Monday, May 11, 2009

The latest on our sunflowers.....

This is an update to my earlier post on growing sunflowers, which we started as part of the Outdoor Hour - Challenge #16 - Growing sunflowers

Much to my amazement, Henry's sunflowers are all going pretty strong. I guess they do have 6-8 foot to grow in a couple of months, but since our first entry on 29th April, when the seeds were planted, the plants have grown to a stunning 19cm to date!

Henry and I are measuring them every couple of days and recording on a bar chart their growth. We have chosen his school sunflowers to follow closely, so these are the stars of his blog.......must give them names!

We are also creating a journal entry, every time something new happens to the plants.

So here are our journal entries, and a few photos to go with them.


Henry's school sunflowers on 6th May - seven days after planting the seeds.

Some still had their seeds holding the leaves shut, whilst other seeds had popped off to show 2 leaves.

Some of the other 50 sunflowers we have planted!




Today, Henry's followed sunflower had produced two new small leaves. So wemade a journal page for this.















We potted on his school sunflowers at the weekend out of the cramped starter pot. Examining the roots as we went.

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  2. Your sunflowers are really growing! I love that you are keeping track of the growth as you go along. It will be amazing to see how big they get by the end of the summer.

    The journal entries are perfect. :)

    Keep us updated!
    Barb-Harmony Art Mom
    PS I have a bunch of sunflowers that need to get into the ground. What to come over and help me? Wish you could.

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