ajtgirl: thank you very much for your help - i will see to them tomorrow as we have had rain all day today and gardening was the last thing i wanted to do lol

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/smf/index.php?board=20.0
here are some pics and discussions

Rose: if you find anything out you will have to let me know

Rose: i was the same as you where i always thought a sunflower only ever had one head so was shocked when ours grew loads and i have seen in a few gardens that there are a few sunflowers like it - they sure do look pretty

Rose: thank you Rose i will do that tomorrow - its a giant sunflower kayleigh grew and stood at 7ft at its height but it was beautiful as had over 20 heads on it too so would love to grow some from it next year too as seems a shame to waste it - and there will be plenty for the birds too

Foxy Lady: thank you i will try that

Hiya i was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on what to do with sunflower heads as they start to die off as i heard somewhere that you can dry them out then freeze the seeds for planting next year but i have no idea how to go about it and would be grateful for any advice as the one my daughter grew from school this year was amazing and would love to try to grow more next year.
thanks for any help i can get
Fiona