On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:14:13 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> sunflower seeds I tell them they are full of doodoo. Didja know that
>> birds can't eat sunflower seeds while they're growing on the plant...
>> they can't get to them., the flowers grow facing the ground... they
>> need to wait until the end of the season when the plants fall over.
>> Bluejays are the masters of sunflower seed eating.
>
>Baloney. On sunny days, sunflowers are not facing
>the ground. They follow the sun.

Obviously you've never grown sunflowers or seen then growing. Once
the seeds begin to form the flowers become too heavy to straighten
up... the flower head follows the sun but the flower still faces down.

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