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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Dr PhFleecyD
Dr PhFleecyD
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And they only just coped with the wind over the weekend too!
Garfield
Garfield
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9:46am, 8 Jun 2020
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My tallest one is 40cm or thereabouts. I have some smaller ones too...
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
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12:57pm, 14 Jun 2020
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Have just found this thread mine are between 80 and 88 cm at the moment. Seen to be growing quite well this yest
Pothunter
Pothunter
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3:11pm, 14 Jun 2020
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Need to get off my moon and plant mine out. Well behind, but I hope to make a late charge!
Dr PhFleecyD
Dr PhFleecyD
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115cm here and in dire need of bigger pots!
Wine Legs
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5:52pm, 19 Jun 2020
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Pip just came inside exclaiming that we had to come and look at something QUICKLY! Turns out o e of the sunflowers has flowered. It's not even reached chest height on him. He's about a metre tall (Pip, rather than the pathetic sunflower).
Wine Legs
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o e = one (obviously).
Dvorak
Dvorak
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This morning. Reshuffled the greenhouse and moved to tallest ones to the apex. Tallest is around 170cm and the next two around 160. Those two look about to flower.

One thing it's shown me is that sunflowers can grow quite well in not much below. The tallest are in small to medium pots, but the ones to their right are still in bedding trays about 5cm square. Maybe 130cm, but smaller leaves.

(Also in shot to left, two grapevines and a kiwi vine. Outside, a sprawling goji plant, evicted to make room.)
Angus Clydesdale
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Have you ever had berries off the Goji. My in-laws bought me a Goji bush about 15 years ago (when they were the latest fad) and it’s never done anything apart from sit looking stupid.
Dvorak
Dvorak
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Only got it last year. It's certainly grown, and grown, but nothing else. Same with the kiwi, although it looks better. Picked a couple of small bunches of grapes last year.

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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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