Guest guest Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Definitely far away!!! They can be treated w/ pesticides and/ or have bugs/ larva in the mix.......definitely go w/ food grade organic sunflower seeds........those other ones..........are for the birds (couldn't resist ...... ) Black Oil Sunflower OK so at Wal-Mart today and see in there bird feed they have a 20# of Black Oil Sunflower. Can this be grown or should I stay away from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Definitely far away!!! They can be treated w/ pesticides and/ or have bugs/ larva in the mix.......definitely go w/ food grade organic sunflower seeds........those other ones..........are for the birds (couldn't resist ...... ) Black Oil Sunflower OK so at Wal-Mart today and see in there bird feed they have a 20# of Black Oil Sunflower. Can this be grown or should I stay away from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Definitely far away!!! They can be treated w/ pesticides and/ or have bugs/ larva in the mix.......definitely go w/ food grade organic sunflower seeds........those other ones..........are for the birds (couldn't resist ...... ) Black Oil Sunflower OK so at Wal-Mart today and see in there bird feed they have a 20# of Black Oil Sunflower. Can this be grown or should I stay away from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 , They can indeed be sprouted. In the beginning I used them all of the time. You have to remember that they probably are not organic and you have no idea where they came from or who handled them. There are a lot of broken pieces, sticks and other debris. You need to sort this out. When you put these seeds to soak, rinse really, really well. Then put about a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide in the soak water. Eight to ten hours later, give them another thorough rinse and then spread on your growing medium. A lot of people are going to jump in here now and give different opions. Drug store hydrogen peroxide is ok to use, because you will rinse it off and not eat it. If you have a Whole Foods or other market of that type, you can buy sunflowwer seeds in bulk bins. The striped ones will sprout also,. ew Black Oil Sunflower OK so at Wal-Mart today and see in there bird feed they have a 20# of Black Oil Sunflower. Can this be grown or should I stay away from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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