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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fragile Do Not Bend May 2019 9:33pm, 4 May 2019 4,404 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Impressive, mine are just starting to think about growing their first true leaves.
Wriggling Snake May 2019 2:55pm, 8 May 2019 22,412 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake huge attrition rate recently, only 5 left, all nice plants though.
The Mighty Fleecy May 2019 8:07pm, 8 May 2019 46,196 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy Mine need potting on and putting outside, I put them out today and it hailed!
Garfield May 2019 8:17am, 9 May 2019 10,455 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Mine aren't growing terribly quickly...though they did start their lives outside...in last year's pot!
Velociraptor May 2019 8:45am, 9 May 2019 41,560 posts	Quote Pin 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 May 2019 9:05am, 9 May 2019 25,323 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells No idea what's happening to mine. I left them in the care of Eldest............
Wriggling Snake May 2019 9:35am, 9 May 2019 22,424 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake Indeed, we need some warm weather, mine are in the porch with the corn seedlings….the corn does not look happy.
fetcheveryone May 2019 9:37am, 9 May 2019 21,804 posts	Quote Pin 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 May 2019 9:47am, 9 May 2019 22,427 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake 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 May 2019 9:48am, 9 May 2019 17,558 posts	Quote Pin 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 when your sunflower start to fade
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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