Planted sunflowers!!

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Planted these babies just today! I'll update this thread on their growth!

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I've found that sunflowers are one of the easiest plants to plant, I don't even bother digging a hole any more; I just cast the seeds into my garden.

I grow them every year (various varieties), but this year I'm growing Mexican Sunflowers for the first time.
 

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Of 24 sunflower seeds I planted Thursday,18 sprouted last night. This is the fastest they have ever sprouted for me, 3 nights!
 

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Chuck, I planted giant Russian sunflowers once! At the time I had a brick bungalow and by the end of summer they were towering above the gutters.
The reason I planted them is because the people I bought the seeds from say that they can exceed 14 feet tall with 16 feet at maximum. I am going to really concentrate on beating 16 feet by strict watering and fertilizing. By doing this maybe I can get 12 feet out of them.:D
 

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Is the sunflower competition a yearly thing?
Don't know but it should be. Being as how they are really simple to grow there could be a lot of different categories. Tallest, most flowers, largest flower etc. Give even beginner gardeners a good chance of winning.
 

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