Re: Saving Seed from Sunflowers

[Guest guest]

I'm sure that that would be possible. I had some sunflowers growing in my flower

bed this year, the chipmunks plant them, and it looked like the birds and

chipmunks probably eat the seeds. I know EW harvests his pea seeds for

replanting every year.

Lee

On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:54 AM, O wrote:

> Has anyone tried growing sunflowers from the sprouting seeds and then

harvested the seeds for future sprouting? If so, was it successful?

> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Well lets try this again. I started a reply and it went to La La land.

, I have indeed grown sunflowers to maturity from sprouting seeds bought at

Sprout People. They are very pretty and the shrub looks similar to the wild

sunflowers that you see along the roads and highways, except a little sturdier.

Harvesting them is a real pain and you have to get them before the birds, and in

some areas, mice, etc.

There are a couple of videos on You Tube that shows home made devices to harvest

the seeds. These videos, however, show only the grey and white striped seeds The

black oiled seeds that you buy for sprouting , is a smaller head and takes a

little more effort.

If you want to try this, start a few seed in potting mix in your kitchen window.

When the sprout get to be five inches tall - and you haven't eaten them, you can

trans plant them into you garden. Sunflowers need at least 6 hours of full sun

and regular water. Sunflowers can tolerate an occasional dry period, but will

grow taller and stronger with regular watering. Give them a quart of liquid kelp

mixture when you first transplant them. After that they don't need a lot of

care. Ants are drawn to them, but that won't spoil your crop. Ants are after the

same thing that the bees are. Speaking of bees, you will see lots and lots of

bees, which will benefit your whole garden.

ew

Saving Seed from Sunflowers

Has anyone tried growing sunflowers from the sprouting seeds and then harvested

the seeds for future sprouting? If so, was it successful?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the instructions, I will give it a try this summer!

[Guest guest]

Hi :

My name is Melody and I sprout broccoli, radish FENUGREEK, etc.

I have a good video for you to see. I use the sprout garden (I have two sets).

I have this down to a science which gets me out of the kitchen much faster than

I did when I first started to sprout.

This is one of my videos that I have up on youtube.

As you watch me rinse and drain, look at tray number 5. I say " fenugreek " ,

actually I think the 3rd tray is also fenugreek but I'm not sure, because I have

so many trays.

The beauty is that this rinsing and draining took me less than one minute and

it's all stackable. You can't beat that. And the small amount of space I use is

fabulous.

Here's the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SMt_56zEw

Melody

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