The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2018 1:47pm, 1 Aug 2018 3,222 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Mine are late starts too, mostly due to my own incompetence.
Dillthedog57 Aug 2018 7:18pm, 1 Aug 2018 2,550 posts	0 Dillthedog57 The Dill sunflowers have reached 8’ 8” but about 8” of those are the pot, so about 8’. We are off on hols on Friday so they will be dead when we get back
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Aug 2018 7:30pm, 1 Aug 2018 42,203 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy I think my biggest is about 7 foot, the damage from the wind wasn’t too bad, just a few broken. I picked them and brought them home
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Aug 2018 7:32pm, 1 Aug 2018 42,204 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Eynsham Red Aug 2018 8:08pm, 1 Aug 2018 3,136 posts	0 Eynsham Red They’re lovely Fleecy 🙂. Mine are looking very sad now. I’m looking forward to the seed setting for the birds.
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2018 7:15am, 2 Aug 2018 3,223 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend The slightly shorter one has flowered at last.
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2018 6:48pm, 2 Aug 2018 3,226 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Measured my tallest one for the first time, exactly 6 foot from the top of the compost.
Eynsham Red Aug 2018 7:14pm, 2 Aug 2018 3,139 posts	0 Eynsham Red Dill, couldn’t you ask your neighbours to water them, after all they appear to be getting the benefit of the flowers as they are looking over the fence 🙂
Dillthedog57 Aug 2018 8:09pm, 2 Aug 2018 2,551 posts	0 Dillthedog57 ER, the sunflowers do look at them in the morning, but follow the sun back to us during the day. The neighbors are a bit arsey so we prefer to take the hit for the flowers!
purps Aug 2018 8:17pm, 2 Aug 2018 36,731 posts	0 purps Can you use some plastic bottles upside down with a screw hole in the top to let some water in gradually?

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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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