Last sunflower of the year?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218931)
Walnut Creek, California
October 13, 2016 10:27pm CST
I planted a sunflower seed in a paper cup a month or so ago, just to see what would happen as Summer gave way to Fall. I think it was a "mammoth" seed, but I knew there wasn't enough time for this thing to grow tall. Happily, though, it did give me a tiny sunflower, probably the last of the year.
Now, I'm concentrating on snow peas. In Coastal California's temperate coastal climate, snow peas can survive the Winter. The kids and I have planted some in Berkeley and in Concord, and I'm planting some on my balcony here a my house..
Has Fall (or Spring) arrived where you live? What will you be planting (if anything) over the next few months?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Oct 16
Our neighbor moved over into our old apartment. Don't know if he plans on planting more in our flowerbeds or not.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 16
@teamfreak16 Ah, makes sense.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Oct 16
@TheHorse - No, our cats would tear them up.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
14 Oct 16
The Tokyo area has two growing seasons too. Harvests are usually in the fall and then early spring. Our early spring vegetables are mostly dark leaf vegetables, like canola (we eat the stems and flowers), shungiku (kind of pungent spring vegetable for putting in soup) and winter spinach.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
14 Oct 16
@TheHorse I usually plant the cilantro in early spring, it grows well, but as soon as the ground warms up it forms little flowers and it seeds. This is the first time that I plant it in autumn. I seeded only one week ago and it's already more than 1 inch high. I will let you know.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Oct 16
snow peas are tasty, and that is a lovely cute little flower
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The only thing I'll be planting is myself in my chair right here so I can spend time with you all.
@Juliaacv (51012)
• Canada
14 Oct 16
I love sunflowers.
Autumn has arrived in our area, the colour is just about at its peak right now, it won't be long and we'll be thinking about putting up our snow fence at the back of our property and shutting off the top waterfalls on our pond, as things will be freezing over in another few weeks.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Oct 16
Fall is here with leaves turning and no frost yet, but we are in the middle of a five day rain and wind storm, wind up to 45 mph, 65 on the coast.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Oct 16
I am in SoCal, so our weather seems to exited summer temps finally.
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