[poultrygeist]

 

I'll get some big envelopes

[shaun]

mine will have to go on a low loader 

[FCG]

Shaun i'll pop round for yours. It'll save you having to hire the low loader to transport the magnifying glass.

I'd say someone taking a photo of you stood next to it holding something of a standard size along with a tape measure would work. I have to analyse photos all day long. I can tell photoshops by the pixels...

 

[matron]

Mine are doing well but won't be fully ready until about September. They were still flowering when we had the first frosts last year.

[poultrygeist]

I think mine is taller than me now. It's grown about 6" in the last few days. I'm amazed. The other 2 growing up the shed are about 5'6" i should think. This warm/wet weather really seems to suit them. 

ROb

[matron]

Not quite that tall but getting there 

[mumofstig]

Well ifthe wind carries on like this it's going to snap the tops off. I put in some canes, but by the time i sank a good bit in, and the sunflowers grew, they're about a foot over the top of the canes. So think the end may be soon for mine ....i hope not the grandchildren have named them tom and gerry

[poultrygeist]

Get a photo and measurement of them just in case. Might do that myself when it stops raining.

Rob

[poultrygeist]

This morning's measurements...

7'2" (2.18m)

1st reserve is approaching 2m with No.3 about 1.9m

The biggest is starting to turn over at the top so I presume it won't be making 3m but the other two are still pointing skyward. Today is showery with tomorrow sunny, so it could gain another 2" or 3" over the weekend. 

Rob

[Parsnip]

This morning's measurements...

7'2" (2.18m)

1st reserve is approaching 2m with No.3 about 1.9m

The biggest is starting to turn over at the top so I presume it won't be making 3m but the other two are still pointing skyward. Today is showery with tomorrow sunny, so it could gain another 2" or 3" over the weekend. 

Rob

So you say, where's the Photographic eveidence, hmm?   

[poultrygeist]

As if by magic.....



You can just about make out my digging fork next to it for scale. The only alternative was to drag my OH away from the kitchen but she was cooking dinner, so that wasn't going to happen 

I'm actually looking forward to watching the seeds ripen so we see what birds come for them. Be nice to get a mixture of finches. 

Rob

[Parsnip]

I reckon that's one of those kiddie forks...

Mine are about 3ft tall at the mo...I've got three growing by the small fence next to my shed on the plot, so that will be lovely to sit and watch the dickie birds when they flower and i've two going at the top of the garden... about the same size.

I've been giving them a bit of feed, so hopefully they'll get a decent size...

[poultrygeist]

2.3m and 2.2m

No.1 has stopped going up and is now developing the flower head.
No.2 is still pointing skyward.

Rob

[MoreWhisky]

Mine is know starting to flower .

Is that as tall as it goes now then?

[Bombers]

No.1 has stopped going up and is now developing the flower head.

Mine is know starting to flower .

Is that as tall as it goes now then?

Oh dear.... There ya'go then. Mine are currently gaining about 30cms a week... no sign of a flower yet.