sunflower growing competition

3v3

C_Mababejive wrote: »

... Once your sunflowers have sadly started to fade, immortalise them. Extract all the seeds..there will be hundreds. Save loads of them and put them in a dark container/brown paper bag..the excess..leave out for the birdies...

I've just harvested almost a pound in weight of seeds from just 2 flower heads! Still another couple of heads to do; so I should end up with a couple of pound of seeds.

Some will be stored for next Spring, some will be eaten (by us), some will be given to the wildlife and some will be packaged up in homemade seed packets to gift to friends in their Christmas cards. Any left over, I may go the guerilla gardening route, but I'll do that at my Uni as a final year leaving gift

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

[sticks head up over parapet]

Firstly, I've never had a garden before!

Secondly - I have a bunch of 7 foot high sunflowers (so much for Russian Giant), all turning to black seeds. I've left them on the plant so far. Partly because I am expecting/hoping that there will be some birds grateful for the seeds.


Question - how exactly would I get some of these seeds ready for human consumption?





(Most will be guerillaed at some point )

3v3

Jojo - just curious, did you get your Russian Giants from GW mag back in April?

For human consumption, we roast/toast ours first and then de-hull them as we eat them (like monkey nuts).

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

3v3 wrote: »

Jojo - just curious, did you get your Russian Giants from GW mag back in April?

For human consumption, we roast/toast ours first and then de-hull them as we eat them (like monkey nuts).

I did, indeed. Very large heads on them, but they only grew about 7ft - although that could have something to do with being planted at the base of a wall in a garden that was a building site this time last year, and then being left to get on with it all summer. I was quite impressed, though, as I've never grown anything more sophisticated than runner beans before

mrbadexample

The wind didn't blow it over, and I am now up to 11 heads, all of which I've managed to get in picture this time:

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

...but I have the smallest ones I think.

Sorry Annie, but I think I might just have you beat. This little fella is just about to flower, and it's about 8" high.

annie123

I'm going to measure my biggest sunflower tomorrow afternoon and the smallest but I think you win on both accounts. I do have some multi head ones too but think you win there also!

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

I'm going to measure my biggest sunflower tomorrow afternoon and the smallest but I think you win on both accounts. I do have some multi head ones too but think you win there also!

Sorry about that. :j _party_ :dance: