Who can grow the biggest sunflower?
Posted on Mar 06, 2009 under Gardening, contest | 6 Comments
Our girls love to plant sunflowers and each year again, they are amazed at how big they can grow in such little time.
Inspired by Melinda’s Growing Challenge, I decided to host a small growing challenge here as well: who can grow the biggest sunflower?
A contest isn’t complete without prizes, so I’m working on that. If you have any suggestions or have anything to add to the prize pot, please leave a comment!
I’m going to keep a list of who is participating as well as keep track of growth, so send in your measurements every now and again.
It would also be nice to know exactly how you are growing your sunflowers (i.e. type of soil used, watering schedule, fertilizers, etc.)
Please leave a comment if you want to join or if you have any suggestions.
Get ready to grow!
March 6th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I am going to be growing sunflowers this year to beautify my alley that my neighbors don’t keep up. They are going to be fed hydroponic nutrient runoff, so hopefully I will have some beautiful sunflowers ripe for the eating.
March 7th, 2009 at 1:49 am
That should make them grow nicely! Which kind of sunflowers are you going to grow?
March 8th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Hey Nico,
They are the kind from the Great Sunflower project (http://www.greatsunflower.org/) to help track bees. They offer free seeds if you help watch for bees in your area.
Red
March 10th, 2009 at 5:32 am
nice! I wonder if they also send free seeds to Germany, going to check it out.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I had a 20 foot tall sunflower
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:41 am
wow! That is huge. What kind of sunflower did you grow?