My 4 sunflowers in progress

This year I decided to plant my very 1st sunflower. I was unsure what quantity of sunflower seeds I'd get when I bought this grow your own sunflower kit for £6.00 from Urban Outfitters in Belfast! At the start I had 5 successful baby sunflowers, but a slug got to one of them! I have them growing in my greenhouse. So here's the kit. As you can see it came in a paper bag with a silver foil lining and complete with soil and obviously the seeds!

Bought a #sunflower kit from #UrbanOutfitters 2day, £6.00! There's whole load of others like chillies & strawberries! pic.twitter.com/sioDXxTheV

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) May 18, 2015

This's what it was like when I opened the kit: ⤵

I planted my wee #sunflower seeds on Sunday! Nothing showing yet! Hope to see a shot soon! 🌻 pic.twitter.com/gMHeu4oHoj

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 9, 2015

On the 12th July 2015 I finally seen the 1st showing of the sunflowers!⤵

My wee #sunflower seeds have FINALLY made a break for it!! 🌻 pic.twitter.com/QJpzqvobK6

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 12, 2015

They kept growing:⤵

My little #Sunflower seeds are getting taller!! So #excited!! pic.twitter.com/ZRFmJ3Ywvc

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 14, 2015

Their leaves got wider:⤵

An updated photo of my #sunflower seeds!! #sunflowers #sunflower seeds 🌻 pic.twitter.com/NDm7lIHPw9

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 16, 2015

I then had to transplant them into their own spaces as i felt they were getting a bit too big for that small space. As you can see I added some slug pellets to avoid the repeat of the slugs!⤵

That's my #Sunflowers in their separate pots! Had 5, but a bug got to the 5th one!! pic.twitter.com/7KOmS4p1yX

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 17, 2015

Here is the latest photograph of them, they're still growing strong and no slugs to be seen!⤵

My baby #sunflowers are still growing! pic.twitter.com/5nENah83LD

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 19, 2015

I checked up on them today!⤵

My #sunflowers 2nd set of leaves are getting bigger! 🌻 pic.twitter.com/zPX55rQGsY

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 21, 2015

Here is the most recent photo of the sunflowers, this is a close up of the tallest one. If you look real closely you can see the 3rd set of leaves starting to show. Hopefully in a few days time they will showing more. ⤵

If you look real closely in the middle, you can see the 3rd set of #leaves!! #sunflowers #sunflower pic.twitter.com/eC4NpaXcXU

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 22, 2015

I've noticed that the 3rd set of leaves have grown more! You can notice them even more from yesterday (Wednesday 22nd July 2015)⤵

The 3red set of leaves seemed to have grown more! #sunflower #sunflowers pic.twitter.com/avFsfmHRcp

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@RainbowSpeckles) July 23, 2015

My sunflowers have grown a lot, their leaves have grown bigger! The smaller ones are getting bigger and are starting to get their 3rd set of leaves!⤵

My #sunflowers so far! #sunflower pic.twitter.com/7187E3kJfi

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@PaperGoldfinch) July 26, 2015

Today I spotted these small holes on one of the leaves on the biggest seedling. I discovered this last night (Tuesday 28th July 2015), I then made up a mixture of soap and water and sprayed a light layer onto all my seedlings to make sure no bugs would attempt eating. When I checked on them after I came home from work the holes hadn't got any bigger! ⤵

Spotted tinny holes on 1 of my #sunflower leaves! Spayed a soap & water mixture on my #sunflowers! pic.twitter.com/642IZopamQ

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@PaperGoldfinch) July 29, 2015

I decided to take a screenshot of my progress video, these are my baby sunflowers at two different stages, as you can see they've grown quite a bit!⤵

Here's how much my #Sunflowers have grown from from Sunday 26th July '15 up until 1st August '15! #sunflower pic.twitter.com/Ci8LTLp3Aj

— ☆*••* ✦ *••*☆ (@PaperGoldfinch) August 2, 2015

So here's the video! From seed to flower! ⤵