Each head at this size can have more than 100 seeds. If you have around 50 sunflower plants, you will harvest more seeds than you need for the next season.
I wish I could show them all to you. It’s not my own creation, it’s God’s, but it brings joy to be able to take part in the process of seeing it grow from the ground up. The most amazing part is that its growth depends on the weather which is out of our control and though for a time it needs to be sheltered, this kind is not meant to thrive indoors. You could try to ward off squirrels, earwigs, birds and slugs, but some of these flowers end up not making it.
I get to see the same cheerfulness from the same plant year after year. Though different, they all do the same thing- they look to the sun.
Their uniqueness is evident even though they’re coming from the same seeds harvested from the previous years.
I did not sow sunflowers in 2020. However, the Chives and Mums brought cheer to the backyard last year.
This variety happens to have a multi-head so more seeds were harvested just from this plant. I have amassed more than I need within three years since I don’t get to plant them all.
The seed is the word of God (Luke 8:11). For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance (Matthew 25:29a).
Consider this application… If you have a lot of seeds, the more you plant, the seeds just keep coming.
If you’re interested in seeds from what is pictured here, contact me so I can send you some or if you can’t wait to start right away, you can easily get the Autumn Beauty and Velvet Queen at any grocery store with a garden center. You don’t get to harvest anything if you don’t plant anything.
The propaganda news is meant to rile people up. We’re better off investing our energies in sowing seeds, both literally and spiritually that we may busy ourselves for a harvest. It’s not too late to start now.
“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Psalm 90:17