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| Lots of posts say - Sunflowers don't like rain before emerging. Why not? Do the seeds rot? Do the Roots rot? Or what?
What if - about 2/3 of the seeds landed right on top of moisture - those are sprouting, fine...
and 1/3 landed .25" above moisture...Should these be watered up? Or just forgotten? The moisture Saturation underneath was OK, but nothing extra......(All seeds covered nicely and firmly, with fine dry soil).... After 2 days, moisture has not soaked up to seed......
Soil is Richfield/Spearville/Ulysses......Loam....
Now what? Seed was dropped at 26,000, on 30" rows. Some dry spots are 36" long, down the row.....
It's temptin to run sprinkler at .25"........ Maybe even twice, or 3 times..... until all shoots emerge...
Bad Idea?
Forecast is for 95 degrees x 6 days........
Do sunflowers have secondary roots that originate from stem tissue outside of the seed? aka "adventitious roots", and "nodal roots"? Do those require moisture ABOVE seed level? (Like corn?)
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