General Chat

I was bought some sunflowers about 10 days ago.

Now they are dead,

Is it possible that I can dry the heads out and see if I get any seeds that I would like to plant out next year.

Thanks
Sue

I would try it Sue might work

Failing that take some seeds out of the bird food if you buy it

See if this works.

To harvest seeds, keep an eye out for ripeness. The back of the flower head will turn from green to yellow and the bracts will begin to dry and turn brown; this happens about 30 to 45 days after bloom and seed moisture is about 35%. Generally, when the head turns brown on the back, seeds are usually ready for harvest.
Cut the head off the plant (about 4 inches below the flower head) and remove the seeds with your fingers or a fork.
To protect the seeds from birds, you can cover the flowers with a light fabric such as cheesecloth and a rubber band. Or, you can cut the flower head early and hang the heads upside down until they seeds are dry; hang indoors or in a place that’s safe from birds and mice.
https://www.almanac.com/plant/sunflowers

As they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Sounds good advice from you both.
I have them all in the house on the kitchen window sill,So hopefully before I go away I will see some changes.

Thanks both of you ,I knew you were all a mine of information. <3 <3 <3 :-D :-D :-D

Careful when you do take the seeds out if you're successful, sometimes you can get almost like a dark dye on your fingers depending on the variety.