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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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How’s everyone doing? My tall ones that I grew in pots got decimated by slugs when I planted them out into the garden. The seeds that I sowed direct have done nothing (or been eaten by slugs!). I do have a short one (approx two feet) that looks like it’s going to be pretty though:
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My tall ones (five tied to a fence, three sharing a pot) are about 60cm high and very leafy. I moved a load of short ones (two varieties) into troughs around 10 days ago, lost a couple to slugs the first night, and they're only just starting to grow again. I've got another batch of dwarf sunflowers just starting to sprout.

I put some of the seeds into expensive seed compost, and they didn't seem particularly impressed with it. The ones that have done best are the ones I buried around the edge of big containers with established conifers in them.
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My dad's are well over 5ft high and flowering. He keeps sending me photos to rub my nose in it. But my gazanias are better than his.
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Mine are between 3 and 4 foot high, they're at the back of the bed the outdoor toms are in a probably benefitting from a bit of feeding :)
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Mine got eaten and ended up being just sticks so I gave up 🤦
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I posted this picture a while back



They are just peeking over the fence now

Will post an update photo later if I think on
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Here you go, feast your eyes on these :-)

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And that’s why bigleggy always wins :-)
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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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