The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Dillthedog57
Dillthedog57
Jun 2018
7:09pm, 4 Jun 2018
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Dillthedog57
A bit late to the party. But nothing new there. The Dill family competition sunflowers have a bit of catching up to do
Ness
Ness
Jun 2018
7:28pm, 4 Jun 2018
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Ness
Amazingly, the ones I have at school are all alive. Will try and get a photo tomorrow before the class arrives.:)
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jun 2018
8:31pm, 4 Jun 2018
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Dvorak
They are in very nice pots, Dill.

One strawberry plant shown was recently bought for £1 in B&Q. As it has fifteen fruits forming, if they all grow and ripen ok, it will have paid for itself, I think. Six strawberries have been harvested from the greenhouse so far this year.
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Jun 2018
8:48pm, 4 Jun 2018
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Mine are only about 3 inches tall, but I had a couple of false starts.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jun 2018
9:51pm, 4 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
Mine are tiny, but I'm going for a mass display rather than a whopper.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Jun 2018
1:30pm, 5 Jun 2018
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bigleggy
Height is all that matters in this competition V'Rap :-) Don't worry if they are small now, September is when it counts :-)

And some of these early starters could be finished long before then ;-)
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Jun 2018
1:32pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Wriggling Snake
Indeed.

I will pop out now and take a picture
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jun 2018
1:33pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
I'm not in the competition unless I can stack a dozen of my sunflowers one on top of the other.

The first batch, in the big pots, is looking sicklier by the day. The second batch, still in the cardboard egg carton, appears to be thriving but we'll see what happens after they've been potted on and then ignored for almost two weeks.
Garfield
Garfield
Jun 2018
2:38pm, 5 Jun 2018
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Garfield
My challenge will be to keep them alive for the entire period.;)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jun 2018
3:12pm, 6 Jun 2018
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Velociraptor
Some of my first batch didn't survive the move to the big pots :(

I've potted on all of the second batch now. They've been stronger from the start, possibly because being later in the year meant they could start going outside earlier and I'd already learned from the first batch that slugs could get places where I thought they couldn't. But if it doesn't rain while we're on holiday, I'll come back to shrivelled strings.

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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