Black Oil Sunflower – Organic Shoot Seed

Description

Sunflower shoots can be eaten fresh, added to salad, used as a granish, and a variety of other dishes. You can grow them in a Greenhouse, indoors, under lights or outside, when weather is at least 65 F.

Some use the bird seed black oil seeds, but I prefer the organic. And some feel it is a great second choice if you can’t find a good organic source for the sunflower seed. The large ‘white striped’ sunflowers do not grow as well, and some are actually not edible. This is also a great seed for bright color should you decide to grow them as flowers. Then leave the on their stems in the gardens to dry and feed the birds throughout the wintertime.

NOTE: The hulls of Sunflower seeds are a mild herbicide and will keep weeds and other plants from germinating. So if you grow them in your gardens, please clean out the hulls before starting your spring gardens.