Renee’s Garden shares the wisdom of expert sunflower breeder, Dr. Tom Heaton, who grown giant sunflowers. Perhaps his tallest sunflower to date had a 17 foot stalk with a 24 inch seed head. Pretty spectacular! You can learn from Tom, too, and grow giant sunflowers. The sunflowers are super gorgeous in the garden and the seeds are edible and delicious. Tom explains how to choose the best variety, how to select the best site and soil for your planting, how to sow and thin for success, and how to feed and water, and, of course harvest the seeds. To learn how to grow and amazingly large sunflowers visit reneesgarden.com here…
How To Grow Giant Sunflowers
Once you’ve harvested your seeds, you can enjoy eating them raw. They are delicious and make for a healthy snack. Since so many people love roasted sunflower seeds, we want to share Elise’s recipe for roasting them in their shell. For the recipe and instructions visit simplyrecipes.com here…
