How do you make sunflower seeds to eat?

I have been told the sun flowers I have growing will not give me the eatable seeds is this true?

How do you make sunflower seeds to eat?
Only certain varieties of sunflowers give edible seeds, mine doesn't even look much like a sunflower just a big head of seeds. Check the seed packet to find out which kind you have, it should tell you in the description. I got mine from 'seeds of change' and on the see packet they tell you how and when to harvest the plant to get edible seeds. Good luck, maybe next year!
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Reply:You can eat them. I've grown sunflowers for years, and eat the seeds and use the seeds for planting the next year. The black sunflower seeds are high in oil and are usually used for bird seed. Just let them dry in the sun. Store in a dry place.



If you have the striped seeds, you can eat them raw right off the plant. If you want to make seeds salted and roasted. Dry the seeds first in the sun for a couple of days. Cover them with a cloth if the birds are a problem Then soak the dried seeds in salt and water. About a cup of salt to two cups of water. I know it sound silly to dry them before soaking them, but the dried seeds soak up more salt water than fresh seeds. After soaking the seeds over night, drain the seeds. Then spread them out on a cookie sheet. Put them in the over on the lowest setting. 140, or 150. Let them dry for a few hours. You can test them periodically for doneness. Store dried seeds in an airtight container
Reply:There are sunflowers and then there are edible sunflowers. If you are growing sunflowers for food, you need to look for confectionary sunflowers. They produce big, white striped seeds that look like the kind you buy in stores.



You can technically eat non-edible sunflower seeds, but they don't taste as good and they are much smaller than the confectionary kind.