We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

sunflower growing competition

1…2223252728…32

Comments

  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Crack on then. :D

    I don't doubt that you could, given the height of mine, and the fact that the soil they're in isn't much cop. :p
    I'll have a go, give it my "special sauce" (tm) and see what it does.

    I may also photograph the other from a different angle and claim it's a new one :p

    Regretting this now, as I really have nowhere else to stick another, this one is in my strawberry bed.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Lotus-eater wrote: »
    Regretting this now, as I really have nowhere else to stick another, this one is in my strawberry bed.

    Don't feel you have to. :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • annie123
    annie123 Posts: 4,256 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mrbadexample wrote: »
    just behind the celery:

    I knew there was something I hadn't sown....celery! I had a bald bit of soil where it would usually go and I filled it with sunflowers:o

    I'll sow some tomorrow in trays and put it where my tatties are at present.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Don't feel you have to. :p
    Always up to a challenge, specially when I'm almost certain to look an idiot :D

    Just found out I have no sunflower seeds :rotfl: I must have given them away.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Lotus-eater wrote: »

    Just found out I have no sunflower seeds :rotfl: I must have given them away.

    That'll make it tricky. Want me to send you some? Special, they are. Dwarf variety. :rotfl:
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Don't worry, I can find some. :)
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ok just put 9 plants in the ground and well watered in.
    Breast Cancer Now 100 miles October 2022 100 / 100miles
    D- Day 80km June 2024 80/80km (10.06.24 all done)
    Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2024 to complete by end Sept 2024. 1,001,066/ 1,000,000 (20.09.24 all done)
    Breast Cancer Now 100 miles 1st May 2025 (18.05.2025 all done)
    Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2025 to complete by end Sept 2025. 1,006,489 / 1,000,000 (10.09.25 all done)
    Breast Cancer Now 100 miles 1st October 2025 36/100
    Sun, Sea
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Lotus-eater wrote: »
    Don't worry, I can find some. :)

    I was afraid you might. :(
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I notice that something has been nibbling some of my leaves. I have read that birds sometimes nibble sunflower leaves. I did notice some very small black things,a bit like mini greenfly...does anyone have any clues and remedies? Ta
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
    Jojo_the_Tightfisted Posts: 27,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Blackfly?

    My remedy is squish the little %&£@() with your fingers. Then kidnap any wandering ladybirds and place them on the plants under attack. With luck they realise that there is a good food source right there and stay, get married and make lots of little ladybird babies....
    I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.
    colinw wrote: »
    Yup you are officially Rock n Roll :D
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.5K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 245K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.6K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.4K Life & Family
  • 258.8K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture