The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Aug 2021
4:19pm, 12 Aug 2021
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Fizz :-)
Some of them are multi headed, depends on the variety.
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
Aug 2021
5:13pm, 12 Aug 2021
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Mandymoo
Mine are pants this year 🙄
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2021
10:09pm, 26 Aug 2021
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Dvorak
Four of my sunflowers have now moved out of the greenhouse, due to height restriction. As far as I can see, only one is showing any inclination to flower yet. 6-7 feet or so.
ndellar
ndellar
Aug 2021
10:23pm, 26 Aug 2021
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ndellar
Mine have come on leaps and bounds 😂

Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2021
11:11pm, 26 Aug 2021
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Dvorak
They are very nice, but ... hmm ;-)
ndellar
ndellar
Aug 2021
9:24am, 27 Aug 2021
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ndellar
Ok ok… 🤷🏻‍♀️

Discovered a farm up the road growing them for bird seed. They also let people walk around, pick stems and sell them for flower arrangements and sell small drinks and snacks, there is a kids play area there too.

I think they are making more for charity on that than the worth of the seed. It’s an amazing sight and lovely to be able to walk through them all
Alice the Camel
Alice the Camel
Sep 2021
12:45pm, 2 Sep 2021
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Alice the Camel
I’m pretty sure made me have now stopped growing.

Tallest - 47 inches
Smallest - 17 inches.
No prizes for me this year!



Sharkie
Sharkie
Sep 2021
1:11pm, 2 Sep 2021
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We need to measure ours again - they've passed ten feet since the photo I posted of me and .B. with the tallest one. Might make eleven. Ladder out after lunch!
Dvorak
Dvorak
Sep 2021
2:08pm, 2 Sep 2021
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Dvorak
Wowsers, Sharkie! What on earth have you been feeding them?

My tallest are sevenish - a couple of them have moved into a large pot together, sharing a big pole, for a last push. Still little sign of flowering.

Found a large snail on the back of a leaf - at about sux foot high! I was outraged.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Sep 2021
3:28pm, 2 Sep 2021
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Sharkie
They're now exactly 11ft.

About This Thread

Maintained by bigleggy
OK - this years Competition.

The Roolz

1. Begins when you can
2. Ends September 4th
3. Biggest one wins

4. Disasters are to be posted so we can all laugh/commiserate/laugh at them

5. All forms of growing aids are allowed. There's no drug testing in this competition so if you find the Lance Armstrong of Sunflowers - grow it and win !

6. Bigleggy always wins ;-)
7. As the national flower of Ukraine is the Sunflower, the Russian Giant variety is banned.

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