What Kind of Sunflowers Do You Eat

Taller sunflower varieties are best for producing large quantities of good-sized seeds for snacking. “Mammoth Russian” grows 12 to 15 feet tall with 15-inch-wide flowers and thin-shelled plump meaty seeds. “Giganteus” flowers are a foot or more wide on plants at least 12 feet tall.

Can you eat all sunflowers?

You can eat almost the entire sunflower plant and you can enjoy this nutritious food in all its stages of life: from supple seedling to mature and dry. Grow many sunflowers in a patch so you can eat the various edible parts of the plants all summer long.

How do you grow an edible sunflower?

1. Sunflowers need plenty of sun to grow well. …
2. Give sunflowers regular water.
3. Typically, sunflowers don’t require additional feeding.
4. Keep the area weed free.
5. Keep an eye on the flower head and when it begins to droop, cover it with netting to keep the birds from eating your seeds.