Sunflower Seed Saving in Florida Zone 8

Volunteer sunflowers in Ocala are likely hybrids—saved seeds won’t match. But they’ll reseed naturally.

If saving: let heads dry on plant; collect seeds (the edible kind). Store cool/dry. Replant next spring. Hybrids produce variable offspring.

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