I plant Sunflowers every year from seeds I buy at the store.?

This is an easy one actually. All you need to do is set them out on a DRY paper towel on the counter. If you can also set them on a raised screen or cookie cooling rack, that would be better as all sides would dry evenly with the increased airflow. Now, often times, sunflower seeds are pretty dry when ready to harvest, but we want to make sure. You should then take the seeds and put them into a porous, paper-based envelope to store them in. The little manilla ones for coins, buttons, and little kid teeth are really awesome to use, but you can even use old envelopes that you get in the mail, or even brown-paper lunch bags. Then you take a decent amount of rice, put it in a like envelope or bag and that will be your moisture absorber. You then put the seeds and the bag in an airtight jar and store it in a cool, dark, dry place in the, oh, basement perhaps. The reason I keep stressing DRY is that moisture, among other things, is a key trigger for germination. The seeds need to achieve a certain level of saturation before they start to grow. Cool is also important because warmer temps encourage and initiate growth, some seeds actually need a period of stratification (a cold dormancy) before they will start to germinate. I hope this helps!

DO NOT put in a moist towel in the fridge!!! this will promote rot!! If you collected the dry seeds right off the plant you can just put them in a paper bag in a drawer or closet.. If you want to keep them for more than one year,, you can place the bag in a zip lock and freeze them!!

Growing your own is much cheaper and healthier! Your own veggies also taste better, are more colorful, and you have bragging rights of being self sufficient. don't believe the naysayers, it is also easy to grow your own veggies. Just buy a few tomato, squash, and pepper plants from your local nursery, plant them in the ground in a sunny location, and water! It can help if you improve the soil, but some don't need much. I mulch around the plants to reduce weeds and to water less. Very little work. I'm lazy and I plan to have more squash than I can eat!

Once the flower is dried or turning brown,(you can cut it off the stalk and turn it upside down to dry). Once, it is dry you can harvest the seeds by running your hands across the dried flower. Once, you have harvested the seeds, store in a dry envelope inside a glass jar or just the glass jar. Hope this helps.

i do this every year,when the plant turns lemon yellow,pick the head and put it whole in the garage or basement,keep it dry,you can pull the seeds in the spring,they'll grow just fine,

Be aware that they may have cross-pollnated with someone else's sunflowers in which case the offspring will be weedy and pathetic.

I think you put them in a moist paper towel in the refridgerator