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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Sep 2018
6:41pm, 14 Sep 2018
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I just gave my neighbour a bunch :) They might not have been tall but the multi stem ones are very pretty
Wine Legs
Wine Legs
Sep 2018
8:54pm, 14 Sep 2018
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My tallest maybe got to 8 foot, at a stretch...
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Sep 2018
10:19am, 15 Sep 2018
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This one is a bit of a late starter! It self seeded, probably from a seed in the bird feeder above 🙂

Dillthedog57
Dillthedog57
Sep 2018
10:43am, 15 Sep 2018
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Ours are really bedraggled now, the Dill girl won with 8’3 but Mrs Dill has launched an appeal because hers has a droopy head, and if stretched out, would have been a winner
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Sep 2018
11:44am, 15 Sep 2018
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
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11:45am, 15 Sep 2018
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Fence is 6' sunflower is in the ground not potted, if it wasn't for the curved spine it would have been taller.
sallykate
sallykate
Sep 2018
12:09pm, 17 Sep 2018
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My tallest got to nearly eight feet - but it deserves an award for perseverance!

Flowerhead got nibbled off before it had reached full height so it carried on regardless from a side stalk which had sprouted from a leaf joint.

That also got damaged (squirrels I suspect) but another stem from a leaf joint on that one took over.

And it's still flowering.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Oct 2018
9:33am, 18 Oct 2018
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First cold morning. The sunflower seeds from GrowOff 2018 are going down well with the birds in the garden.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Oct 2018
9:39am, 18 Oct 2018
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Very good, a couple of minutes and I see, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Wren and House Sparrows.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Feb 2019
4:05pm, 22 Feb 2019
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Soon be warm enough

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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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