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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Runningbauble21 Sep 2024 6:26pm, 8 Sep 2024 535 posts	Quote Pin Runningbauble21 All your sunflowers are fabulous, I'm very jealous. I will try to do better next year and actually keep some alive!
Ness Sep 2024 7:00pm, 8 Sep 2024 44,526 posts	Quote Pin Ness Me too! Mine were a complete failure!
Dvorak Sep 2024 7:36pm, 8 Sep 2024 28,062 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I have two small sunflowers, which never made it out of the greenhouse. About a metre, tiny heads. Worst year I've had any.
Fizz :-) Sep 2024 7:47pm, 8 Sep 2024 9,046 posts	Quote Pin Fizz :-) I think this has been the worst year for most things. (Except apples and plums!)
bigleggy Sep 2024 9:43am, 10 Sep 2024 7,553 posts	Quote Pin bigleggy If you've had a bad year, you've probably learnt some stuff for next year Top growing everyone - remember to save the seeds for next year. OH has told me we need to grow smaller varieties next year so she can cut them and put them in vases But I'll still grow massive ones too
Velociraptor Sep 2024 9:55am, 10 Sep 2024 70,861 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Top tip from me: the small varieties with novelty-shaped flowers that are all frills and pompoms look lovely on the seed packet photos but are flaky to grow. The ones that look like proper sunflowers in miniature do a lot better. I bought my seeds for next year when Dobbies had all their seeds half price a few weeks ago.
Runningbauble21 Sep 2024 10:13am, 10 Sep 2024 539 posts	Quote Pin Runningbauble21 I've had so many slugs and snails this year, perhaps that's why I finally saw a hedgehog in the garden! 7 years I've been her and this is the first hedgehog I've seen! So my sunflowers may have been slug/snail fodder but I was rewarded with a hedgehog visit
bigleggy Sep 2024 1:06pm, 10 Sep 2024 7,554 posts	Quote Pin bigleggy Thanks for the Tip Vrap
meadowsboy Sep 2024 9:30am, 30 Sep 2024 1,100 posts	Quote Pin meadowsboy Grew some smaller ones this year as we are on a hill and the larger ones get blown over nice flowers but very late picture taken 29/09
bigleggy Sep 2024 5:51pm, 30 Sep 2024 7,565 posts	Quote Pin bigleggy Chopped mine down this weekend. Kept one seed head for next year. The rest have been left on the garden for the birds/squirrels

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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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