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a series of events

>my mom is an elementary school teacher who does extended learning stuff

>every year she teaches a unit on the fibonacci sequence

>right before school starts, she goes and finds some sunflowers to use as examples

>she gets some normal sunflowers and puts them in vases

>this year we have feral sunflowers growing in our backyard too

>sunflowers grew from birdseed the finches threw on the ground from mom’s birdfeeders

>sunflowers for use in bags of sunflower seeds for human consumption, birdseed, etc are specifically bred to industrial sizes to increase yields, just like any other crop

>tfw a few sunflower seeds grow and most of them are normal/smaller bc of hybrid vigor (only the first generation produces industrial sized plants, subsequent generations can vary wildly)

>tfw one singular sunflower grows to industrial size. like. INDUSTRIAL.

>its so big birds perch on it to pull out the seeds

>mom cuts it off and takes it inside to save it for class

>tfw all our vases are too small

>it absolutely dwarfs the normal sunflowers

>tfw my mom puts it in our crockpot with some water instead

The worst part about surveying through sunflower fields is not the resin you get covered in or even your skin getting sandpapered off by the hairs on the leaves.

The worst part is getting concussed by the flowers as they bash you in the back of the head as you push them out of the way.

okay. i gotta say. never considered the potential occupational hazards of sunflower fields