DarlaJP My sunflowers were looking a little shabby so I decided it was time to take them down. I had been inspecting the snack seed sunflowers and thought that something must have gone wrong; they were not producing edible sunflower seeds. I took down the smaller one first and after close review decided YEP, something must have gone wrong, no sunflower seeds. I moved on to the larger one (below) which was growing on the East side of the yard and discovered that birds had been eating the sunflower seeds from the face of the snackable sunflowers. I rescued the seeds that were left and roasted them.
Empty sunflower seed shells were everywhere on the ground below this sunflower
The smaller sunflower that I had already taken down was covered with these small flowers that (if left alone) produce sunflower seeds
These sunflower seeds simply tossed in olive oil, salted with flake salt, and roasted at 375 degrees for 15 minutes were delicious. They have a much fresher taste than store brought sunflower seeds.
