[Annen]

Further to my last post, my son told me a way to measure without having to resort to a stepladder , so I managed to measure it roughly. 
But don't panic anybody, it is only 7ft 8ins.

[carlrmj]

  I've got a few over 10ft and a lot that are 9-10ft tall .

[Fairy Plotmother]

  I'm certainly out then!!! Just wait ' til next year 

[Annen]

Further to my last post, my son told me a way to measure without having to resort to a stepladder , so I managed to measure it roughly. 
But don't panic anybody, it is only 7ft 8ins.

Pythagoras?

Nothing so clever, a bendy tape measure!  Foot on the end of the tape, bend the tape, feed the bend up to the height you want and read off the measurement, mind, you have to have good eyesight

[sunshineband]

Please post your photos (full length) with tape measure etc to verify the height of your prize blooms 

and of course a photo of your prettiest sunflower as well 

[WesleyM]

Well I thought I'd just share a picture of a 12' tall sunflower I had, and yes I did measure it, though it was not easy. 

I also had a sunflower head that grew to 13.5" in maximum diameter (in the 12' sunflower pic, this came from the one closest to the house on the right row).

Don't fret if you don't already know, but I'm not eligible for the competition. Just thought I'd share my results.

[carlrmj]

       This is one of the tallest sunflowers so far .

       It is currently over 12 ft tall .

[Lulu]

My 3 Teddy Bears - for the pretty category


Also - my Vanilla ice

[arugula]

Touching the eaves at around 10ft 11 days ago now a bit taller and those tallest ones still not flowering..



Red Sun

[Lulu]

That is really pretty too and very tall  :happy:

[arugula]

Thanks and that tallest one is now about a foot higher than the gutter - and the flower still isn't open!

[devonbarmygardener]

How are you guys getting them to grow that big? Are they growing in pure dung or something. Im lucky if mine make 6ft - if they don't get chomped like this year and last!

[Annen]

How are you guys getting them to grow that big? Are they growing in pure dung or something. Im lucky if mine make 6ft - if they don't get chomped like this year and last!

I'd like to know too!  I planted a row and treated them all the same, and one stopped at 4 ft and another went on to about 8 ft!

[Fairy Plotmother]

Your sunflowers are quite fantastic arugula.  I think you must be winning every category there is in the competition.............unless someone knows different!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arugula]

Not height-wise FPM, but I have been known to grow a pretty sunflower.

How are you guys getting them to grow that big? Are they growing in pure dung or something. Im lucky if mine make 6ft - if they don't get chomped like this year and last!

The growing spot had some horse manure over winter, so this must have made a difference as they normally only make just over 5 ft and this "Red Sun" variety isn't meant to go over about 6.