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The Show => Sunflowers => Topic started by: Les_Woof on March 24, 2004, 11:20:02
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Date sown: 21 March 2004
Measure date: TBA
Variety: Giant Single
Source: Wilkos Easy Grow for Kids
Cost: £2-3; cant remember.
Sown: In its own proporgator kit.
Location: Girls bedroom and bathroom windowsill.
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Thought that i had registered once but here goes again;
Type of seed;-T&M'sRussian Giant.
Date sown;-23/03/04
Place sown;-Greenhouse.
Contestants Budgiebreeder and friend's children.
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Sown: Today.
Type: Unknown. (Seeds from a flower from last year which came from a bag of bird food.)
Sowed: In greenhouse.
Cost: Nowt.
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Date sown: 27th March 2004
Variety: Unwins- Starburst Lemon Aura
Cost: £2.49 (20 seeds)
Place sown: In greenhouse in small pots.
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Date Sown 29th March 2004
Variety T&M Russian Giant
Place Sown In unheated greenhouse
Contestants Doris Pinks and Children
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Hiya,
Date sown :-29 march
Variety :- Giant Single
Place sown :- Unheated greenhouse
Contestants:- Me and my little boy
Thought we'd have a stab at this never grown a sunflower in my life so we'll see what happens.!!
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Date sown 29th March
variety - unknown
place sown - kitchen windowsill
contestant - Miss Baritone + godsons
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OKay, gotta get involved.
Date sown - today - 2nd April
Variety - Giant Russian (gotta be good huh..called Giant after all!)
Place sown - greenhouse
Contestants - Emma Jane, Ava, Jessica & James. (the more involved, the more chance of success!)
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Date sown: Today 4 April
Variety: Giant Single
Place sown: windowsill in loo rolls
Contestants:
1. St Paul's Whitley Bay Sunday School
versus
2. Ceri
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Date Sown : April Fools day
Variety : free from the RSPB & a dutch type
Where : in pots under glass
Contestant : Beer_Belly
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Date sown: 7th April
Variety: Johnsons Giant Single
Where: in pots on my kitchen worksurface with plastic bag over top
Contestants: Aqui
Mr Aqui still has to sow his own!
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Ok sign me up.
Date sown: 29th March
Variety: Giant Single (Kings)
Place: My Greenhouse
Contestants: Shaun, Claire, Niamh & Thom (when he arrives in about 6 weeks).
:D
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Ok, Ive succumbed, count me in too. :D
Date sown:- 8th April 2004
Variety :-Mr Fothergills Giant Single
Place Sown:-Unheated Greenhouse
Contestants:- Mimi, Non-Gardening Other Half and Bex
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ok i thought i''d give this a go even tho i only grow weeds
date sown 9/4/2004
variety taiyo
place sown unheated greenhouse
contestant just me and the weeds
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Date sown:- 9th April 2004
Variety :-Johnsons Giant Single
Place Sown:- Indoors
Contestants:- Just me
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Date sown: 10th April
Variety: Asda Giant Russian
Sown in Pots covered in cling film then left to germinate in Airing Cupb.
Contestant: busy_lizzie
Date sown: 30th March
Variety: Mr. Fothergills Giant Single
Chitted on Kitchen towel, then put into pots and placed in Porch
Contestant: busy_mike (bl's other half)
Watch this space! ;D
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Date Sown: Mid Feb
Variety: Chilterns 'Uniflorus Giganteus'
Place Sown: Heated conservatory
Contestants: Me and Jack ( of Beanstalk fame ;) ;D )
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We're in too :)
Date sown - 15th April
Variety - Giant Yellow (Suttons Seeds)
Where sown - in paper pots, on windowsill
Contestant - Halla (my youngest - and for all that she's 8, has 3 year's experience of growing big 'uns).
All best, Gavin
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Date sown: Beginning April
Variety: unknown: from bag of bird seed
Where sown: various parts of the garden
contestent: me and the birds
lots of little sunflowers popping up where the seed husks have been scattered, mainly by the greenfinches - I'll pick the best one on measuring day if that's ok?
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Date sown - 15th April
Variety - Russian Giant (Thomson & Morgan)
Where sown - in pots on windowsill
Contestants:- Just me
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Resown: 25th April due to slugs eating all my previous sowing whilst on my hols!
Variety: Russian Giant
Where sown: In unheated Greenhouse
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Date sown - April 11th
Variety - Suttons F1 Full Sun
Where Sown - Unheated greenhouse
Contestants - Rebecca, Lucy and Adam, supervised by me!
Sally
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I've been press-ganged into this by BB....so:
Date sown: 30th April
Variety: Giant Single (Wilkos)
Cost: 49p
Place sown: 3" pots on kitchen windowsill
Contestant: only me
Chaz
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here we go..
date sown: 1st may
variety: giant single (mr fothergills)
where sown: in ground at allotment
comtestant: me!
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I have just realised I need to register it , so here goes:
Date sown: 1st May
variety: Giant Single
location: Directly in the soil in our back garden in behind my
Arum lilies
cost: 99p from Tesco
contestant: Youngest son Neil aged 6 yrs, we decided he should
plant this for his Beaver badge challenge. So we are
taking pictures of him in action doing all the hard
work. Will keep you up to date.
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Date eaten: May 1
Offending creature: snails
Results: see if they grow back. :'(
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Stick some more in Aqui! Slugs got my first sowing :'( So am hoping to catch up with everyone else eventually! ;D
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I'm up for that, haven't grown sunflowers for 10 years.
Sown : 15th May
Variety : russian gaint
Cost : nothing, given by the nice lady next door
Location : pots in the green house
;D
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Just wanted to know if this will be allowed. One of my babies has had the growing point eaten by snails. >:( I left it just to see what happened, and joy of joys... ;D now 2 new flowering heads are growing well. I dont think that they will both grow as tall as just one head but I'm giving it a go.
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Sunflower seeds got wet in torrential northern rain but upon checking contents some had sprouted so ..
SOWED: 24th June :-\
VARIETY: Giant single
LOCATION: in plantpots on lottie
SOWN BY: Me.
Debs ;D ;D ;D