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Sunflowers.

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  • 17-05-2015 7:50pm
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    kneemos
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    Have these in a bucket on a balcony.
    3m tall.Will they need support ?
    Presumably one of them will need to go or could I transplant it?


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    tampopo
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    You will eventually. I'd leave them both to support each other. Can you put them in a corner and tie them in as they grow?

    Definitely a bamboo in the pot, at least. Balcony location must be fairly windy...


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    kneemos
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    tampopo wrote: »
    You will eventually. I'd leave them both to support each other. Can you put them in a corner and tie them in as they grow?

    Definitely a bamboo in the pot, at least. Balcony location must be fairly windy...

    It's east facing so not too bad .
    I'll get a couple of bamboo's so.


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    homer911
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    Looks like 3cm to me!


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    pwurple
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    homer911 wrote: »
    Looks like 3cm to me!

    I know, I was thinking wtf, 3m! My sunflowers are only sprouts!


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    vicwatson
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    Had some growing in a pot like yours last year, they got to about 2ft high and that was about it, no flowers, nothing, I thought maybe they needed to be planted in the ground.


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    coolhull
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Had some growing in a pot like yours last year, they got to about 2ft high and that was about it, no flowers, nothing, I thought maybe they needed to be planted in the ground.

    Possibly pot-bound, Vic? Sunflower also need lots of water and feeding as they grow taller, along with good support and room to develop


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    kneemos
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    Don't think there's much room for two in that bucket.
    Sure they must have fairly substantial roots if they're ten feet tall


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