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empty sunflower seeds

13 years ago

Last time I grew sunflowers, I noticed many of the seeds shells were rather thin, and when I went to crack them, many of the seeds inside were either very thin, or even non-existent... just a papery film inside it. Has anyone seen this before? Any idea what causes this? I am growing more this year and would like to avoid that.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
did you grow a named variety???

for some reason they may have been sterile?? .. which is one of the possibilities.. in growing un-named seedligns...

the only other option is lack of fertilization ... for whatever reason ... like extreme high heat at that particular moment ...

ken
Christian
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13 years ago
Yeah, the heat may be the culprit. Being here in Texas it was probably consistently over 100 when that happened.
I had bought a package of "Mammoth" sunflower.
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