The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Fizz :-) Aug 2021 4:19pm, 12 Aug 2021 6,101 posts	0 Fizz :-) Some of them are multi headed, depends on the variety.
Mandymoo Aug 2021 5:13pm, 12 Aug 2021 12,316 posts	0 Mandymoo Mine are pants this year 🙄
Dvorak Aug 2021 10:09pm, 26 Aug 2021 23,237 posts	0 Dvorak Four of my sunflowers have now moved out of the greenhouse, due to height restriction. As far as I can see, only one is showing any inclination to flower yet. 6-7 feet or so.
ndellar Aug 2021 10:23pm, 26 Aug 2021 3,881 posts	0 ndellar Mine have come on leaps and bounds 😂
Dvorak Aug 2021 11:11pm, 26 Aug 2021 23,238 posts	0 Dvorak They are very nice, but ... hmm
ndellar Aug 2021 9:24am, 27 Aug 2021 3,882 posts	0 ndellar Ok ok… 🤷🏻‍♀️ Discovered a farm up the road growing them for bird seed. They also let people walk around, pick stems and sell them for flower arrangements and sell small drinks and snacks, there is a kids play area there too. I think they are making more for charity on that than the worth of the seed. It’s an amazing sight and lovely to be able to walk through them all
Alice the Camel Sep 2021 12:45pm, 2 Sep 2021 8,213 posts	0 Alice the Camel I’m pretty sure made me have now stopped growing. Tallest - 47 inches Smallest - 17 inches. No prizes for me this year!
Sharkie Sep 2021 1:11pm, 2 Sep 2021 18,478 posts	0 Sharkie We need to measure ours again - they've passed ten feet since the photo I posted of me and .B. with the tallest one. Might make eleven. Ladder out after lunch!
Dvorak Sep 2021 2:08pm, 2 Sep 2021 23,288 posts	0 Dvorak Wowsers, Sharkie! What on earth have you been feeding them? My tallest are sevenish - a couple of them have moved into a large pot together, sharing a big pole, for a last push. Still little sign of flowering. Found a large snail on the back of a leaf - at about sux foot high! I was outraged.
Sharkie Sep 2021 3:28pm, 2 Sep 2021 18,479 posts	0 Sharkie They're now exactly 11ft.

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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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