The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Runningbauble21
Runningbauble21
8 Sep
6:26pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Runningbauble21
All your sunflowers are fabulous, I'm very jealous. I will try to do better next year and actually keep some alive!
Ness
Ness
8 Sep
7:00pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Ness
Me too! Mine were a complete failure!
Dvorak
Dvorak
8 Sep
7:36pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Dvorak
I have two small sunflowers, which never made it out of the greenhouse. About a metre, tiny heads. Worst year I've had any.
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
8 Sep
7:47pm, 8 Sep 2024
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Fizz :-)
I think this has been the worst year for most things. (Except apples and plums!)
bigleggy
bigleggy
10 Sep
9:43am, 10 Sep 2024
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bigleggy
If you've had a bad year, you've probably learnt some stuff for next year :-)

Top growing everyone - remember to save the seeds for next year.

OH has told me we need to grow smaller varieties next year so she can cut them and put them in vases :-) But I'll still grow massive ones too :-)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
10 Sep
9:55am, 10 Sep 2024
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Velociraptor
Top tip from me: the small varieties with novelty-shaped flowers that are all frills and pompoms look lovely on the seed packet photos but are flaky to grow. The ones that look like proper sunflowers in miniature do a lot better.

I bought my seeds for next year when Dobbies had all their seeds half price a few weeks ago.
Runningbauble21
Runningbauble21
10 Sep
10:13am, 10 Sep 2024
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Runningbauble21
I've had so many slugs and snails this year, perhaps that's why I finally saw a hedgehog in the garden! 7 years I've been her and this is the first hedgehog I've seen! So my sunflowers may have been slug/snail fodder but I was rewarded with a hedgehog visit :)
bigleggy
bigleggy
10 Sep
1:06pm, 10 Sep 2024
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bigleggy
Thanks for the Tip Vrap :-)
meadowsboy
meadowsboy
30 Sep
9:30am, 30 Sep 2024
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meadowsboy

Grew some smaller ones this year as we are on a hill and the larger ones get blown over nice flowers but very late picture taken 29/09
bigleggy
bigleggy
30 Sep
5:51pm, 30 Sep 2024
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bigleggy
Chopped mine down this weekend.

Kept one seed head for next year. The rest have been left on the garden for the birds/squirrels

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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