Alright folks, place your bets on the grid size (e.g. 2x2). Everyone who gets it right will get a post-it note drawing of your choosing. Bonus guess to number of saplings sprouted will be drawn on a regular sized sheet.
On the off chance anyone cares, keep guesses to this comment. I’ll make a separate thread for the requests/drawings.
@FroodyFrog Damn it, I knew I should have been specific. I didn’t mean to make it that hard, I meant the planting grid (rows/columns of sunflowers). That’s why the example didn’t have units.
Now I have to go out and measure the plot size to see if you’re right.
2.Chances are, I’m slightly off anyways. I didn’t factor in the mortar. Then again, because I didn’t factor it in, my calculations are probably better than they would have been.
And the grid is 7x3! Which out of all the four persons who guessed, none got right! @luvche21 was the closest though. Also for @FroodyFrog, the plot is 72" x 120". I should probably measure out the bricks for you, these buildings were probably made before standard was a word. As for the bonus, @sammydog01! So close! 36 seedlings!
So jealous… sunflower planting is on my long list of things to do… we have two or three growing from last year’s seeds though… really weird…
Of course, my husband convinced the kids we planted them all in the wrong direction and this year we should plant the seeds so the flowers face our yard … silly man!
The great thinning has occurred. There are now 21 sunflowers standing. However, using the power of Nostra-starting-this-after-the-fact-us, one of these sunflowers will not survive. Place your bets on which one is the unlucky sapling.
You can identify the sapling by grid location using [x,y] coordinates, origin being upper left. So top row, left most column is [1,1], making bottom row right most column [7,3]. You can also give them names I guess. The prize is the same as before (a post-it note drawing from me of your choosing).
@sammydog01 just wait and see, Felix will end up the largest of them all! Also, I suspect you meant 4,1.
I’m banking on 1,3 being adversely affected by that shadow… no real science to it since the shadow moves and I have no idea what time of day the photo was taken… but that’s what I’m going with.
@DrunkCat I’m going with 7,1 on the assumption that as they grow that one will have some sun blockage according to the angle of the shadows. Though I actually think they’ll all make it, 7,1 will be the runt of the litter.
@sammydog01 If it makes you feel any better I initially wrote them down as y,x for some reason too.
edit: double drat, I just realized since I forced a traditional x/y-axis thing, the origin would be better served at the bottom left. I can’t edit the original post anymore so we’ll have to live with it I suppose.
@DrunkCat I’d imagine that would be extra confusing to most. I wouldn’t generally look at a grid like that and consider the top row #3. You’re all good as is.
@DrunkCat - How do you know one won’t survive? What have you done???
While I agree that Felix looks quite developmentally challenged, I’m gonna have to go with Lulu, AKA 1,2. I’m pulling for her, though. Buy her a Miracle-Gro cocktail on me.
@djslack I was gonna say 3,7 at first too, but I noticed the pole at the corner, that should make it too awkward to step over them too close to the corner, but it puts the next guys in the trample zone.
@DrunkCat - Wait, Lulu has two mommies? I think you double-booked 1,2.
Who is @jaremelz now anyway? What’s your real fake name? I lost track somewhere . . .
@sammydog01 - I know! Maybe Lulu came from a roasted salted sunflower seed. Wonder if she can qualify for the chlorophyll transplant list?
(Wow, spelled that right first try!)
@Ignorant - Right, I had that figured out, just don’t know who usurped the name. Apparently someone using it as a cover for nefarious activities such as kidnapping sunflower seedlings.
@KDemo That is a weed. There are rogues around though, from random seeds I dispersed last year. One is doing better than all the others (it in fact signaled planting time.)
Maybe Lulu looks malnourished, but she is still standing. What a brave little soldier! I must say 3,7 is starting to look rather peaked. A late contender?
The plot thickens.
@hallmike So you’re saying “She’s not pinin’! She’s passed on! This flower is no more! She has ceased to be! She’s expired and gone to meet her maker! She’s a stiff! Bereft of life, she rests in peace! Her metabolic processes are now history! She’s off the twig! She’s kicked the bucket, she’s shuffled off her mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-SUNFLOWER!!” ?
Ebenezer Scrooge! No one guessed it (but I was super happy someone named it!) If I had to guess, seems like a strong gust of wind just snapped it down.
And to all those who wished death on Lulu, shame on you. After the thinning she had a little bit of trouble growing. While the cotyledons survived, the first foliage leaves withered a little over half way. So instead of putting energy into growing, it was dumping energy into the barely alive first foliage leaves. I plucked those deadbeats off and Lulu should now be able to grow like her siblings.
@DrunkCat - If Lulu had not survived, in honor of your garden, I was planning to request a post-it portrait of a slug. Maybe you could post one here for everyone who participated?
(Sort of a participation trophy?)
Tiny Tim has been replaced with a rogue. There were a few sunflower seeds from last year I randomly threw around that sprouted, so they’re essentially “back-ups” now to the grid.
Death isn’t satisfied however, and two more sunflowers will bite the compost. Start placing your guesses, but remember you only get one.
@DrunkCat I was out in the country today and saw several fields of sunflowers. I hope Felix does as well. I am now rooting for his survival and choose 1,7 to go. I will name him Dave.
@DrunkCat So will you fertilize Lulu and 2,2 who should be named Tutu, and 踏む? That might change the outcome. Lulu looks like the smallest runt of the litter at this point in time.
So uh… My attempt at triaging 1,5 and George are uh… Well it doesn’t seem to be going too good. Let’s see if 1,6 can pull through.
For better context because I’ve been slacking, the wind snapped George and 1,5 near the base. I tried doing the thing with two pieces of wood to “set it” back in place but you can see how well that’s going. 1,6 was just cleanly uprooted by the wind, so it’s still intact.
As @sammydog01 requested, I’ve ended it before the first beheading. Thanks for everyone who participated. And by that I mean, thanks @RiotDemon and @Sammydog01 for sticking to it all the way to the end.
Wait for it.
@mfladd Oh maybe this is the sleep deprivation talking, but this is my favorite gif usage of the day. Maybe week.
Isn’t it a bit late for seeds? Or do you live in Alaska?
@sammydog01 There may or may not be a buffer.
Alright folks, place your bets on the grid size (e.g. 2x2). Everyone who gets it right will get a post-it note drawing of your choosing. Bonus guess to number of saplings sprouted will be drawn on a regular sized sheet.
On the off chance anyone cares, keep guesses to this comment. I’ll make a separate thread for the requests/drawings.
@DrunkCat
11x5 1/2 bricks
Now, according to Belden Brick, the standard brick is 8" long. Unless they are modular bricks, in which case they are 7-1/2" long.
If these are standard bricks, then the grid would be 88"x44", or 7.3’x3.6’
If these are modular bricks, then the grid would be 82.5"x41.25", or 6.875’x3.43’
Yes, I know I didn’t format the conversions correctly, but that’s beside the point.
@FroodyFrog Damn it, I knew I should have been specific. I didn’t mean to make it that hard, I meant the planting grid (rows/columns of sunflowers). That’s why the example didn’t have units.
Now I have to go out and measure the plot size to see if you’re right.
edit: You are not.
@DrunkCat
2.Chances are, I’m slightly off anyways. I didn’t factor in the mortar. Then again, because I didn’t factor it in, my calculations are probably better than they would have been.
@FroodyFrog Well I wrote it down at any rate. I’ll reveal tomorrow.
@DrunkCat 4 inches by 6 inches for the grid. 32 seedlings. Yeah, I know, I’m a loser.
@DrunkCat 6x9. Heh, heh.
@DrunkCat 4x7
Huh wha?
@f00l I’m pretty sure it’s a thread about growing invisible sunflowers. They seem to be coming along nicely.
And six days later…
And the grid is 7x3! Which out of all the four persons who guessed, none got right! @luvche21 was the closest though. Also for @FroodyFrog, the plot is 72" x 120". I should probably measure out the bricks for you, these buildings were probably made before standard was a word. As for the bonus, @sammydog01! So close! 36 seedlings!
@DrunkCat
I had a feeling that the dimensions I gave would be nowhere close.
Oh well. ¯\(ツ)_/¯
(@shawn Mr Shrugs is still broken. One underscore for each arm does nothing, 1 & 2 only shows 1, and 2 & 2 emboldens him)
@DrunkCat yay I won!
@luvche21 You won almost winning!
@DrunkCat that’s still winning in my book, I’m OK with it!
@luvche21 But 7x3 is closer in area per plant to my guess than your guess.
@sammydog01 ya, but @DrunkCat still said I was closest. Now my hopes are up. So even if you prove it to me with science, I still feel like a winner
So jealous… sunflower planting is on my long list of things to do… we have two or three growing from last year’s seeds though… really weird…
Of course, my husband convinced the kids we planted them all in the wrong direction and this year we should plant the seeds so the flowers face our yard … silly man!
I can’t wait for the bleaching step. Always the best part of PHC
@DrunkCat
The great thinning has occurred. There are now 21 sunflowers standing. However, using the power of Nostra-starting-this-after-the-fact-us, one of these sunflowers will not survive. Place your bets on which one is the unlucky sapling.
You can identify the sapling by grid location using [x,y] coordinates, origin being upper left. So top row, left most column is [1,1], making bottom row right most column [7,3]. You can also give them names I guess. The prize is the same as before (a post-it note drawing from me of your choosing).
@DrunkCat 1,4 looks pathetic. I’ll call him Felix.
@sammydog01 just wait and see, Felix will end up the largest of them all! Also, I suspect you meant 4,1.
I’m banking on 1,3 being adversely affected by that shadow… no real science to it since the shadow moves and I have no idea what time of day the photo was taken… but that’s what I’m going with.
@DrunkCat Please change mine to 4,1 since there isn’t actually a 1,4.
@DrunkCat I’m going with 7,1 on the assumption that as they grow that one will have some sun blockage according to the angle of the shadows. Though I actually think they’ll all make it, 7,1 will be the runt of the litter.
@sammydog01 If it makes you feel any better I initially wrote them down as y,x for some reason too.
edit: double drat, I just realized since I forced a traditional x/y-axis thing, the origin would be better served at the bottom left. I can’t edit the original post anymore so we’ll have to live with it I suppose.
@DrunkCat I’d imagine that would be extra confusing to most. I wouldn’t generally look at a grid like that and consider the top row #3. You’re all good as is.
And three days later…
I decided to make a grid to keep track of names/stop confusing myself with the coordinates.
So far the local grim reapers have decided on Felix (sammydog01), [1,3] (jbartus), and [1,7] (cinoclav).
Which sapling do you think is gonna bite the dust?
@DrunkCat [1,6] seems off center and should go.
@DrunkCat Felix looks spindly. Die, Felix, die.
@DrunkCat - How do you know one won’t survive? What have you done???
While I agree that Felix looks quite developmentally challenged, I’m gonna have to go with Lulu, AKA 1,2. I’m pulling for her, though. Buy her a Miracle-Gro cocktail on me.
@KDemo Aw, Lulu’s a cutie!
@DrunkCat I think 3,6 is gonna accidentally get trampled when someone thinks they can step over the sunflowers but doesn’t make it.
@metaphore i was going to pick 3,7 for the same reason. I’ll go with 2,7 in some similar kind of trampling accident.
@djslack I was gonna say 3,7 at first too, but I noticed the pole at the corner, that should make it too awkward to step over them too close to the corner, but it puts the next guys in the trample zone.
TL;DR 3x7?
Felix - sammydog01
[1,3] - jbartus
[1,7] - cinoclav
[1,6] - hallmike
Lulu - KDemo
[3,6] - metaphore
[3,7] - Yoda_Daenerys
Also the edit timer is too short. And if the code grid looks wrong blame my phone and tell an admin to fix it.
You guys are ghouls; I can’t watch this.
@Barney He already “thinned” fifteen seedlings. Good thing we hadn’t named them.
@sammydog01 Survival of the fittest.
@DrunkCat Why not just leave them to fight it out on their own? You never know. Runts can be pretty feisty!
[3,1] Looks vibrant, but I suspect its early success will lead to failure in the end.
SAVE THE SUNFLOWERS!
Why murder this poor little guy?
@Barney @DrunkCat
@TickledLizard I can’t bear to watch this.
@Barney
Felix - sammydog01
[1,3] - jbartus
[1,7] - cinoclav
[1,6] - hallmike
Lulu - KDemo
[3,6] - metaphore
[3,7] - Yoda_Daenerys
[3,1] - MrGlass
@DrunkCat 2,5
@DrunkCat 1,5 seems to be falling a little behind. Not as far behind as Felix though…
Felix - sammydog01
[1,3] - jbartus
[1,7] - cinoclav
[1,6] - hallmike
Lulu - KDemo
[3,6] - metaphore
[3,7] - Yoda_Daenerys
[3,1] - MrGlass
[2,5] - mfladd
[1,5] - dolphinone
Only a couple more days to put in your guess.
@DrunkCat - Looks as if Felix is smallest, but Lulu looks more anemic. Are they getting supplements?
The two nearest rows seem to be thriving.
@DrunkCat 1,1
That’s not taken, right?
@DrunkCat I would like to see the failure of 1,2
@DrunkCat I’d like 2,7
So I took my weekend to be sun-mon. As a recompense for Tuesday, here’s an early update.
@DrunkCat is it too late? I am in for 2,6. Looking a bit peaked.
@DrunkCat Lulu is yellow. Is that a good sign?
@DrunkCat - Wait, Lulu has two mommies? I think you double-booked 1,2.
Who is @jaremelz now anyway? What’s your real fake name? I lost track somewhere . . .
@sammydog01 - I know! Maybe Lulu came from a roasted salted sunflower seed. Wonder if she can qualify for the chlorophyll transplant list?
(Wow, spelled that right first try!)
@KDemo she’s @kittysprinkles or @kittytitties or something.
@Ignorant
@jaremelz changed her name to @KittySprinkles. This @jaremelz is someone that joined 15 days ago.
@Ignorant - Right, I had that figured out, just don’t know who usurped the name. Apparently someone using it as a cover for nefarious activities such as kidnapping sunflower seedlings.
@RiotDemon @kdemo Yes, some shady usurped my name. Aaaaand now I return to working 57 hours in 6 days straight…be well, everyone!
@KittySprinkles - I knew you would never try to abduct Lulu. Hope work is rewarding.
Alright last day for guesses.
@DrunkCat - I think I spotted an outsider at the spot that would be [2,8]. Is that a garden wanna-be, or a real fledgling sunflower?
@DrunkCat 2,2 is definitely going to be the largest flower there, and 3,3 is almost gone already
@KDemo That is a weed. There are rogues around though, from random seeds I dispersed last year. One is doing better than all the others (it in fact signaled planting time.)
@DrunkCat We had some volunteer multi-headed mutant sunflowers last year that must have come from bird seed mix.
Alright guesses closed. A lot of you certainly went for the first row. We shall see who choose the unlucky sunflower.
@DrunkCat That thing seems seem to be getting awful close to crushing my guy!
@DrunkCat
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@KDemo Nope, she’s dead Jim.
@sammydog01 -Perhaps she needs dilithium crystals?
@KDemo I think this thing sucked out all her chlorophyll.
@sammydog01 - iirc, those creatures were salt suckers? Chlorophyll must be salty.
/image salt shaker
Dang nabbitttttt… I wanted (3,4), which I was going to call Stella Sunflower
.
What? I am not sharing with Sammydog. Change my entry to 3,4 please.
@curtise Because you named it, I made an exception.
@jaremelz Live with your mistake.
@DrunkCat Stella Sunflower
and I both thank you!
@DrunkCat Is Lulu officially dead yet?
@sammydog01 Gotta wait and find out.
@sammydog01
/giphy I’m still not dead
@sammydog01 - Ya know, Godzilla might come along at any moment and stomp out a different candidate.
@DrunkCat The whole back row looks sad. I think something is leeching out of the bricks.
@DrunkCat @KDemo can I just say, Lulu is adorable! The little sprout that (maybe) could!
@DrunkCat Green thing gettign ever closer to crushing my guy
@curtise - Thanks, but she’s gonna need a miracle (gro infusion).
@sammydog01 - Felix is the cutest, just a little petite!
Something something tortoise hare.
@DrunkCat Maybe Felix should have been named Tyrion.
@DrunkCat Imgur error on the images for this and your last post.
@curtise Clearly, they have all died and turned grey. We’re all winners!
Maybe Lulu looks malnourished, but she is still standing. What a brave little soldier! I must say 3,7 is starting to look rather peaked. A late contender?
The plot thickens.
@KDemo She’s only standing due to rigor mortis. A slight breeze from a butterfly flapping it’s wings would probably knock her over.
@hallmike So you’re saying “She’s not pinin’! She’s passed on! This flower is no more! She has ceased to be! She’s expired and gone to meet her maker! She’s a stiff! Bereft of life, she rests in peace! Her metabolic processes are now history! She’s off the twig! She’s kicked the bucket, she’s shuffled off her mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-SUNFLOWER!!” ?
@KDemo she’s ded.
Because imgur ate my images, I’ll repost yesterdays now and today’s later (as usual).
@DrunkCat - Can we name an unclaimed budling? No one adopted poor 2,2. I think you should call him Tiny Tim because now he has a tiny crutch.
@DrunkCat imgur is really fucking me up
@DrunkCat Come on Lulu, die already. Are you sure only one dies, because 3,7 looks pretty sad too.
@sammydog01 - It’s possible that Lulu is getting her second tiny set of wings, while 3,7 may be falling back.
@KDemo Maybe angel wings because she’s obviously toast.
/giphy she’s toast
@sammydog01 - Well, if @DrunkCat was ringing a bell . . .
So much tension!!
@Pamtha
Tune in for the thrilling conclusion… Tomorrow!
@DrunkCat Ok, 3,7 has perked up. I think you’ll win, @kdemo, by killing off poor Lulu. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
@sammydog01
@KDemo i want that dog
OK, new theory.
/giphy the dead plant is a lie
And the harbinger of death is…
Ebenezer Scrooge! No one guessed it (but I was super happy someone named it!) If I had to guess, seems like a strong gust of wind just snapped it down.
And to all those who wished death on Lulu, shame on you. After the thinning she had a little bit of trouble growing. While the cotyledons survived, the first foliage leaves withered a little over half way. So instead of putting energy into growing, it was dumping energy into the barely alive first foliage leaves. I plucked those deadbeats off and Lulu should now be able to grow like her siblings.
So remember, slow and steady wins the race.
@DrunkCat Ooh, a surprise ending!
@DrunkCat Wait, I guessed it yesterday! none of them died!
@MrGlass That leafless stem once known as Tiny Tim would disagree with you.
@DrunkCat
@DrunkCat - If Lulu had not survived, in honor of your garden, I was planning to request a post-it portrait of a slug. Maybe you could post one here for everyone who participated?
(Sort of a participation trophy?)
Oh, and thanks for saving Lulu, great job!!!
@DrunkCat I’m so glad it wasn’t Lulu. I like Lulu.
TL;DR again, but 3,7 could be named
‘stomped’‘treadUpon’, if that’s what we’re doing here@Yoda_Daenerys Why are you always the skimmer? Hmmm?
@mfladd ummm…
/giphy because i’m lazy
@Yoda_Daenerys Don’t forget honest!
@Yoda_Daenerys I compromised. It’s pronounced ‘fumu’ (as in, moo my fukubukuro) and means ‘to tread on’.
If anyone else wants to name other sunflowers feel free to. Just keep them short and “name” like.
@DrunkCat George.
/giphy hug him and squeeze him
@Pamtha I need a coordinate too.
@DrunkCat - 2,1 should be Miss Daisy because she also needs some help.
Or Michael Cane?
@DrunkCat Wow, don’t know what that image was. 2,6 shall be George.
@DrunkCat can I name 1,1 Trent? Seeing as I picked him and he didn’t die… Lol
@DrunkCat - Lulu looks so happy!! You deserve an award. Maybe a DrunkCat portrait of The Little Sunflower That Could?
@KDemo She’s even green!
@DrunkCat I would like to name mine “7,7”.
2 of 5 will be named 7 of 9.
@DrunkCat I like (2, 4) and I believe her name should be Lizzy.
@DrunkCat since I am the original adopted parent of 2,5, why is she named Annika when I asked for 7 of 9?
@mfladd Annika was 7 of 9’s real name, I think.
@DrunkCat You are one cool dude.
@Barney Ha! you are right. Annika Hansen before she was assimilated. Actress Jeri Ryan in real life. But I still love 7 of 9.
@mfladd Be silly get silly. I figured that was clear when I interpreted a previous request into Japanese.
@DrunkCat No, but I like your thought process.
Tiny Tim has been replaced with a rogue. There were a few sunflower seeds from last year I randomly threw around that sprouted, so they’re essentially “back-ups” now to the grid.
Death isn’t satisfied however, and two more sunflowers will bite the compost. Start placing your guesses, but remember you only get one.
@DrunkCat 3,7 please. How do you say her name? Wait, never mind, I’m sticking with Lulu, she’s my little bud, and I can say her name.
@KDemo https://meh.com/forum/topics/sunflower-head-chronicles#5790f4f0b81218e4073ef146
@DrunkCat I was out in the country today and saw several fields of sunflowers. I hope Felix does as well. I am now rooting for his survival and choose 1,7 to go. I will name him Dave.
@DrunkCat is fumu going to get squashed on accident? Maybe I should vote for that one.
Trent looks like he’s doing much better.
@DrunkCat So will you fertilize Lulu and 2,2 who should be named Tutu, and 踏む? That might change the outcome. Lulu looks like the smallest runt of the litter at this point in time.
@DrunkCat - Can 2,7 be named Woody? Named after the tallest trees, redwoods, cause I think he looks about the tallest.
Sorry I missed yesterday, had to take care of a family member. So have a two-fer in compensation.
Also I’ve decided to include a second contest, that of height. Guess which sunflower will be the tallest and get a mediocre prize.
And the only fertilizer the sunflowers have been getting is used coffee grounds.
@DrunkCat I’m going to bet on my old buddy 3,1, which I would like to name Carl. I’ll hedge my bets by betting on him for both contests.
@DrunkCat Tallest as in straighten out the bent over ones, or tallest as in at highest point of the plant/flower regardless of how it grows?
@Kidsandliz Because I’m lazy, tallest as in the highest point before the head weighs it down.
@DrunkCat I’ll guess that daisy grows the tallest.
Even though I love my little Trent for not giving up.
@DrunkCat I would’ve gone with 3,1 also but I’ll take 3,2 since that one is off the board.
@DrunkCat Hmmm if you were to then hang lead necklaces around certain pretty little flowers’ necks… of course you’d never accept bribes… (wink).
@DrunkCat I had Woody for death, I’ll take him for tallest too. Show him I still have faith
@DrunkCat I’ll take 3,3 for tallest since he seems unloved. I’ll call him Bruce.
Which way is north in that garden? And which way does the prevailing wind come from?
The wall faces south.
@DrunkCat That’s ok. “Annika” doesn’t want to be one of the cool kids anyway.
@DrunkCat fumu is looking mighty tiny.
@mfladd Did I miss a bet placement?
One tundra vacation later… (About 7 days)
@DrunkCat - Whoa, I guess these aren’t real time? Glad we named Woody after the mighty redwood, he’s really living up to the name!
@KDemo As aludded before there is a bit of a buffer. Catching up though.
@DrunkCat Does your dog regularly pee on the front right corner of your garden?
@sammydog01 I hope not, mainly because I don’t have a dog.
Tragedy strikes.
@DrunkCat Weird. Do you have voles?
@DrunkCat uh oh
@sammydog01 Don’t think so but there are bunnies.
@DrunkCat - Oh no!
Will there be a memorial?
@KDemo
The wind is a cruel mistress, three sunflowers now hang by a thread. Which will survive.
1 [Trent] [Lulu] [ 1,3 ] [Felix ] [ 1,5 ] [ 1,6 ] [Dave ]
2 [Daisy] [Tutu] [ 2,3 ] [Lizzy ] [Annika] [George] [Woody]
3 [Carl ] [3,2 ] [Bruce] [Stella] [ 3,5 ] [ 3,6 ] [踏む ]
, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
@DrunkCat it’s so weird how the sunflowers are tallest to smallest except for a few outliers.
@RiotDemon
It’s true! They are the same, but different. 
@RiotDemon I predict that bunny will go after Woody next. He looks tasty.
So uh… My attempt at triaging 1,5 and George are uh… Well it doesn’t seem to be going too good. Let’s see if 1,6 can pull through.
For better context because I’ve been slacking, the wind snapped George and 1,5 near the base. I tried doing the thing with two pieces of wood to “set it” back in place but you can see how well that’s going. 1,6 was just cleanly uprooted by the wind, so it’s still intact.
Also you’re all terrible guessers. No post-it drawings for you.
@DrunkCat - Could you add a banana for scale so we can get a sense of their size?
@KDemo Does this look like imgur to you?
@DrunkCat Maybe gently splint them all now so wind doesn’t get them until they have a better root system?
@Kidsandliz Definitely will be more cautious to fast growers next season.
Woody is currently leading the Gogmagog race.
@DrunkCat Come on, bunnies.
@DrunkCat I’m just waiting for something tragic to happen to woody.
@DrunkCat Poor Felix must be shaking in his roots being next to two corpses. All the more sunlight for you little Felix.
The last two rogues have been transferred into the grid. RIP 1,5 and George
@DrunkCat Hmmm, Woody has some competition. I like competition.
Forgot to upload extras for the weekend to speed up the catch up so have three in a row.
Also if anyone was worried about Lulu here she is!
@DrunkCat I think @djslack is going to win unless something comes and eats woody.
Interesting article about sunflowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/05/watch-a-sunflower-dance-in-the-sun-now-scientists-know-how-its-done/?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1
@DrunkCat Any chance of an update on Felix? He’s hidden in the back somewhere.
@sammydog01 I’ve taken a photo, will update when the day comes.
@DrunkCat uh oh, is daisy catching up to woody??
@RiotDemon The race is on! (spoiler alert: look at whose already budding)
@DrunkCat how many weeks in real time is this?
@RiotDemon There’s about a three week buffer, but I’m slowly chipping away at it by posting them over the weekend.
@DrunkCat Way to go Dave!
@DrunkCat this is exciting.
Two-fer-Sunday because I almost forgot.
@DrunkCat hooray for daisy!
There’s finally a real winner in this thread and it’s @RiotDemon with Daisy!
Go a head and make a request for whatever drawing!
@DrunkCat Congrats RiotDemon!
@DrunkCat Good job Daisy!
I will request a skeleton hanging out with a cat.
Took a break yesterday for my birthday so here’s two-in-a-row.
@DrunkCat Happy Birthday!
/giphy happy birthday
@DrunkCat Tiny little 3,5 has a tiny little flower! How cute!
@DrunkCat hope you had a good birthday!
@DrunkCat Is that Dave back there with the big head?
@sammydog01 Nope, that’s Woody. Dave sprouted a ton of multiple heads.
Two for Tuesday.
Bonus Daisy:
Bonus Felix:
@DrunkCat Felix, dude, you’re magnificent! So who won for the most heads?
@sammydog01 I’ll go take a count.
@DrunkCat how long do the blooms last? Do they rebloom?
@RiotDemon Once the backs get yellow in a week or two they get beheaded.
@DrunkCat Please no beheading photos. I want to remember them they way they are.
@DrunkCat starting to look a bit sad.
@RiotDemon We’re definitely in the final stretch.
This is the furlong.
@DrunkCat Did we ever get a head count?
@sammydog01 44
@DrunkCat I meant who had the most heads? We’ll change it’s name to Zaphod.
@DrunkCat will you eat the sunflower seeds that you aren’t keeping for replanting?
@RiotDemon That was the plan all along.
@DrunkCat womp wooommmpp
Last two to end it!
As @sammydog01 requested, I’ve ended it before the first beheading. Thanks for everyone who participated. And by that I mean, thanks @RiotDemon and @Sammydog01 for sticking to it all the way to the end.
Until next year!
@DrunkCat I love how that little joyful sunflower on the left perked up for the last photo.
@RiotDemon
@DrunkCat Thanks so much for this sunflower adventure. I looked forward to checking on my little plants every day.
@sammydog01 The answer to your question is Dave. He had the most heads by far.