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.
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.
Sown: Today.
Type: Unknown. (Seeds from a flower from last year which came from a bag of bird food.)
Sowed: In greenhouse.
Cost: Nowt.
Date sown: 27th March 2004
Variety: Unwins- Starburst Lemon Aura
Cost: £2.49 (20 seeds)
Place sown: In greenhouse in small pots.
Date Sown 29th March 2004
Variety T&M Russian Giant
Place Sown In unheated greenhouse
Contestants Doris Pinks and Children
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.!!
Date sown 29th March
variety - unknown
place sown - kitchen windowsill
contestant - Miss Baritone + godsons
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!)
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
Date Sown : April Fools day
Variety : free from the RSPB & a dutch type
Where : in pots under glass
Contestant : Beer_Belly
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!
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
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
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
Date sown:- 9th April 2004
Variety :-Johnsons Giant Single
Place Sown:- Indoors
Contestants:- Just me
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
Date Sown: Mid Feb
Variety: Chilterns 'Uniflorus Giganteus'
Place Sown: Heated conservatory
Contestants: Me and Jack ( of Beanstalk fame ;) ;D )
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
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?
Date sown - 15th April
Variety - Russian Giant (Thomson & Morgan)
Where sown - in pots on windowsill
Contestants:- Just me
Resown: 25th April due to slugs eating all my previous sowing whilst on my hols!
Variety: Russian Giant
Where sown: In unheated Greenhouse
Date sown - April 11th
Variety - Suttons F1 Full Sun
Where Sown - Unheated greenhouse
Contestants - Rebecca, Lucy and Adam, supervised by me!
Sally
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
here we go..
date sown: 1st may
variety: giant single (mr fothergills)
where sown: in ground at allotment
comtestant: me!
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.
Date eaten: May 1
Offending creature: snails
Results: see if they grow back. :'(
Stick some more in Aqui! Slugs got my first sowing :'( So am hoping to catch up with everyone else eventually! ;D
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
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.
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