Sunflower question

[fountain]

This is likely a pretty dumb question, but do sunflowers actually fall or "shed" from the head of the plant once dead and dry?

 

[JackSprat]

Not for a really long time. If the deer haven't eaten them, the heads stay intact through most of winter - what makes them attractive to birds.

 

[fountain]

The deer left them alone, until they flowered and then they hit them pretty well and may still be. There's plenty of tracks in them.
I didnt figure they dropped. I didnt know though and wanted to ask

 

[nrh0011]

No, but you could spray them with a dessicant if need be.