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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Rosehip
Rosehip
Aug 2024
3:13pm, 17 Aug 2024
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I love that red one V'rap :)
and 6' is a good height for a not typical variety grown in Cumbrian weather!
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Aug 2024
3:57pm, 17 Aug 2024
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Nice, Rosehip :) Dad's look a bit like yours. He's got a second batch ready to swap in when the flowers start to go over.

Must admit, I'd forgotten they were red ones, and I think they're only supposed to get to 150cm so they've done really well. At least, the ones in the ground have. The ones I put in a big pot haven't been quite as energetic.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Aug 2024
2:21pm, 31 Aug 2024
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8 foot 7 inches

Fizz :-)
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Aug 2024
3:09pm, 31 Aug 2024
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Rule 6 applies :-)

I have one tall(ish) one just about to flower. But it’s not much over five feet tall, so I won’t bother with a tape measure!
Rosehip
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Aug 2024
7:01pm, 31 Aug 2024
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Well done :) fine looking sunflowers
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4:43pm, 8 Sep 2024
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My big sunflower finally opened. Somewhere between five and six feet tall (closer to five!)
Rosehip
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Sep 2024
4:49pm, 8 Sep 2024
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mine are getting very weather battered, but the tallest has hit a smidge under 3 metres
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
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I have some small sunflowers opening at last :) And others that'll be touch and go if they manage to flower before the first frost.

Three of my tall ones are still unbroken and flowering mightily. The tallest looks to be almost 7ft.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
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6:05pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Oops, forgot to pay the photo toll!

(4ft railing for scale.)
Rosehip
Rosehip
Sep 2024
6:10pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Fab :)

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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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