Sunflowers

Following the post at reference 1, the sunflower count is now six going strong and four on the way. The instructions which came with the bucket suggest, without being explicit about it, just letting them all roll, while I favour separating them out a bit, sooner rather than later so that separation doesn't do too much damage. While the fatal damage alternative would be a bit of thinning out. I think these dwarf sunflowers will stand about two feet high when fully grown, so a lot smaller than the regular ones - which we vaguely remember having grown in the past, perhaps on an allotment. Family councils continue.

The seed which was upside down appears to have resumed normal growth, with the first two leaves now poking up just to the right of the matchstick - following intervention to remove the seed case yesterday. And then there are three more on the way. One visible at the foot of the matchstick, the second a little to the right and the third just a speck between the two seedlings top middle. Probably visible if you click to enlarge and look in the right place.

PS: and following the post at reference 2, oranges from Sainsbury's continue to vary a good deal, with this morning's orange tasting more like grapefruit than orange. I rejected it altogether, but BH is thinking about it for later. In November, I put this irritating variation down to cutting costs, perhaps in an effort to get nearer the prices of Aldi, but I suppose we can now add Brexit to Covid, with both providing good excuses for quality problems.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/03/midwifery.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/11/orange-complaint.html.