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Originally Posted by tam91
I planted a couple giant varieties for the first time this year, I hope they work. I started them inside in small peat pots and planted them out recently, they look good so far. Can't wait.
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I did that this year too, along with planting many of them directly. One thing I noticed - after germination, it doesn't take very long for the tap root to find its way to the bottom of the peat pot and it seemed like, when it does, it actually stemmed the growth (no pun intended) compared to those planted directly. When I put the peat pot versions into the ground alongside the directly planted sunflowers they were not as robust, that is, they did not take off as fast, if at all. But, with all the earwig and deer damage this year, its a bit of a challenge to conduct a controlled experiment. You may have different results.