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17-08-2007, 07:36 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Derbyshire
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| | | Sunflower
Hi
My son started growing a sunflower at school before the holidays and i was wondering when do they get the flower?
Its about 3 foot tall now and i've put it in a bigger pot.
Thanks jen xxx |
17-08-2007, 07:56 AM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The sunny West Midlands.
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| | | Re: Sunflower
From a Garden site .........
For continuity of blooms for floral arrangements, sow a succession of sunflowers every fortnight for six weeks in the early part of the growing season. In a hot summer, each cycle from sowing to blooming will take about 60 days.
Keith. |
17-08-2007, 08:03 AM
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Hopefully not too long then till its got a flower 
jen xxx |
17-08-2007, 08:20 AM
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Its about 3 foot so its got some growing to do!
jen xxx |
17-08-2007, 08:29 AM
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That site in Kent states that they can grow up to 12 inches a day. How long has yours been planted? If yours has only been growing for 3 days, then you're on to a winner!
Keith. |
17-08-2007, 08:37 AM
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What do you think they are feeding them? 
3 foot in about 4 to 5 weeks is ours.
jen xxx |
31-08-2007, 01:38 PM
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Well i think i will give up with this sunflower, its well over 4 foot and STILL no flower.
At this rate by time it gets the flower i will be able to act out jack and the beanstalk with my son!! 
jen xxx |
31-08-2007, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jdurbo  Well i think i will give up with this sunflower, its well over 4 foot and STILL no flower.
At this rate by time it gets the flower i will be able to act out jack and the beanstalk with my son!!
jen xxx | Strange  I think it should have flowered by now. I have a few smaller varieties (Music box) in my garden and they have bloomed. Also we have a field full near where we live. Have you been feeding it too much fertiliser? |
31-08-2007, 02:15 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The sunny West Midlands.
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Originally Posted by jdurbo Well i think i will give up with this sunflower, its well over 4 foot and STILL no flower.
At this rate by time it gets the flower i will be able to act out jack and the beanstalk with my son!!
jen xxx | You shouldn't buy seeds off e-bay !!!!
Keith. |
31-08-2007, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lance Morgan Strange I think it should have flowered by now. I have a few smaller varieties (Music box) in my garden and they have bloomed. Also we have a field full near where we live. Have you been feeding it too much fertiliser? | Hi lance
Its only had water!! we went to my husbands parents house and some of theirs are only about 1 foot tall with a great big flower on, my son is only seven and keeps asking where the flower is...Bless
jen xxx |
31-08-2007, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kshotton45 You shouldn't buy seeds off e-bay !!!!
Keith. | He~he~he
He started it at school so god knows what he has planted!!! maybe it is a beanstalk!!
jen xxx |
01-09-2007, 09:14 PM
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Yippee!!!! I looked today and im sure there is a flower just beginning to grow!!
jen xxx |
01-09-2007, 09:15 PM
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I bet it's blue, it sounds like you've been sold a Pansy !
Keith. |
01-09-2007, 09:17 PM
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It might take till next summer for it to have a big head on it!!
jen xxx |
01-09-2007, 11:27 PM
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Helianthus agrophyllus - Silver-Leaf Sunflower, here's the description ....
' wild annual silver-leaf sunflower H. argophyllus. Plants were selected for reduced height '
At least you now know its name !!
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