the top half of sunflower head
the bottom half of sunflower head
a sunflower head.
The five bigger plants are very resilient and wish to stay a lot longer. The natural drying process is too slow and really put my patience to the limit. Then I decided to cut them and dry them indoor. There is a basic difficulty in determining the right and appropriate moment to detach the flower head.
I just hope, it wasn't too early and the seeds collected later after indoor drying process is complete, will be healthy and germinate well.
I just hope, it wasn't too early and the seeds collected later after indoor drying process is complete, will be healthy and germinate well.
bangchik
If this were a round petri dish of bacterial colonies it would definitely qualify as 'TMTC' (too many to count). However, being a beautiful sunflower loaded with seed babies is much more appealing.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long you need to count the seeds.
ReplyDeleteHi bangchik,
ReplyDeleteHope you will hv plentiful of healthy seeds!
So many seeds - so little time :)The more the merrier.
ReplyDeleteRebecca @ In The Garden
ReplyDeleteThey will run to hundreds I think.
rainfield61
It wont take long to count... haha.
Malar
There will be sunflowers all over soon...
AaronVFT
Sure, more plants soon.
Poetic Shutterbug
To be honest I don't I need that many.., a few will do..
have a nice day
~bangchik
Hi Bangchik, i've seen a post from a blog that the arrangement of sunflower seeds followed the Fibonacci numbers http://scienceray.com/mathematics/the-fibonacci-sequence-in-nature-the-mystery-of-golden-ratio/. One of the wonders of nature when mathematics can be fully evidenced in nature. Wonderful.
ReplyDelete~Andrea
ReplyDeleteThey do assemble in a prescribed manner, so neat and replicable each time. The Creator has imposed a set of rule and formula for living things to follow.... Fibonacci for Sunflowers.
BANGCHIK