King of the sunflowers 2021

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Its April & its time to start the annual sunflower growing thread off again. Anyone can take part, the idea is just to grow the tallest sunflowers on the forum. As usual no prizes, just the kudos of knowing your regal flowers tower over the puny efforts of everyone else :-rofl2

Living so far north my objective as usual is not to trail in last as usual :D
 

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Seeds & compost ordered :) :Y
 

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I bought these seeds to try this year. Still in the packet as my usual space in the incubator is full of sweet peas etc. Maybe a windowsill this time to start off. Also I have some seeds saved from last year.

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I am using the seed from last year yet again, fourth generation? I planted them last Wednesday in pots the greenhouse and already are bursting into life
 

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They are on there way.Too many as usual.They will not get wasted though They will get planted around the garden where I can find a bit of spare muck.
To be fair I will not be posting them all on this thread most will get posted elsewhere.A mixture of Russian Giant and Some unknown ones of Ebay last year.
 

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I've still got the spudlets from last year......
 

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Its been so bloody cold up here the last few weeks we havent even planted our seeds yet!
 

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Seeds planted last week, so shouldn't be too long for signs of growth. A bit late starting this year.
 

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Red & Yellow varieties doing well after a slow start,

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Seedlings in good health, they should be putting on good growth from now on.

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I suspect mine did that last week whilst in the greenhouse:D
They need to be planted out when the storms settle down
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Ours FINALLY got planted last weekend. Now we hagve to hope thee not a late severe frost up here once they start growing a bit
 

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I don't think that they will be very tall this year.The heads are swelling early.The tall skinny one is one of those no name ones from Ebay.
 

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Sunflowers nearly 4 feet high now,
Somewhat dwarfed by the Delphiniums & Cornflowers :)
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Four feet high so far. Mine are slow to start flowering this year compared to previous years.

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Pretty much everything in the garden is around a month late this year because of the cold wet Spring - our raspberries were ready to eat in mid-late May last year, but that only happened at the end of June this year.
 

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Mine are not doing very well this year.Some are flowering already.There are three that may still go up a bit.The top of the veranda is 7 foot.
 

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I have one at 6 feet 2 inches high now :) DSCN3659.JPG
 
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