Backyard Aquaponics
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G'day guys
Has anyone got some giant sun flower seeds in Perth
I planted some last year and not one came up

I got some. Pm me your postal addy and I'll flick a few in the post. Don't know how giant they grow, mine didn't get enough sun I think so were only about a metre tall

Mine have had a 0% success rate this year too Red Beard

Thanks Urrazeb
I really want the giant 6ft large flower as they will be in front of a 6ft fence.

You made me feel a little better katmac I don't know what went wrong with them last year
The only thing I can guess is the seeds were out of date or they got cooked in the shed (A reminder to keep seeds in a cool spot in laundry not hot shed)

Is this what you're looking for RB:

https://www.facebook.com/13720939299814 ... =1&theater

It only got to about 5ft tall (I didn't pamper it, in fact I neglected it) but it had a trunk like a Brickie's forearm and one large flower about the size of a dinner plate, as well as a few very small flowers close to the trunk... and the seeds are huge.

I don't know the variety, or it's history, it just came up on it's own out of some horse poop I brought in for the veg garden. It popped up in a bit of the veg garden that I was leaving fallow, I left it to grow, but didn't fertilise or pamper it, so it possibly could've reached 6ft or more with some love.

I have pics of the flower on the home puter, I've been meaning to post them on my FB page for a few days, I'll do it this evening when I get home, so you can see the size of it.

Most of the seeds have been fed to our Sun Conure, but I did collect some, you're more than welcome to some, but I can't vouch for how the next generation will turn out. PM me your postal details if you want them.

that's the one I would like to get as many different types of large sunflowers as I can I've got 32m of front fence they are going in front of

This one actually came from a pile of Ellenbrook horse poop... so it's returning home!

I just uploaded the rest of the pics: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 9392998146

Mr Damage the sun flower seeds have taken off they are 400mm high already and we are looking forward to see them flower

Good to hear... ...for their size the seeds felt a bit light, I was worried they weren't viable.