The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Garfield Feb 2019 8:19pm, 26 Feb 2019 10,180 posts	0 Garfield 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 Feb 2019 9:13pm, 26 Feb 2019 21,518 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Blue! Meconopsis? Acid soil.
Eynsham Red Feb 2019 9:50pm, 26 Feb 2019 3,845 posts	0 Eynsham Red I love Meconopisis. Tried growing them once but not a success. Sunflowers however.....
Fizz :-) Feb 2019 7:16am, 27 Feb 2019 3,079 posts	0 Fizz :-) They would hate my sandy soil. But maybe I should try growing them anyway, as I love them too.
Velociraptor Feb 2019 8:40am, 27 Feb 2019 40,690 posts	0 Velociraptor 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 Feb 2019 4:54pm, 27 Feb 2019 1,579 posts	0 Gus I bought some seeds last week, so looking forward to enjoying the new garden this year
fetcheveryone Feb 2019 5:15pm, 27 Feb 2019 21,364 posts	0 fetcheveryone Would it be simplest for me to just adjust the year in the thread title, rather than starting over?
bigleggy Feb 2019 7:45pm, 27 Feb 2019 6,306 posts	0 bigleggy Yes please Fetch
Wriggling Snake Feb 2019 8:04pm, 27 Feb 2019 21,528 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Is that legal? Will something weird happen?
fetcheveryone Feb 2019 8:58am, 28 Feb 2019 21,365 posts	0 fetcheveryone Let's find out

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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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