Black sunflower seed.

[Ms-T]

comes in big bag from that £shop .any one know would they would look like when they flower.i got lots growing.

[mothhawk]

They look like sunflowers

[veggiechicken]

Aee the seeds sold for growing, eating or for feeding the birds?

[mothhawk]

Peredovik black seeded sunflower

[mothhawk]

Are the seeds sold for growing, eating or for feeding the birds?

Yes


(all three) but probably not from £shop. They'd be birdfeed.

The black seeds are mostly grown for oil I think, they yield more than stripey ones.

[Ms-T]

Ha ha ,I asked for that yes they are the bird seed ones..What I meant was has any one grown them and are they the ones with 1 big flower head or lots of little ones.I spout them for the chickens .now my head hurts

[cptncrackoff]

I'm growing black magic sunflowers this year!
Nearly black but not quite.

[Ms-T]

I bet they will look good.

[veggiechicken]

Ha ha ,I asked for that yes they are the bird seed ones..What I meant was has any one grown them and are they the ones with 1 big flower head or lots of little ones.I spout them for the chickens .now my head hurts

Its a surprise! You like surprises, don't you
I have to ask...............how do you spout them?

[Ms-T]

In a glass jar, half fill with seed then soak in water for few hours, then drain .rinse them once a day. The seeds spout really quick .

[boatsman]

What type of birds do you get when you plant bird seed?

[veggiechicken]

Seedgulls...................

[mothhawk]

Ha ha ,I asked for that yes they are the bird seed ones..What I meant was has any one grown them and are they the ones with 1 big flower head or lots of little ones.I spout them for the chickens .now my head hurts

Sorry, Ms-T, it was just too good to resist. I've had them grow from birdfood, they're like regular sunflowers, but don't grow much above 6 feet, in my garden at least, and have one big flower per stem.

I buy sunflower hearts now, without shells, for the birds, and the dropped ones seem to grow just as happily as the seeds still in their shells, and if anyone is wondering, sunflower hearts make stripey seed.

[DannyK]

comes in big bag from that £shop .any one know would they would look like when they flower.i got lots growing.

What is the weight of the bag please? I get mine by the 20kg on eBay.

Had a 6'+ sunflower from cockatiel mix which has striped seed. Also had a c@nn@bis plant from bird seed, nice foliage plant which eventually shredded and composted.

[Ms-T]

weight of the bag is 750g ,thought they didn't put c@nn@bis seed in any more.no I'm not rushing out to buy some..lol