WAB 2009 Tallest Sunflower Competition?

[Dutchess]

Originally Posted by Stewy

4ft, grown 1ft in 6 days.............

Whaaaaaat???

Are you sure, Stewy? (Or was it one you "prepared earlier"? Hmm?! )

D.

[Bunny82]

My three black sunflowers are coming along nicely (averaging 2 1/2 feet each) but my two Kong are lagging behind at around 2 feet. Can this be renamed the '2009 Tallest Black Sunflower Contest' instead? lol.

[cutecoot]

Wish I'd seen this before - every year I keep meaning to grow sunflowers, then forget! I do have a couple that have germinated on my patio from the bird seed ..:



Somehow, I don't think they stand much chance of winning ...

[Dutchess]

What with the rain/sun/rain/sun scenarios we have been having of late, my two have grown a couple of inches over the past few days

I suppose they will need re-potting? How big do their roots get?

D.

[Stewy]

5ft...............



What size pots have you got 'em in D? If you want them to get to any sort of size then you will need fairly large pots, I've never grown them in pots but Kayleigh has and had some success last year so perhaps she can advise???????

[Kayleigh]

The pots I used were about 2ft diameter and 2ft high..I grow broad beans in them as well as other veg..
Got a meals worth of spuds that just came up from the compost that was left over from last year.

[cutecoot]

Oh fab, Kayleigh I can't wait to start growing a few of my own spuds .. you just can't beat the flavour, can you?!

[big bill]

Originally Posted by cutecoot

Oh fab, Kayleigh I can't wait to start growing a few of my own spuds .. you just can't beat the flavour, can you?!

Know what youy mean I like a garden with with flowers and shrubs the wife likes veg ,compromised this year .
A flyer that came with a magazine advertised 4 x bags to grow potatoes in with 20 seed potaoes ,4 different varieties for £16.00 sent of for it all you do is as the shoots come up you keep topping up with compost to within 1inch of the top,she also has cabbages in beside the herb and what used to be a rockery also carrots lettuce and strawberries in long troughs and all doing well the runner beans up the trelli beside the bird station

[adus123]

I'd like to join On the sunflower competition.

I am a young allotment holder well 28 now lol

I have all ways grow sunflowers on my plot for the last four years or so.

Now We Have a competition with some of the plot holders. My personal best is a little over 3m (10 ft) or so

I am going for it this year again As I lost last year.

I am growing them were my compost heap was last year. They are about 18" tall now.

Thay Are Russian giant.

I Just Do It for the fun

Last year the person who beat me grow them in amongst the beans

the sunflowers did well but the beans did not so well

[Stewy]

Good stuff adus123!!

Well over 6ft now, were cooking on gas folks!!