назад

I grew one 28 feet tall

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

That's no long a Sunflower. I believe that should be called a suntree

@willemhofland7217 Год назад

Please could you give me some advise of how to prevent squrrel digging up the seeds

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

I have cats for this issue. But unfortunately squirrels can be ridiculous. You might have to put out a feeder that is easy for them to access so they go for it instead of your Sunflower garden

@amazingdany 11 месяцев назад

@@PalmettoPrepared The most frustrating are when the sunflowers are ready to bloom or at their blooming peak and the frucking squirrels gnaw the flowers off the stem! I swear I wanna shoot them on the spot! This happened too often.

@melanieallen8980 2 года назад

I love growing sunflowers..But as soon as they bloom, the cockatoos come & snap the heads off.Im constantly chasing them away..Cheers from Australia. 😊I always compost the stems..

@ankitanag6753 Год назад

I put some sunflower seeds in my garden. As soon as they germinated slug ate their leaf, will they grow back?

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

I'd replant personally

@CamppattonFamilyCompound 4 года назад

Where did you get your sunflower press at?

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Got it off Glamazon. Looks solid so hopefully i didnt waste my money

@CamppattonFamilyCompound 4 года назад

@@PalmettoPrepared look forward to the video of you using it. I'm planting 30 sunflowers. got six in the ground already.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

I only have 12 down. Wasnt even considering pressing them for oil when I planted them as I love roasted sunflower seeds. Definitely wanted to explore the possibilities so I can plan accordingly for next year

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping 3 года назад

1k!

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping 4 года назад

Heyhey

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

We're the Monkees

@363361329 2 года назад

Can i still grow sunflower only 3 hour sun light? I want to use it clean my soil

@PalmettoPrepared 2 года назад

Yep. But they will be very short and take longer to grow

@idyobemoses2775 Год назад

Is it true that production decreases if you don't rotate the crop

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

Yep. Sunflowers are a very heavy feeder of nitrogen

@idyobemoses2775 Год назад

@@PalmettoPrepared so , how many consecutive seasons should I put sunflowers before I start rotation because sunflower is more earning than maize in Uganda

@williefreeman6892 2 месяца назад

How do sunflowers seedlings take to mature

@williefreeman6892 2 месяца назад

How long does it take for sunflower seedlings to mature

@PalmettoPrepared 2 месяца назад

Takes about 60-75 days to flower and then another 30-40 days to have mature seed. When the heads droop and the back of the flowers brown, you're good to harvest

@dadonewetube 4 года назад

🤙🏽

@cguidry1481 4 года назад

I Love them. But, mine drowned. So I got to replant.

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

That stinks. Try try again unless we get another big hurricane season of course

@neonic1489 8 месяцев назад

Why do my sunflower seeds not contain any oil? The ones I planted did, but the harvest did not.

@PalmettoPrepared 8 месяцев назад

I've been trying to figure that one out myself. I've tried pressing multiple times only to fail every time

@Kevinrowland-dz2ut 21 день назад

iHAVE HEARD that sunflower seeds per day are 1/3 of cup a day or you can overload our body with excess of some vitamins, and that has caused kidney damage posible.

@brianramsey3824 Год назад

I have w bad habit of commenting in the middle of vid. Do you separate them because they put out a chemical that inhibits competition?

@PalmettoPrepared Год назад

You can if you want. I'm actually growing okra and cucumbers next to mine this year without much fuss so far. The bigger issue is they take alot of nutrients from the soil, specifically nitrogen so thats what you have to watch out for with other plants

@brianramsey3824 Год назад

@@PalmettoPrepared I tried it last year another thing I failed to appreciated was just how much shade they would cast so in addition probably need to take that into consideration

@mattaspreppingsurvival4658 4 года назад

One reason I DON'T want sunflowers is all the fricken bees they attract!!! I hate bees😂 good video Anthony, stay safe my brother 👊🇺🇸

@PalmettoPrepared 4 года назад

Lol bees rock!!!. Hope all is well well with the family my friend

@paulbroussard8835 Год назад

Sunflowers also remove toxins from the soil returning the soil to it's original state

@kathyfahey5469 Год назад

"Gonna show us" the way that there is more than 1 bloom on a single stalk? No, u didn't. Instead, I got an insurance commercial. RU-vid is ruined by commercials.