Deer Eating Sunflowers?

My sunflowers were about 4-5 feet tall, but not yet flowering. Deer chomped the tops off. Will they continue to grow and eventually flower now?

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Judy
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June 7, 20181 found this helpful

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Put pieces of Irish Spring soap in pantyhose legs and hang them around the sunflowers

Pghgirl40
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June 9, 20180 found this helpful

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When I used to raise sunflowers, I was all about prevention (I liked using old CDs on colorful string to scare off critters). Since they were in the back and side of the house, the esthetics were OK. I polled my friends who still raise them and no one has had luck getting them to re-bloom after deer grazing.

Every variety is different...so your experience could be different. I love it when they reseed and come back year after year.

cybergrannie
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June 9, 20181 found this helpful

I do not believe these sunflowers will bloom again but then again I have heard from friends that they have had them bloom again so why not just leave them alone and wait and see.

It seems that you still have time to plant more seeds but it will do no good to plant if you cannot make a safe area for them to grow.
It is said that Irish Spring soap chips in small pantyhose bags will deter deer but it will not stop the birds so that solution might have limited success.

Birds do not always destroy the blooms and if there are bird feeders near by, they will many times choose the feeders over the sunflowers.

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