I was feeling destructive today... so I decided to chopped all my sunflowers down.
But I manage to yield quite a few sunflower head and now hanging to be dried
A close up on the sunflower head...
But I manage to yield quite a few sunflower head and now hanging to be dried
A close up on the sunflower head...
I had the sunflower head dried by hanging upside down for the past few days. Today I see it is quite dry already so I decided to harvest the seeds. Unfortunately only a few good seeds and lots of bad seeds that very skinny and soft.
Here is some picture of my process:-
Here is some picture of my process:-
The dried sunflower head
Using my thumb to shuffle the seeds
The seeds dropping
The results
Good seeds
Bad seeds
My watermelon is fruiting, actually there were several baby watermelon, but they dont get bigger unless it is pollinated. I leave it naturally to pollinate, and now one managed. It is growing bigger day by day and quite fast too. It is now about 2 and half inches long, one inch wide in diameter...
Some of the flower heads are beginning to dry up and turning yellowish, and soon it will be dark brown. I manage to capture the ripe seeds that is ready to be harvested.
My watermelon plant is bearing fruits... check out the baby watermelon. Got a few of them...
This is the thing about growing sunflowers, they will eventually die in the matter of time. Sunflowers are annual plants, like many other edible vegetables... they grow to produce fruits and then they die. It like their sole purpose of living in this world. Though it is sad to see them dying, but I have got my satisfaction to watch them grow from a tiny seed growing into a tall plant and bloom flowers. It is the most interesting life cycle. The only thing left now is to wait till it wilt completely and dry up so I can harvest the seeds from the head. And then... I have to start all over again...
The next post, I will probably can show you guys how to harvest the seeds from the head.
