Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sunflower seeds?

Does Sunflower seeds cause any harm to your body?


I heard from 6-7 people that it does.


And can Sunflower seeds cause acne?

Sunflower seeds?
No, sunflower seeds are healthy aka good for you! The only thing is they're really salty if you eat the shell, but you can get them out of the shell or eat the shell and drink a lot of water.
Reply:they have tons of salt on them so yes they are bad
Reply:probably but idc i loveee them%26lt;3


Sunflower help!?!?!!?!?!?

ok so for a math project we need to grow a sunflower and measure it every week. the person with the tallest sunflower gets extra credit. any tips on doing this project? im not a good gardener at all...

Sunflower help!?!?!!?!?!?
Start with really nice soil, well draining potting soil. Add some 'Osmacote' or other timed release fertilizer. And get some triple 20 water soluble fertilizer. Or regular 'Miricale Gro' type. Use the fertilizer every time you water. If you water it on the leaves it gets in fast. "Foliar Feeding." This is how we did greenhouse plants. Just be sure you let the water/fertilizer drain well too. Good drainage is a key thing.





Bright light. Good sunshine. You can keep a light on it all night too. A balanced light for plants, grow bulb.





And air circulation is needed. Use a fan if indoors.





Get those Mammoth seeds. They really are larger plants.





Keep good notes of everything you do. You might get extra credit for good notes too. Like how much fertilizer and water and light and ...





Use a large pot. Maybe a #15 if you want it huge. Biggest pot you can move around. Or put it in the ground. Though if the soil you plant it in isn't the best it will show. So I suggest straight potting soil with liquid fertilizer As I noted above.





And do several plants. Keep notes on them all.
Reply:First, select your seeds carefully. There are many variety's of sunflowers and they all grow different heights.





The tallest variety is "Mammoth" It gets about 10 - 12 ft. tall and has one flower, often over 3 ft. across.





Second, plant directly in the ground. Every time you transplant it from pot to pot to ground, you will stunt the growth a little bit and it will take a couple of weeks to recover.





Protect the seed and new plant from slugs and other predators that will make a meal of your Sun Flower. Cut the bottom off of a Plastic Cup and bury it in the ground around your plant so Predators can't get to it.





Third, make sure the soil is rich loamy dirt. Fertilize lightly after the Sun Flower is about 6 inches tall, and fertilize every 3 weeks after that. Water as necessary to keep it growing.





Lastly, plant more than one seed as even under ideal conditions sometimes a plant won't grow as tall as the others around it for some unknown reason.
Reply:id say


start it ina dixie cup


then a small pot like the size a little bit bigger thn ur fist


then once it takes root put it in some thing like a ice cream container (1gallon size) and jsut keep it waterd and lots of sun


Has anybody ever tried sunflower bread? I have a recipe for it and am not for sure about it..what do you think

Amish Sunflower Bread





1 3/4 C unsifted all-purpose flour


2/3 C sugar


1 t cinnamon


1/8 t nutmeg


3/4 t baking powder


1/2 baking soda


1/2 t salt


3/4 C unsalted sunflower kernels


1/2 C golden raisins


3 t lemon zest


1/2 C sunflower oil


2 eggs


1 1/2 t vanilla


2 C shredded zucchini





Preheat oven to 350. Grease %26amp; flour loaf pan.





Mix flour, sugar, spices, baking soda, salt.





Mix in sunflower seeds, raisins %26amp; lemon zest.





Blend oil, eggs %26amp; vanilla in small bowl add zucchini. Stir into dry ingredients.





Spread into pan. Garnish with sunflower seeds.





Bake 55-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 min. Cool on rack. Wrap %26amp; store overnight before slicing.

Has anybody ever tried sunflower bread? I have a recipe for it and am not for sure about it..what do you think
I love sunflower bread! It tastes almost like corn bread but if you like white bread or wheat bread you will love this bread. It can be used for sandwiches or you can just butter it and eat it.
Reply:send me some!!!!
Reply:great recipe
Reply:Sunflower bread rocks, this is a good recipe and you should try it.
Reply:I DONT THINK ITS GOOD TRY THIS ONE IT IS THE BEST MOISTEST BREAD YOULL EVER HAVE YOURS IS JUST ZUCCINI BREAD WITH SUNFLOWERS ADDED TO IT





BANANAS ARE SWEET AND DELIOUS





Banana Nut Bread





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1 3/4 cups flour


1 1/4 tsps baking powder


1/2 tsp baking soda


3/4 tsp salt


1 cup ripe mashed banana


2/3 cup sugar


1/2 cup shortening


2 eggs


2 Tbsps milk


1/2 cup chopped nuts








Stir together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.





In a mixer bowl, beat sugar and shortening with electric mixer til light, scaping sides of bowl often. Add eggs, one at a time, and the milk, beating til smooth after each addition. Add flour mixture and banana alternately to creamed mixture, beating til smooth after each addition. Fold in nuts.





Pour batter into lightly greased 8x4x2-inch loaf pan. Bake in a 350° oven for 60-65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool. For easier slicing, wrap and store overnight. Makes 1 loaf.

flowers and gifts

Sunflower Centerpiece IDEAS!!!!?

Im doing sunflower centerpieces in mason jars for my centerpieces for my wedding. My colors are chocolate brown and sunflower yellow, my flowers are sunflowers (obviously). Im gonna have brown table cloths with these centerpieces (Pic link below) I need ideas of what else i could do? Im afraid just just these will look just boring and bland. By the way my tables are the long square ones... and Im doing two to a table. Some of my friends had ideas of running 3 different patterned/yellow ribbon down the center like a runner. LIke a 1inch in the middle and to 1/2 inches on both sides. PLEASE HELP!





Serious ideas only please! Im too stressed to take anything else. Thankyou!!!








http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b145/d...

Sunflower Centerpiece IDEAS!!!!?
I like your idea.


It is very cute and pretty.


I would suggest maybe you could dye the water a certain color, but yellow or brown might not be good ideas because brown will look kinda nasty and yellow wont come out right.


You could try green, just play around with the number of drops and you can always make it dark or light.


Also, put some ribbons around the jar in different colors.


And last, you can buy some marbles at a craft store in different colors, you can get yellow, brown, green [whatever you need] and place them in the bottom.





It will spice things up!!





Congrats!
Reply:my best friend was doing this for her wedding too...however a few days prior to the wedding we got hit by a hurricaine and we lost all the flowers we were growing for the centerpieces...so we knocked on doors lol...and it worked...like the others said...def going to have to have ribbon around the jars...if you are going to go mason ...and pebbles are a must...they are cheap in michaels...and if you change your mind and want to use vases...www.cudge.net...has awesome prices in bulk on items like this...candles as well....so anyway...what she did...we gathered many sunflowers and wildflowers and used them...it was awesome...made the reception beautiful.....she used 3 diff colors of dresses...light yellow...mocha...and alight brown....so all of the colors from the flowers just perked everything up even more...wildflowers are so versitile you can't go wrong...it was only 2 sunflowers per vase...and the rest were wild....hope this helps
Reply:http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.asp...
Reply:maybe tie a ribbion around the neck of the jar.. put some votive candles on the table as well.. a runner would look nice as well.. i would maybe put 3 to a table seeing the tables are long and have a candle in between along with the runner





but def dress that jar up a bit.. its very plan and boring
Reply:You have loads of options with this one.





1) Varying the height of the sunflower stems would add elegance and drama to the centrepiece.





2) If you're not keen on seeing the stems through the mason jar, you could line the inside of the mason jar with something like a large banana leaf or other large waxy plant leaf.





3) For an evening wedding, you can line the jar with the banana leaf, then drop in a glow 'ice cube' which would light the flowers from underneath providing a little more drama.





4) Table runners can be made from a half width of yellow satin and your local fabric store may have some off-cuts or end rolls that you could get cheaper than normal.





5) Large yellow cloth napkins laid flat out as a diamond across the middle of the table, with a smaller brown one on top in the same fashion -ironed of course- and with the mason jars on top could also work and it's fairly inexpensive.





6) You could also use loose flower sunflower heads or petals to scatter down the centre of the table - a few tealight candles in small holders in between would certainly brighten it up.








Hope at least one of these was helpful.
Reply:A simple cluster of 3-5 different height white candles on either side of your centre piece could work - this will break the brown up a little - you could even loosely coil some SF Yellow ribbon around them





May be a few river stones in you jars and then a few scattered down the table - Oh you could put little piles of Giant Yellow pebble candy's - doubles as a table favor
Reply:Here's a couple of ideas:





You could intersperse your flowers with mini pots of growing herbs like this pic:





http://www.brides.com/weddingstyle/decor...





Or alternate with candles in yellow votives, or yellow potted flowers, or little bowls of lemons like this:





http://www.brides.com/weddingstyle/decor...





Or you could use the lemon idea and put a placecard stuck into a lemon at each place setting.


Sunflower Seeds?

I know this is a kinda stupid question, but i've always wondered if sunflower seeds come from the actual sunflower, or do the sunflower seeds come first.


so what comes first the sunflower or the seed (with shell)?


and where do they come from?





Thank you.

Sunflower Seeds?
Sunflower seeds grow in the eye of the flower - like the center of a daisy. The petals on a sunflower are usually not but three or four inches long (and yellow), but the center where the seeds grow can be as large or larger than a dinner plate. You could plant the raw seeds and get a sunflower. Of course, the ones we eat are roasted. Raw seeds don't taste good.
Reply:Yes the sunflower seeds come out of the middle of the flower after it begins to dry. The birds love them. They are fun and easy to grow in a sunny spot. You get a pack off a seed rack, possibly in your local safeway store..... and now they are coming in all kinds of colors.
Reply:Yes sunflower seeds come from the flower. They are the enter of the flower. Where I live they grow acres and acres of them, just as they grow corn, wheat, soy beans etc.
Reply:Yes, from an actual flower - the shell helps to protect the seed from being digested and allows the flower to be spread over a greater distance - as birds eat the whole seed and drop them after passing through the bird's digestive system over a wider range of area
Reply:What is usually called the flower is actually a head .The outer flowers are the ray florets .The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets.The disc florets mature into what are traditionally called "sunflower seeds", but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The true seeds are encased in an inedible husk.





In commercial planting, seeds are planted .Sunflower "whole seed" (fruit) is sold as snacks
Reply:Yes they do come from the actual sunflower.
Reply:The sunflower
Reply:take a close look at a sun flower and you'll see hundreds of seeds in the large center portion of the flower. they're removed and roasted and sold at the corner store for your snacking pleasure.


Sunflower...?

You're married to an American hero,got your web site pastered for all of America to see, thist tells me that eithere you guys are very freaky..are it's you who's in need.....which is it? ( open to no one else.Anyone who attempts to answer thii question........)

Sunflower...?
wat the hell


cannot understand a word.
Reply:that it's you who's in need most definately.