The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Jul 2018
12:18pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Wriggling Snake
I have pathetic foliage, pathetic height and pathetic flowers it looked so promising back in May.
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Jul 2018
6:53pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Eynsham Red
I think that mine have just passed their peak. There has been no growth this week and the flower heads are looking rather sad now as the petals are wilting and the seeds are beginning to form.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jul 2018
7:10pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Velociraptor
Crikey! I wonder my late bloomers might end up being the tallest sunflowers standing on 15th September even though they're unlikely to get much above 2ft high.

(I don't qualify even if they are, because I planted them after March 31st.)
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jul 2018
7:23pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Dvorak
The only sunflower currently in bloom. Not very tall. I finally planted three more in soil - just in time to get battered with the rain. Now listing or prone.

Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Jul 2018
8:54pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
one of mine is so battered I doubt it will survive :-(
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jul 2018
9:33pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Hanneke
Can one still join? I have one that is reaching 3 metres... and some self seeded ones that haven't by far reached their max yet...
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jul 2018
9:38pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Fizz :-)
Planting after the date is ok, V’rap, it’s only planting earlier that’s cheating. :-)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jul 2018
10:13pm, 30 Jul 2018
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Velociraptor
:)
bigleggy
bigleggy
Jul 2018
10:27am, 31 Jul 2018
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bigleggy
Hanneke - yeah , of course. The rules don't seem to have been followed by many this year. I only put them in because people couldn't cope with the fact there wasn't any at the start of last year and I was inundated with requests for rules.

They are there to be broken :-) and joining in 4 months late fits right in with that philosophy :-)

Welcome !
Garfield
Garfield
Aug 2018
12:30pm, 1 Aug 2018
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Garfield
My current flower is generating another flower after the main one toasted itself.

About This Thread

Maintained by bigleggy
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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