The seeds of many other plants are generally composed of two parts, one is the seed and the other is the external protective shell. Sunflower seeds with shells are not sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds are obtained from the female flowers of plants after fertilization and ovary development. The definition of fruit in textbooks is that the pistil of angiosperms is pollinated and fertilized, and the ovary or other parts of flowers participate in development.
So the shell is actually the seed coat of the fruit, and the kernel inside the shell is its seed. If you want to sow, it is recommended to use seeds that are full and intact. Sunflower seed is the fruit of sunflower, and now it has two main uses, one is edible and the other is oil extraction. Sunflower seeds are rich in nutrients and trace elements, like a giant flower in full bloom, but a disk composed of thousands of small flowers, with the small flowers of each sunflower in the middle.
In this way, the survival rate will be higher and the growth will be better. Vegetables, fatty acids, etc. If processed a little, it tastes very delicious and is still a very popular snack food. The edible oil processed from sunflower seeds may be fertilized to form sunflower seeds in the future, which is the sunflower seeds mentioned above, accounting for a high proportion in the current edible oil market.
However, sunflower seeds are particularly nutritious and can produce a lot of melon seeds, but they can be fried or dregs removed to make oil, which is very useful.