[mumofstig]

I've added you anyway 

[Fairy Plotmother]

  Thank you very much I will do my best.

[Willow_Warren]

Well I think you can count me out!!  My single tall have decided to flower already at a measley 4ft!!!  Goodness knows what got into them!!

Hannah

[WesleyM]

Aw shucks, I see I have missed the deadline to enter this competition. I am new to this site and thought I'd enter my sunflowers into a competition this year, as they are doing better than previous years. I grow sunflowers each year for fun. Right now one is about 11'6" but I feel 2 or 3 could make it past the 12' mark.

I wish all contestants luck with this competition. 

[arugula]

You're quite right WesleyM, you are too late to enter this year's competition, but it gives you plenty time to up your post count to be eligible to enter next year's.

  Names have to be registered by 30th June to count.

[devonbarmygardener]

Well I'm out folks - too late to get any decent height now and all my sunflowers were munched while I was away!

[GYO Girl]

Aw shucks, I see I have missed the deadline to enter this competition. I am new to this site and thought I'd enter my sunflowers into a competition this year, as they are doing better than previous years. I grow sunflowers each year for fun. Right now one is about 11'6" but I feel 2 or 3 could make it past the 12' mark.

I wish all contestants luck with this competition. 

Well that makes me feel better, thanks Wesley - I too missed this thread so didn't put my name down in time, and my prize sunflower was 9 ft 1" when we measured it on Sunday.  At least now I know I wouldn't have won anyway!

[Sweetpea C]

Oh, mine grew to 6 foot over the holiday.... take it that's not going to be tall enough to win, still, it looks pretty so I'm happy, there is always next year 

[devonbarmygardener]

That is 6 foot better than me!
I am well and truly out of this contest

[arugula]

Two of mine are at the 6'9" mark (better than ever here) the others more like around the 4' mark which is more normal. None have flowered yet, which feels late but maybe it isn't. As I mentioned in a previous post, assuming the pots were labelled correctly, only the red variety survived the late spring weather, the slugs.... so I'm surprised they've reached that height as they are quoted at 6' max..

[Totty]

9ft 8in at the moment, flower fading so I don't think it will be getting much bigger now.

Totty

[Fairy Plotmother]

  Think I'm out then!!!!

[shoozie]

9ft 8in at the moment, flower fading so I don't think it will be getting much bigger now.

Totty

Erm, that'll be me out too ... 4 and a half foot only.  Oh well, there's always next year 

[devonbarmygardener]

I've not a chance - any year!!

[Annen]

Does it count if the flower is lying down when measured as I can't reach the top?
I was thinking the flower head would be just about over by the finish date and I could dig it up and measure it that way?
It is in a corner next the fence, up against the beans and I can't get in to it very well (I obviously didn't think this through properly at the start!)
I don't think it is any taller than 8 feet anyway but you never know, some of those 12 footers might blow down ( on second thoughts then they can be measured on the ground too )