Sun Flower Seeds
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Douglas Hunt on Mar 25, 2012It took some digging to find this, Theresa, but the Missouri Department of Conservation recommends Peredovick, a sunflower that is a high-yielding, late-maturing, small, black-seeded variety with a high oil content. It is an open-pollinated variety developed in Russia. If you can't find the seed locally, it is pretty widely available from online sources.Helpful Reply
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Theresa W on Mar 25, 2012Douglas thank you so much!! .I try to find them.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Mar 25, 2012You're most welcome, Theresa.Helpful Reply
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Lindcurt on Mar 30, 2015Douglas, do you know if these will reseed themselves for next year, if left out in the garden for the winter birds to eat?Helpful Reply
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Ol buck on Jun 11, 2015Just plant the seeds from the bag of birdseed. You will get what you are looking at Ol'buckHelpful Reply
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Janet on Aug 01, 2015Hi! I don't know the answer to your question, but I do want to give you an idea. When I plant sunflowers, I do it in stages. I plant seeds about every 10 to 14 days. That way they don't peak and decline at the same time. It extends the growing season.Helpful Reply
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Sue Kiene on Jul 23, 2016You did not say what you want the sunflower seeds for. I plant about 7-10 different kinds. Mostly mine are for the birds and last year I actually took a survey based on the sunflower heads to see which the birds liked best and it was not the big heads. The favorite was sunflowers that the plant is more like a bush and has lots of limbs with sunflower heads that are about the size of a child's fist. Each plant probably had 25-50 minimum flowers on them. Additionally there are so many different colors to choose from to make it truly beautiful. I have about a 20x30 area that I plant plus a long row all along the side of the garden which is probably another 30-40 feet long on top of the 20'Helpful Reply
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Cat on Aug 12, 2016Get a bunch of different kinds. The seed packets are cheap enough, and different varieties would be interesting.Helpful Reply
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