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These sunflowers
VfM4meplse
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Hi all, I've grown fabulous sunflowers in the past with no effort but am obsessed with tracking down this type, at the best price. Have seen something similar in B&Q (£3/20 IIRC) but would live to know if anyone has seen packs of seeds for £1 or so?
Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
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...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0
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Are they Prado red ones?
Thompson and Morgan £2.89 ( but of course postage. Makes sense if you are getting other seeds or know someone who is)
I have just google red sunflowers buy seeds and some £1 seeds come up for varities, but haven't checked the postage prices.
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Try good old fleabay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flowers-Seeds-France-Red-Sunflower-Fruit-Seeds-Hot-Home-Garden-Plant-/121290655713?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item1c3d7c87e1My Mind wanders, if found please return.0 -
Surely the price will all depend on how many seeds are in the pack?
If you're getting 20 for £3, and only 5 seeds for £1 thats hardly a bargain. They will keep you don't have to sow the whole packet in one year.0 -
They are beautiful are they easy to grow?0
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Hi why don't you keep the seeds from previous grows you get at least 200 per head
I have kept the seeds from these from last year I have way to many
I would happily give some away.
I don't think your allowed to put address up or I would post some.
Just a thought ........0 -
I got a pack of 5 or 6 different varieties of sunflower from B&M the other day, will check if these were in it.A big believer in karma, you get what you give :A
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Tbh I'm a bit wary if any imports that bypass international controls - don't want to end up with a garden full of Japanese knotweed or termites.
I was browsing through a 1* review on Amazon yesterday - apparently they grew well but weren't actually red
. I've grown standard golden ones before (v late in the season) and had an amazing result. If I get hold of red ones I will gather every single seed like its a nugget of gold! Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
VfM4meplse wrote: »Tbh I'm a bit wary if any imports that bypass international controls - don't want to end up with a garden full of Japanese knotweed or termites.
I was browsing through a 1* review on Amazon yesterday - apparently they grew well but weren't actually red. I've grown standard golden ones before (v late in the season) and had an amazing result. If I get hold of red ones I will gather every single seed like its a nugget of gold!
Try Poundland, I bought a multi pack last year, all colours ranging from very pale almost white to deep chocolate brown. They all grew pretty well and not gigantic monsters.
I had a quick look on ebay, these might be of use to you
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seeds-of-Italy-Sunflower-Girasole-Red-Sun-/111009755378?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item19d8b270f2
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUNFLOWER-RED-SUN-40-SEEDS-2-FREEPOST-ABUNDANCE-OF-3-TO-4-FLOWERS-/140632065495?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item20be5305d72011 Sealed Pot Challenge #1238 hoping for £250 ~ saved £743.32
2012 Sealed Pot Challenge #1238 hoping for £250 ~ saved £435.75
2013 Sealed Pot Challenge #1238 hoping for £300 ~ saved £521
2014 Sealed Pot Challenge #1238 hoping for £400 ~ saved0 -
These were the ones that I got from B&M... not quite the same....A big believer in karma, you get what you give :A
If you find my posts useful, "pay it forward" and help someone else out, that's how places like MSE can be so successful.0 -
Nothing but a few bulbs and roots left in my local yesterday. Thanks for the other links.Try Poundland, I bought a multi pack last year, all colours ranging from very pale almost white to deep chocolate brown. They all grew pretty well and not gigantic monsters.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0
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