The 2017 Gardening Forums Sunflower Growing Competition!

[Becky]

Planted mine this morning, giant single, can grow up to 4 metres the packet claims

If it doesn't live up to expectations then don't forget there are other categories than height

 

[Daren]

My sunflowers looking good so far lol but a long way to go I'll have to find a space in the garden and pop them in see what happens Hehe I'm confident they will get eaten by rabbits or something worse maybe

 

[zigs]

We have lift off

 

[Beth_B]

Mine are in the ground.

 

[Becky]

Looking good!

 

[Daren]

Got mine in ground now too & have have set land mines for the rabbits

 

[Becky]

Haha, good plan @Daren!

 

[KKosy87]

I want to try! I had 2 huge monsters last year. Grew taller than our garage!I still have to sow my seeds for this year! I better get on it. The one below is the one I grew! It was my first time ever!

 

[KKosy87]

Man I just looked at the dates, i'm way behind. Last year, mine didn't really open up until early September. I always start everything late. Maybe i will still try

 

[MaryMary]

Man I just looked at the dates, i'm way behind. Last year, mine didn't really open up until early September. I always start everything late. Maybe i will still try

The slugs got half of the ones I had started, and put a serious hurting on the half they left me! I'm going to plant some more. I wasn't thinking of trying for height, but maybe most flowers or charismatic cutie!

 

[KKosy87]

Oh no! That sucks! Just curious, what kind,are you growing? Some of them have such interesting colors!

 

[MaryMary]

The ones I'm intending for most flowers are taken from a bag of birdseed. I had a volunteer under my bird feeder that had 14 flowers at the same time. Makes perfect sense when you think about it - if the seed company is growing solely to produce seed, that means more flowers!! See the female goldfinch helping herself to the fresh seeds?

The ones I'm hoping to enter for charismatic cuties are one of the varieties of red/orange ones. I ordered them online, and have forgotten the type they said they were.

 

[ReslerMomma]

This sounds like fun! I have planted sunflowers a few times this year. But they keep getting knocked over by neighborhood dogs.

Now all I need to do is quit lurking and get to commenting so I have 50 posts!

 

[ReslerMomma]

I will now attempt to upload a picture of one of my titan sunflowers.

 

[zigs]

Mine are toast, greenhouse door got shut while I was away and it's been the hottest days of the year so far