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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: SUTTY1 on July 10, 2010, 00:28

Title: sunflower seeds
Post by: SUTTY1 on July 10, 2010, 00:28

when is the right time to cut the flower heads to dry the seeds and is it ok to dry them in the greenhouse

thanks

Title: Re: sunflower seeds
Post by: peapod on July 10, 2010, 12:25

Id let the petals die off (watch out for the birdies), cut the heads off and dry them in the GH.

Title: Re: sunflower seeds
Post by: SUTTY1 on July 10, 2010, 21:08

Thankyou

Title: Re: sunflower seeds
Post by: nuttytart on July 10, 2010, 21:31

Hae your sunflowers flowered then?
When your drying them out, make sure you put a ray undder them or they end up everywhere!!

Title: Re: sunflower seeds
Post by: SUTTY1 on July 10, 2010, 22:40

yes my multihead type in full flower at top and sending out side flowers right down the stem.
Are u suggesting i dry them face down with a tray underneath?

Title: Re: sunflower seeds
Post by: nuttytart on July 11, 2010, 17:08

Put them face up but when they dry they seem to go everywhere, so just make sure theres something underneath or you'll have a green house full of sun flowers next year!(thats what happened to my dad!!!) when they're dry they should just fall out!