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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Aug 2018
8:52pm, 27 Aug 2018
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My best boxful ...



These are "Little Dorrit". My pot of "Little Leo", which had smaller but multiple flowers and less vigorous foliage, is well past its best. Maybe I should have done some deadheading to encourage more flowering.
Nightjar
Nightjar
Sep 2018
1:18pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Is it measuring time? Mine have been looking progressively manky and need to be chopped down for measuring.
Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Sep 2018
2:40pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Mine got blown over weeks ago!
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Sep 2018
5:27pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Do they have to be chopped down for measuring? I was hoping to leave mine upright for the birds.
bigleggy
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6:15pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Yep - measure up then either chop em down or leave em for birds :-)
Velociraptor
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I won't post a measurement unless nobody else had a sunflower more than 2ft. high.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Sep 2018
6:21pm, 1 Sep 2018
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I have 12 but none better that 3 foot or so...sunflowers my arse. They hated the heat.
...I need bigger pots.
Pothunter
Pothunter
Sep 2018
6:41pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Tallest upright one is 9’10 today. Yet to flower.

One of my others with a humongous head is still standing but has bent over at the top. Rough measurement along the stalk following the bend suggests 11ft.

One flower (past its best now) has a diameter of about 30cm
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Sep 2018
7:39pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Keep watering and feeding Pothunter and you’ll blast through my ten footer which is wilting now.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Sep 2018
5:02pm, 2 Sep 2018
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8ft 3 was my best effort :-)

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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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