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Hiya, from someone who has never successfully grown anything in my life. I started off a sunflower seed in my house on the kitchen window and was amazed how tall it got so quickly. When it was about 4ft I repotted and put it out into the garden supported with a cane against a fence. Within 12 hours either caterpillars or moths put 100s of holes in it. Yet the one I gave my daughter( she lives about 30 miles away) survived. I’ve since grown another indoors that has a beautiful head on it. I won’t put it outdoors incase the same happens. What did I do wrong?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I doubt if you did anything wrong, unless you count not using slug pellets as wrong. I think it's just a fact of life we have to live with. Some years it's a big problem, others it's not too bad. Moths eat clothes, not sunflowers.
Did you see any caterpillars? You could pick them off and pickle them like capers (baby slugs, too) and that would help a bit. Slugs are more active at night in wet weather.
Good luck.
Did you see any caterpillars? You could pick them off and pickle them like capers (baby slugs, too) and that would help a bit. Slugs are more active at night in wet weather.
Good luck.
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