The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Wine Legs Jun 2018 3:02pm, 26 Jun 2018 4,404 posts	0 Wine Legs Here's Squeak next to my tallest sunflower. She's 83cm. I have some way to go to even get them taller than the family midget!!
sallykate Jun 2018 3:04pm, 26 Jun 2018 5,467 posts	0 sallykate Lovely and healthy though, looking very sturdy!
sallykate Jun 2018 3:04pm, 26 Jun 2018 5,468 posts	0 sallykate [The sunflower, that is...]
McGoohan Jun 2018 3:33pm, 26 Jun 2018 34,192 posts	0 McGoohan My sunflowers are a massive 10cm higher than that. It's like Jack and the Beanstalk for the Borrowers.
Wine Legs Jun 2018 4:08pm, 26 Jun 2018 4,405 posts	0 Wine Legs Taller than the midget or taller than mine? Yes, it's sturdy, but it's not TALL! I want TALL!!
McGoohan Jun 2018 4:21pm, 26 Jun 2018 34,193 posts	0 McGoohan Taller than your sunflower. I'm keeping my dreams realistic.
Eynsham Red Jun 2018 7:01pm, 26 Jun 2018 3,035 posts	0 Eynsham Red What a cutie WL. Every sunflower should have a companion like her 🙂
Wine Legs Jun 2018 8:14pm, 26 Jun 2018 4,406 posts	0 Wine Legs Cuteness is something she excels at!
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Jun 2018 10:36pm, 26 Jun 2018 41,675 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy Great, was she weeing on the sunflower too? Mine have started sprouting flowers, I suspect height is not going to happen. Too dry down the allotment this summer even with me watering them regularly.
Velociraptor Jun 2018 7:26am, 27 Jun 2018 38,482 posts	0 Velociraptor I got a shock last night when I went out to water my sunflowers and found the ones in papier mache pots drooping like dishrags. Gave them a blast with the hosepipe and they're back to normal this morning. I'm not quite sure that they're ready to go out in the flowerbed and do battle with the slugs yet.

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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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