Just spotted a couple of spelling errors - too early for me yet and not enough caffeine - wish you could edit like with comments...
Whenever my mother and her friends harvested the sunflowers they had the only salvageable parts were all in the head of the flower. The would chop it right where the stem met the head and dry it in a hot non-humid area. Sometimes after drying for 4-5 days they would push the seeds out and save them for replanting or salting.
I can remember another time they used them to make a dried arrangement with it. Hope this helps :).
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