How to harvest, save and store sunflower seeds ready to plant next year.

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In this video, I'm showing you how to harvest, save and store sunflower seeds ready to plant next year.
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@GreenFingerTips 10 ай бұрын

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@billow9721 8 күн бұрын

Very helpful thank you!

@GreenFingerTips 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching Xx ☺️

@ScottAnd 11 ай бұрын

This was my first year growing Sunflowers. This video was very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

@GreenFingerTips 11 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased it was useful for you. Thank you for watching xx

@margaretmathis4775 Жыл бұрын

This is my first year to grow sunflowers (for use as bird food). My first heads are close to being ready to harvest. I’m in Louisiana, USA - it’s very hot and humid here (“cool and dry,” and “warm and dry” are not terms we use here).

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

I don't envy you, I'm not built for Louisiana weather 🤣 too hot for me ☀️😣 South Of England doesn't get so hot. Good luck with your sunflowers 🌻 I hope the birds enjoy them ☺️ Thank you for watching xx

@vyvii3293 11 ай бұрын

You can brush the flowers off which would reduce the debris with the seeds, and if you let the heads completely dry you can out trays under the heads and hit them with sticks to knock seeds out. Love the paperbag idea for ones that aren't wuite ready though

@GreenFingerTips 11 ай бұрын

Love this, the under tray would be much easier. Thank you for commenting and thank you for watching xx

@laststandfarm2273 Жыл бұрын

I feed them to my chickens and turkeys, I grow a 30x 70" plot...

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

I bet they love them ☺️👏🌻🐔🐓🦃🐥 Thank you for watching xx

@callumclark3358 11 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s tiny!

@GreenFingerTips 11 ай бұрын

🤣 thank you for watching 👍

@laststandfarm2273 11 ай бұрын

30'x70'@@callumclark3358

@jjbryan11 Жыл бұрын

My chickens love the black oil sunflower seeds i grew this summer!!

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Our chickens used to love them, they would eat a flower head a day easily 🤣🤭🐓 Thank you for watching xx

@HearToLearn Жыл бұрын

We didn’t mean to grow sunflowers but we have a few… now we’ve decided we want to harvest the seeds to grow next year for the bees and eventually seeds for the little critters

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

They grow so easily 🤣 it only takes a few to hit the floor and you have a nice display ready for the birds.

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching xx

@TheImperfectGardeners 3 ай бұрын

I use all my seeds to re-grow as well as Microgreen's

@GreenFingerTips 3 ай бұрын

I try and save as many seeds from as many plants in the garden as I can to sow the next year, but a lot of my sunflowers go to the birds over the winter ☺️🕊️ to keep them happy.

@GreenFingerTips 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Xx

@patrickwhelan8118 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Watched it from New Zealand and I will now know what to do once this hot weather subsides

@GreenFingerTips 5 ай бұрын

☺️👏 thank you for watching xx One place I would love to visit is New Zealand. Looks like a beautiful place to live.

@Helloimkyraa Жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! Thank you so much! Love&light from Texas ✨️

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you 💚 I appreciate your comment. Thank you for watching xx

@paropersaud5370 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing 👍 🇨🇦

@GreenFingerTips 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching xx 🇬🇧

@selphiegallardo3132 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful!

@GreenFingerTips 2 жыл бұрын

👏😊 I'm so pleased. Thank you for watching xx

@paulskinback717 Жыл бұрын

i always leave seeds out in the air to stop moisture mould for a day then jar them

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely. Leaving them out can really improve the drying time. I find a paper bag works really well and putting them in jam jar in a cool, dry place, with tissue paper in the bottom and lid off works aswell. Thank you for your comment and thank you for watching xx

@carol07643 11 ай бұрын

I just love to look at then, my husband eats them and I can feed them to my chickens and turkeys! I subscribed to your channel. I have a new channel also.

@GreenFingerTips 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate you subscribing. The birds love sunshine seeds, don't they ☺️👏🐔🦃

@raydeenjaques2048 11 ай бұрын

I Thank you for this informative video. Now I know how to tend to the sunflowers rather than let them be.

@GreenFingerTips 11 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased I have helped ☺️👍 thank you for watching xx

@raydeenjaques2048 11 ай бұрын

@@GreenFingerTips ♥️💕

@karmen9514 Жыл бұрын

Im so confused bc the heads droop and I can see the seeds and the leaves fall off but the middle isn't done. Then the birds get them before the flower dries completely

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

The bigger the flower head the harder it is to get every seed. I always struggle to get the center seeds to set but now I just get the majority of outer seed and leave the remaining seeds on the head for the birds, (usually on a try in the garden as it falls apart too easily and creates a mess 😂) the birds do watch my garden waiting but I try and get there first 👍😏

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching xx

@chrisneppiras9408 Жыл бұрын

hi quick question i grow them in pots, just started growing in fact, arghhh but still get slugs, least i think they are slugs eating the leaves, how they climb that high.

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Slugs can be determined but don't tend to like sunflower because of the hairy stem and leaves. There are servery types of beetle and weevils which like to eat sunflower leaves and this can look like slug damage but without the slimy trail. They tend to get picked off by birds quite quickly aswell so can manage the problem nicely 👍🐦

@paulskinback717 Жыл бұрын

posibly grass hoppers or flying bugs

@sherryrodricks5101 Жыл бұрын

How to keep mealy bugs away? Or can I still use the seeds from the flower infested by mealy bugs? Or could that be harmful

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

Mealy bug should not be pose an issue for the seeds, but the plant can suffer when young and green. Ladybird and lacewing larvae will eat mealy bugs in large numbers but you can also just squash them on the plant if in small numbers or use a natural perfume free soapy water spray which work quit well as does Neem oil. 💦🌿👍

@sherryrodricks5101 Жыл бұрын

@@GreenFingerTips great thank you so much for your response.. ❤️

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

💚😊

@Th6107 Жыл бұрын

Now study how to plant sunflowers

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

They will grow very easily in the ground or in compost in a flowerpot. They selfseed where they fall every year in my garden, you won't have any problems 💚👍🌻 Happy gardening and thank you for watching xx

@Th6107 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. It will start in a few days

@GreenFingerTips Жыл бұрын

💚👍🌻 Good luck