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Originally Posted by NewWestGardener
I grew some Black Oil sunflower this year as an experiment using bird seed from Walmart. They were planted late but still matured quickly. They are easy to grow and do not take much space. So if you like sunflower sprouts, grow your own seeds is pretty easy.
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Those bird seeds were not used directly for food, as Oakley thought, but instead were used to grow plants that flowered and produced seeds which then were used for microgreens.
Growing your own seeds is a good way to save money. I have jars of arugula, peas and several kinds of cress seeds that I have grown. I haven't been successful growing sunflower seeds. They get eaten by birds or else wind blows the plants over into the dirt. I haven't tried black sunflower seeds yet, but maybe they'll be more successful.