I can't believe I've never heard to pinch branching sunflowers! I'm planting some this year. Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for showing where to cut and to the camera person for zooming in!!! Beautiful sunflowers btw!!! These grow wild in my part of Texas! I love them!!! ❤️🌻

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! So happy that you enjoyed the video.

Wow Lovely Flowers ^^ Like it My friend, thank you for good sharing Have a good relationship

Beautiful sunflowers! I can't grow sunflowers at my school because of the wild rabbits everywhere, but I do enjoy looking at them. Thank you.

Beautiful!! You’ve sold me!! I appreciate your teaching style! 🌻🌻

@jeannettestuckelschwaiger5071

Жыл бұрын

beautiful sun flowers you've got there. I plant for thé time. Please let me know if I still can pinch them. they are 2 ft high and have 6 leaves. thank you in avance

I love my branching sunflowers! I am keeping in mind to cut them when they are in “kiss form” to sell 👍🏼

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the kiss really helps cut down on pest damage.

@amyamy7129

2 жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms got it, thank you so much 🌻

@terrafarmer48

Жыл бұрын

I heard it referred to as cupcake and that makes sense!

I'm so grateful for your detailed, thorough explanation. You've got some beautiful plants! Tfs

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love how you present. Your garden is beautiful. I felt so connected with your teaching methods. I have a small space and grew this summer. After listening to you, I think I will have a better one. Thank you.

Beautiful! I see your velvet curtain amaranth behind the sunflowers too ❤ Love it!

Such beautiful flowers! I want to add a border of branching sunflowers along my fence line this year and thanks to your video I'll be so much more confident that I'm pinching correctly. Thank you!

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

That's so exciting! Branching sunflowers make such a beauiful landscape backdrop. Wishing you much growing success. Don't be afraid to make that pinch.

Thanks for making this video, just what I need! My first year to grow sunflowers in my backyard. Not sure why I was afraid to grow them until now. Really appreciate your tip how to make them bloom more.

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

This is my first time growing sunflowers and I appreciate your help on knowing how to pinch and cut branching varieties!!!

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

Your are so welcome! Happy growing.

Thanks for the tips. This is the first year I tried the multi branching sunflowers and love them. I have been cutting them for flowering arrangements and they are just the right size I will be collecting seeds and to plant them next year. I live in North Central Florida and am looking forward to a long season of beautiful blooms

@1818Farms

11 ай бұрын

So happy that it is going well!

Great video, can’t wait to see more videos on the zinnias!

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully we will have more zinnias videos soon!

Thanks for a great video! I’ll try this soon!

Wow, amazing. I’m so new to this. I learned something new today great work 1818 farms.

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

So happy that you enjoyed the video!

so informative...thanks!

never knew about cutting just above the leaf and getting another bloom. I was pulling out the whole plant thinking it was down once the top drooped. Next time I will do this thanks

@TheAndreawixson

Жыл бұрын

It depends on if it’s a branching variety or single bloom variety. The seed seller should indicated which kind on their website or seed packet.

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

So beautiful ! I imagine it is a pleasure to live on a farm full of nature and many beautiful things ! Greetings from Ecuador🥰🤗

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is a blessing for sure.

I am always fascinated on how you turned something into many kind of dishes. They are so mouth watering 🤤! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

Thank you 🙏

@1818Farms

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

I bought Lemon Queen seeds to interplant with sweet corn because I read sunflowers repel the corn ear worm and our apiary (Honey Bees) will thrive with the extra pollen around our vegetable garden.

I started growing sunflowers since this war with Ukraine n Russia started, sunflowers are Ukraines flower( I even planted yellow n blue flowers to represent the Ukraine Flag I love your video

Thanks for your informative video that clearly shows how to pinch branching sunflowers. Quick question: do you have any pest pressure? There are tons of rabbits, groundhogs, and other wildlife around that love to eat my sunflowers. How do you keep your plants alive? 😁

@1818Farms

4 ай бұрын

We now have a portable electric netted fence around the garden. This was due to rabbit pressure.

Natasha, I grew the sunfinity sunflowers last year after watching your video. They were outstanding! I see in this video looks like you have amaranth (red spikes?) planted in your garden. Would you recommend this plant in a borden garden (full sun) or is this plant more of a cutflower? Would love your thoughts. Thanks!

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that you were happy with the Sunfinity sunflowers. They are so prolific! I grow several varieties of Amaranthus. We use them in our bouquets. They get rather tall. One thing to know is in our climate the leaves are a pest magnet and not always beautiful. We strip all of the foliage off for bouquet work. It might not be the case for you. We grow velvet curtains and hot biscuits varieties.

@ChuckKnightTaylor

Жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms Thank you for getting back to me Natasha. I live in RI Zone 6. I've never grown Amaranth before. I started a cut flower garden for my wife three years ago and grow B. Giant Zinnias, which she loves. Added the Sunflowers & Gomphrena last year. Was thinking about Amaranth this year. I bought some Red Spikes seeds. I'll grow in a test area before placing out front. Thanks again!

Good job on this video, new subscriber

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing! Happy to hear that you enjoyed the video.

This is my first year planting branching sunflowers and I didn’t know to pinch them. They’re very tall now and I can see many blooms starting to form which is so exciting! Is it ever too late to pinch? Thank you for this informative video ❤️

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Pinching is basically assisting you in them not becoming too tall and falling over and controlling the bloom size. How many leaf sets do you currently have and how tall are they now?

@gabrielleannacormierart

2 жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms they are over five feet tall and are a different variety than the sunfinity ones you talk about here. The branching sunflower plants I have have burgundy flowers that are already blooming and many buds on each plant. If I understand correctly. It would be ok for me to pinch the top bloom once it has faded? I did buy two sunfinity plants after watching your video and I’m happy I know how to care for them. ☺️

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielleannacormierart yes! this will force the plant to not grow any taller.

I’m growing this one from seed this year. So far it’s doing well . No flowers yet though

Great information. I've planted a long row of branching sunflowers, Soraya, Sonja, Ring of Fire. So we'll see how they do. I notice the plastic mesh you have. What does that do for you? I'm familiar with doing wire mesh to support fresias, but I haven't seen it on sunflowers before. best of luck !

@1818Farms

Ай бұрын

It is called hortonova netting. It keeps the flowers from falling over when they get top heavy. I have another video about it. Couldn’t live without the netting

Your video is full of amazing details. Thanks really. Considering that the harvest begins when we cut the first flower. How long until we cut the last flower? So how long is the total harvest time?

@1818Farms

7 ай бұрын

It depends on the season and weather conditions.

I've got a sunflower, with multiple blooms, can I replant the blooms, in order to get multiple plants?

I am a home gardener. I tend to let annual branching sunflowers grow wherever a seed may have fallen before the birds had eaten them all. This year a few popped up in my winter squash bed and are already starting to shade the squash. Can I remove the lower branches to open up the area to more light? Will the plant continue to branch at the top? Thanks!

Where can we get those seeds?!?! Those branching sunflowers are everything 😍

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

They are wonderful! The seed is from Syngenta. I think they can be purchased online. I will see what I can find out since this is a trial for them.

@tanyafiol9378

2 жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms thank you so much! Look forward to growing them soon, maybe! 🤞🏻

Wow great video. Now a subsrcriber to 1818 Farms. Liked it so much bought some Sunfinity Seeds for this year's garden. . Two questions please...1. what is the purple red plant in back of the Sunifity rows? 2. Probably a stupid question but, do the Sunfinity plants produce seeds? Thanks

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

So happy that you enjoyed the video! The plants behind them are Amaranthus - Velvet Curtains. We love it in bouquets and dried. Sunfinity doesn’t produce seeds. I believe because it is a hybrid and patented.

@ChuckKnightTaylor

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You mentioned not a lot of pollen on the Syngenta sunflower. So if I am interested in planting flowers for the bees, this probably isn't a good choice? Are Syngenta zinnias low pollen as well? Thanks so much.

@1818Farms

8 ай бұрын

I didn’t see a difference with the zinnias.

Thank you for this wonderful video. ...Will the cuttings take root if we put them in either the soil or water?

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

I am unsure about that. I haven’t ever tried to root them.

I never heard of pinching sunflower, except for pinching off suckers, like in tomatoes.

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

We pinch all branching sunflowers. You wouldn’t pinch any other type.

can you pinch mammoth variety sunflower? Thank you, great video

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

I always pinch all of my branching varieties. Haven’t done mammoth in particular.

@annaviolette8504

Жыл бұрын

Mammoth is not a branching sunflower

What’s the plant spacing?

This is new to my farm, I didn’t know I needed to pinch my sunflowers. What do I do now? They are about 5’ tall and we have only about 6 weeks left in our season for flowers. Should I just let them branch and cut from that or should I pinch anyway? I would hate to miss having flowers.

@1818Farms

10 ай бұрын

I would just let them do their thing this late in the season. What variety are you growing?

@lindatweedie5700

10 ай бұрын

@@1818Farms Sunflower Steve’s new release, as yet not identified.

I put my sunfinity sunflowers in large pots on either side of my garage. Should I wait to pinch or deadhead

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

How tall are they now?

Sorry if I missed it but how far apart do you plant Sunfinity? Thx!

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

We use 18 inch spacing.

How many plants did you plant in that garden? Do you spray any insect repellents to keep the pests off?

I just planted some mid June in Kansas. Will there still be time to harvest?

@1818Farms

17 күн бұрын

Yes! You should have plenty of time.

I want to grow Sunfinity but $1/seed feels nuts. Any alternative that is more affordable?

@1818Farms

3 ай бұрын

I am not familiar with another branching variety quite like this.

come back to making videos!! hope you are all well

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

You are too sweet. I have been so busy. I will try to post more. I have some new videos on BloomTV. You can see them for a free for month if you enter the code 1818 at checkout.

Hello!! When it’s at the “kiss”stage and there are other closed heads on it, where do you pinch. I’m so nervous lol!!

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

I know pinching is scary. I try to only cut the ones with the kiss. Wish that I could see a photo. Once you make the pinch the other stems will grow!

Love the sunflowers, i have a question about zinnias, I am trying to grow zinnias for bouquets, they are not as healthy as I want them to be, any suggestions on what type of soil I should be using for my zinnias? Thank you

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

Are you direct seeding or starting them inside?

@Fernsandfrogs

Жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms direct seeding

@Fernsandfrogs

Жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms I'm in Florida, zone 9, direct sun

Ty Can I pinch when they are already too high ?

@1818Farms

11 ай бұрын

I have done that before.

I planted a couple of sunflowers last year. Very tall with very big heads. The squirrels bit off the heads and ate all the seeds. I have all sorts of varieties this year but am afraid the squirrels will get them again. What can I do to protect my sunflowers?

@1818Farms

Ай бұрын

Squirrels are tough. I am unsure what you could do to protect them.

I have a question.....I don't know what to do! I found these beautiful mini sunflowers in a pot and LOVE them, had to have them, however, I don't have live plants and not sure how to care for them. Do I leave them in their pot outside all year? Do I need to plant them in the ground and put stakes behind them to help support them as they grow? HELP!!

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

Where do you live? They will not live through a frost.

@cheryloliver1816

Жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms I live in Ohio. Could I bring it in the house? Also, I thought they were perennials. I guess then they don't come up every year?

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

You could try and bring it inside. It will need full sun. They have to be planted each Summer.

Hi, I have bunnies that like to eat my small sunflowers. I lost maybe 2/3 of my seedlings now. Do they stop eating it once it gets to a certain size? Or it’s going to be a continuous problem?

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no, that sounds terrible. I thinking unless you put up some kind of fence they will continue to eat your seedlings.

@palliaskamen5722

Жыл бұрын

Start them in strawberry or lettuce containers.

Does pinching work with Copper Queen branching sunflower?

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

I have never grown that variety. However I always pinch any branching sunflowers that we grow.

I grew the Sunfinity as well this year and pinched them but my plants are branching out with very short stems. It's full of blooms but I cannot use them in bouquets sadly. Any tips?

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

How tightly did you plant them? These are spaced 18 inches apart.

@bloomsbyamelie

3 жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms about 20 inches apart.

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

So strange. Where did you purchased. Was the center already pinched?

I made a mistake and put my sunfinity seedlings with my regular sunflowers. Is there a way to tell them apart before I accidently pinch the wrong ones.

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! What are the varieties you are growing? Pro-cuts?

@melissahurn6925

2 жыл бұрын

@@1818Farms I believe I have a few varieties. Italian White, Russian mammoth, lemon something. I have so many packages that I'm not sure what I put in each pod.

My first year planting a garden and I have some sunflower. And the petals are coming off and turning brown. It has been raining a lot and it's been really hot in the 90 . What should I do 😢

@1818Farms

11 ай бұрын

I am so sorry to hear this. The blooms typically only last a few days. Too much rain can be damaging for sure.

@carlenestills427

11 ай бұрын

@@1818Farms thank you so much for the reply hope you have a great day 😁

Do these produce seeds that can be planted to create more sunflowers?

@1818Farms

Жыл бұрын

They do not. They are hybrids and patented.

Hi where did you get your overalls from?

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

The are wonderful! I purchase them from Duluth Trading Company.

The sunflowers are beautiful but I checked and they are so expensive. 5 seeds for $9.95.

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are expensive. Unsure if the pricing will change after the trial. To put it in perspective we have already cut over 600 usable sunflowers in 14 days. Incredible yield. This is probably why the cost is so much.

Hello...can you harvest Sunfinity sunflowers seeds ? How is that done?

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

These are hybrid patented seeds. You can’t harvest the seed from them like an heirloom.

Where do you buy the Sunfinity sunflower seeds?

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

Last year Harris seeds had them. I would Google and see where they are available.

Do/Can you pinch Mammoth Sunflowers?

@1818Farms

2 ай бұрын

If it is a branching sunflower, I pinch them.

Please let me know where can i order those seeds

@NatashaMcCrary

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Harris Seeds carries this variety.

How do you harvest to replant?

@1818Farms

3 жыл бұрын

The Sunfinitys are hybrids and patented. I don’t believe that you can save the seeds of these.

So there's no seeds to harvest for the following year? How do you get seeds then?

@1818Farms

9 ай бұрын

They are hybrid and patent protected. I repurchase from the supplier.

Do you sell the seeds? I would like to purchase some seeds to grow this summer.

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

We do not sell these seeds. They are a hybrid and sold from the seed supplier only.

Can you provide the information on how to order these seeds? 😊

@1818Farms

10 ай бұрын

I would Google Sunfinity sunflowers. My seeds were from Syngenta cut flowers. Other companies may carry them.

Would you please recommend a website for annual seeds?

@1818Farms

2 жыл бұрын

For the home grower I like Rareseeds.com, Johnny’s, Botanical interest and Harris Seeds.

Too bloody expensive😡