The Great Bigleggy Sunflower Growoff

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Dr PhFleecyD
Dr PhFleecyD
Jun 2020
10:04pm, 1 Jun 2020
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Mine are looking very happy on a sunny wall in their pots, I was going to plant one in the south facing front garden but everything there has gone so much I don’t think there’s space.
Dr PhFleecyD
Dr PhFleecyD
Jun 2020
10:05pm, 1 Jun 2020
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I gave them some general fertiliser pellets, tomato food is for fruit and flowers isn’t it?
Rosehip
Rosehip
Jun 2020
1:04pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Rosehip
I gave mine seaweed extract - think that's good for everything ?
Trin
Trin
Jun 2020
1:49pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Trin
I measured mine in the pots and the tallest one is 38cm 😊
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jun 2020
2:01pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Fizz :-)
I’m pleased to report that hiding around the bindweed



my guerrilla sunflowers have germinated



:-)
bigleggy
bigleggy
Jun 2020
2:27pm, 2 Jun 2020
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bigleggy
:-)
Dr PhFleecyD
Dr PhFleecyD
Jun 2020
4:20pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Dr PhFleecyD
My tallest is 85cm! Thinking about reporting one or two of them to see if that helps
Wine Legs
Wine Legs
Jun 2020
4:21pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Wine Legs
Reporting them to who exactly? The sunflower police?
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Jun 2020
4:39pm, 2 Jun 2020
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85 wowsers ..the south etc, etc....I think mine are around 30 or so..
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
Jun 2020
4:41pm, 2 Jun 2020
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Wriggling Snake
Thinking of putting them up against the south facing wall at the back of the garden...the space where the shrub popped it's clogs over the winter....

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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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