Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
Sunflowers
Mine is hanging its head now and decidedly past it, do I leave it alone to go to seed or can I behead it and leave somewhere dry?
Answers
I tend to chop them off and lay them on the bird table.
13:25 Tue 26th Aug 2014
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I grew some last year and had a good crop.
Wait til the backs o the heads turn yellow, the seeds should be stripy at this stage and easy to dislodge with your thumbs, if you can further dry them out, somewhere sunny then all the better.
I saved the vast majority for the birds and also roasted some for human consumption, a fiddly job but the taste was very good. I followed a recipe that I saw on youtube.
Wait til the backs o the heads turn yellow, the seeds should be stripy at this stage and easy to dislodge with your thumbs, if you can further dry them out, somewhere sunny then all the better.
I saved the vast majority for the birds and also roasted some for human consumption, a fiddly job but the taste was very good. I followed a recipe that I saw on youtube.