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The 2017 Great Bigleggy Sunflower GrowOff

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alpenrose Apr 2017 9:18pm, 14 Apr 2017 25,211 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose The seeds arrived from Fleecy yesterday so I got to having a bit of a tidy up in the greenhouse this afternoon and have started 8 little pots of sunflowers. I wonder how many will germinate.
alpenrose Apr 2017 7:13pm, 22 Apr 2017 25,394 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I now have 2 babies out of the 8.
NDWDave Apr 2017 7:26pm, 22 Apr 2017 2,832 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave I have two that have germinated so I'm at least on 1cm and not a DNS
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Apr 2017 7:30pm, 22 Apr 2017 34,229 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy I repotted some before Easter and some afterwards. Just need to remember to water them, protect them from the decorator and not put them out too early! Mine were in a propagator, which makes a huge difference, AR. Find somewhere warm!
alpenrose Apr 2017 7:32pm, 22 Apr 2017 25,397 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose They're in the green house Fleecy.
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Apr 2017 7:33pm, 22 Apr 2017 34,231 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy But if it's not heated it will be cold at night AR. Might be better off on the kitchen windowsill till the nights are warmer.
alpenrose Apr 2017 7:36pm, 22 Apr 2017 25,400 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose They'll be fine - what doesn't kill them makes them stronger.
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Apr 2017 7:38pm, 22 Apr 2017 34,232 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Seedlings are like babies, you need to be nice to them at first. Afterwards they can toughen up
McGoohan Apr 2017 8:43pm, 22 Apr 2017 28,924 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I have a lot of babies on the bathroom windowledge now. Maybe 20 or so
alpenrose Apr 2017 9:29pm, 22 Apr 2017 25,408 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose Are they straight or bent?