I've been growing these sunflowers for a little over half a year and I think I'm always going to have these in rotation. The birds and bees love these beauties as one gets drunk off the pollen while the other snipes bugs from above.
Anyone ever harvested sunflower seeds to eat? How was the process and taste?
For what I'm seeing here, this variety of sunflower is not the type that would be used for making sunflower seeds. Usually the variety that is used has a much bigger circumference, perhaps around 12 inches. This variety will possibly yield maybe 30 seeds and at that, not the same seed needed for eating. Perhaps try a variety that is actually hybridized for culinary purposes - p.s love the pic, is the background removed, or are you in a cloudy mountainous place?
I took this when there was overcast in the afternoon, not close to any mountains