Good morning people. Well it's a cool but pleasant start to the day. I'm sat by the Leeds Liverpool canal waiting to join a friend who is on a 127 mile charity walk. I'm joining him for five miles and hope my calf stands up to it.
@Dave7 - sorry I haven't replied re plants sooner. I popped in to Aldi and the quality looks very good.
Your sunflower I'm afraid is not going to reach five feet. The plants are all budded and carry what is called a "terminal bud." This simply means it is at the end of the growing stem and has replaced the "vegetative bud" which causes the plant to grow. These are annuals and their function is to reproduce by making seed. Flowering is the first step in the process and once started will not stop.
The peppers and tomatoes produce flowers from side shoots which allow the plant to continue growing as the vegetative growing bud is still present.
These are both in 4 litre pots. You might consider potting them on in to 6 litre as in a conservatory they could last for you till November. There doesn't appear to be any long-term slow release fertilizer in the compost. This is not surprising. I would suggest feeding both with a tomato feed - Tomorite is good and always my choice.
I would cane both to give added support.
If you like I can explain about the flowering etc. in more detail later. Right now I need a warm up stroll!!!!
