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The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Pothunter
Pothunter
Jul 2019
6:35pm, 28 Jul 2019
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One of mine has now sprouted about 8 smaller buds...
Nightjar
Nightjar
Jul 2019
7:21pm, 28 Jul 2019
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As in 8 flowerheads? That would be epic.
Trin
Trin
Jul 2019
7:47pm, 28 Jul 2019
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Trin
Impressive!
Pothunter
Pothunter
Jul 2019
9:31pm, 28 Jul 2019
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The additional flowers are significantly smaller. I’ll try get a photo next week when they should peak.
Nightjar
Nightjar
Aug 2019
5:44pm, 3 Aug 2019
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8’8” now, thought we’d done growing!
Garfield
Garfield
Aug 2019
5:52pm, 3 Aug 2019
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One of mine blew over and its stem broke, two others are still hanging on but not of any significant height...but still alive! ;)
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2019
9:03pm, 3 Aug 2019
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Whilst wandering I spotted someone's remarkable sunflower collection. Ordinary council (or ex-council) house with maybe sixty sunflowers in bloom in two banks in the back garden. Ranging approx five to eight feet high.

My own two tallest have been released from the greenhouse. One is forming a head; the other, not yet. Something, however, is munching the leaves.
D2
D2
Aug 2019
10:38pm, 3 Aug 2019
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Mine are all around 6 1/2 feet and have started to flower. :(
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Aug 2019
7:58am, 4 Aug 2019
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Whoever packed my seeds really did get it wrong, mixed seeds as some have multiple flowers, no wonder they didn’t grow tall 🤣
Nightjar
Nightjar
Aug 2019
8:11pm, 9 Aug 2019
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What are the rules if ones sunflower is trashed in gale force winds? Just wondering as the wind is getting up and it’s swaying a bit 😀

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Maintained by bigleggy
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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