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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Garfield
Garfield
Feb 2019
8:19pm, 26 Feb 2019
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I had to remember not to pick up any 'short' sunflower seeds. I did buy some interesting seeds for a poppy in a very interesting shade of blue.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Feb 2019
9:13pm, 26 Feb 2019
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Blue! Meconopsis? Acid soil.
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Feb 2019
9:50pm, 26 Feb 2019
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I love Meconopisis. Tried growing them once but not a success. Sunflowers however.....
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Feb 2019
7:16am, 27 Feb 2019
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Fizz :-)
They would hate my sandy soil. But maybe I should try growing them anyway, as I love them too.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Feb 2019
8:40am, 27 Feb 2019
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I tried and failed several times to grow blue poppies at my old Cavern. Planted some alleged blue poppies in pots of ericaceous compost soon after moving here and they didn't take either, but they were part of a consignment from an online plant shop whose other herbaceous plants were also quite feeble.

Sunflowers, though. Must think about sunflowers. Proper ones this year. The dwarf sunflowers did very well, but they were too much leaf and not enough flower.
Gus
Gus
Feb 2019
4:54pm, 27 Feb 2019
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I bought some seeds last week, so looking forward to enjoying the new garden this year
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Feb 2019
5:15pm, 27 Feb 2019
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Would it be simplest for me to just adjust the year in the thread title, rather than starting over?
bigleggy
bigleggy
Feb 2019
7:45pm, 27 Feb 2019
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Yes please Fetch :-)
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Feb 2019
8:04pm, 27 Feb 2019
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Is that legal? Will something weird happen?
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Feb 2019
8:58am, 28 Feb 2019
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fetcheveryone
Let's find out :-)

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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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