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Greens grown from Sunflowers are remarkably delicious. If you don't feel you know us well enough to believe it, let's give you a taste: Look under your bird feeder in summertime for a sorta thick stemmed plant about 4-6" tall, with 2 leaves on top. Pick it off above the soil - wash it well - and eat it ..... See? Fantastic aren't they?! Often called Sunnys, these Greens are absolutely Delicious! Sunflower Greens are the quintessential Green. If you want to grow Greens, start here. There is nothing else like them!
Sunflowers are one of the easiest garden crops to grow. They tolerate most soil types and their roots grow deep and spread wide, giving them the ability to withstand a fair amount of drought as well as tolerate any soil disturbance brought about by the cultivation of nearby crops. Start seeds in flats or sow them directly into the soil. Plant them in a sunny position in soil that affords adequate drainage and has warmed to at least 45º F (preferably above 50ºF). For plant to develop fully flowering heads, avoid fertilizers high in nitrogen. To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch.
The seeds can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, or salted. The ground seeds can be made into a peanut butter alternative, nut milks, a type of halvah, mixed with water to make beverages, seed yogurt, and seed cheese. They contain a fine edible oil. Young seedlings are called sunflower lettuce. The flower receptacles can be steamed and served like artichokes. The bitter sweet flower petals and the young petioles are cooked and eaten. Roasted seed hulls are a coffee substitute. The Sunflower is a good bee plant, as it furnishes hive bees with large quantities of wax and nectar. Sunflower honey is delicious. Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north edges of their gardens as a "fourth sister" to the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash. MORE !