The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Sharkie Sep 2021 12:30pm, 4 Sep 2021 18,489 posts	0 Sharkie Yeah, thanks Big L! I take no credit for the Sharkie-by-the-Sea sunflowers. Raffo is the gardener here. All I did was help measure them and suggest putting a rope round them when we had coastal gales. Raffo said he just chose multiheaded because he wanted lots of flowers. You'd vaguely expect multi headed plants to be shorter but perhaps they have stronger stalks to support more flowers? Anyway we 'are' a bit impressed with their height!
Velociraptor Sep 2021 12:36pm, 4 Sep 2021 54,010 posts	0 Velociraptor My dad had some cracking multi-headed sunflowers this year. I don't know how tall they got because he'd already cut off the tallest flowers when I saw them to encourage the flowers lower down to develop, but the decapitated stalks were around 9ft. (I shall be more organised and have a proper go at these next year.)
Dochart Sep 2021 12:45pm, 4 Sep 2021 1,104 posts	0 Dochart hmmm.. bigger pot next year, maybe?
Fizz :-) Sep 2021 9:52pm, 4 Sep 2021 6,172 posts	0 Fizz :-) Nearly forgot to post the photos but as I’m declaring at nine feet it doesn’t really matter
Dvorak Sep 2021 11:35pm, 4 Sep 2021 23,310 posts	0 Dvorak They are very fine nonetheless Fizz:-) I've not bothered measuring exactly - sevenish. As ever, highly deficient on leaves compared to everyone else's. I may win latest flowering, though.
Sushi. Sep 2021 12:16am, 5 Sep 2021 31,314 posts	0 Sushi. Oooh #6 I think that means I win as 'leggy grew my sunflower and I supply him with flapjack so he'll declare me the winner just so I post him some more 🤣😇😁 (Am I right legster?)
bigleggy Sep 2021 2:33pm, 6 Sep 2021 6,839 posts	0 bigleggy indeed except Rule 6 makes me the winner Top growing Fizz, not sure which I'm more impressed with, the sunflowers or the fact you have your step ladder propped up against them
Dvorak Sep 2021 3:05pm, 6 Sep 2021 23,320 posts	0 Dvorak I think she has a third leg sticking out the back ;-). Fruit picker's ladder.
Fizz :-) Sep 2021 3:15pm, 6 Sep 2021 6,179 posts	0 Fizz :-) No, just super strong sunflowers (The fruit trees aren’t in the picture)
Sharkie Sep 2021 3:33pm, 6 Sep 2021 18,493 posts	0 Sharkie I think we have the same ladder Fizz, as in an identical one - see my pics earlier.

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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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