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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
May 2019
9:33pm, 4 May 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Impressive, mine are just starting to think about growing their first true leaves.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
May 2019
2:55pm, 8 May 2019
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Wriggling Snake
huge attrition rate recently, only 5 left, all nice plants though.
The Mighty Fleecy
The Mighty Fleecy
May 2019
8:07pm, 8 May 2019
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The Mighty Fleecy
Mine need potting on and putting outside, I put them out today and it hailed!
Garfield
Garfield
May 2019
8:17am, 9 May 2019
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Garfield
Mine aren't growing terribly quickly...though they did start their lives outside...in last year's pot!
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2019
8:45am, 9 May 2019
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Velociraptor
Still not got my seeds. I'm wondering if I can get a batch of sunflowers from zero to independent in five weeks.
HellsBells
HellsBells
May 2019
9:05am, 9 May 2019
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HellsBells
No idea what's happening to mine. I left them in the care of Eldest............
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
May 2019
9:35am, 9 May 2019
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Wriggling Snake
Indeed, we need some warm weather, mine are in the porch with the corn seedlings….the corn does not look happy.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
May 2019
9:37am, 9 May 2019
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fetcheveryone
Is it too late to plant corn? I can’t stand it, but I might be able to get my boy to eat it.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
May 2019
9:47am, 9 May 2019
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I shouldn't think so, you need a nice square patch to put at least 8-12 plants in, they pollinate via wind, so they have t be packed in, nice rich soil too.

Good idea to get him eating corn, come the climate/polinator Armageddon Corn will be quite useful along with potatoes, we'll all be on the Peruvian diet.
Dvorak
Dvorak
May 2019
9:48am, 9 May 2019
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Dvorak
Might do ok with corn, little point actually having it started earlier I reckon. I've even grown edible sweetcorn up here (and more often failed, admittedly).

First shoots of sunflower are up :-)

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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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