sunflower seeds for birds.

[sharkfinz]

Hey,

Yeah I've got a bag of sunflower seeds that I feed the birds, I want to grow some sunflowers, does anyone know if they bird seeds are treated in any way that will stop germination? :wtf:

sharkfinz Reviewed by sharkfinz on 02-10-2008. sunflower seeds for birds. Hey, Yeah I've got a bag of sunflower seeds that I feed the birds, I want to grow some sunflowers, does anyone know if they bird seeds are treated in any way that will stop germination? :wtf: Rating: 5

[zebulon]

If its roasted it won't germ, that's for sure....where did you buy the seeds???

[sharkfinz]

If its roasted it won't germ, that's for sure....where did you buy the seeds???

Yep I was wondering if they had been exposed to heat myself, got them from the hardward store.

[marijuanavillebilly]

if they are oil seeds or just a big a$$ bag of seeds then they will prolly grow, i have a bag of seed and i put some in a feeder.........bad idea.

[twoguysupnorth]

they shouldnt have been treated in anyway. bird mixes are usually black oil (small and black) or grey stripe (large) they usually germinate with no problems. i am not sure what a black oil plant looks like but the others are large flowers used for production.

[dragonrider]

They should germinate just fine. Around my birdfeeder I get a constant procession of seedlings. Black oil sunflowers are about 5 feet tall with a flower seedhead that is maybe 3-4 inches across (wider flower with the petals). The gray striped ones are the big guys that go up around 8 feet or more with a seed head that is a foot across. Last year I bought a few packs of sunflower seeds so I could plant specific varieties. There were some GIANTS that must have been over 12 feet tall with multiple big flower heads. They towered over a ten-foot fence. I planted some in several garden beds, so walking into the garden was like going into some kind of sunflower jungle. I'm doing it again this year.

[dragonrider]

Once the plants were dead and dry, I cut off the seed heads and I moved them from the backyard where I grew them, and put them in the front yard where I keep the feeder. Birds never came for the seeds, but squirrels from all over the neighborhood came for them. Every day for a couple of weeks I'd see them running down the street carrying a sunflower head in their mouth. Probably took them to some other person's house. I can see them wondering where all the dead sunflower heads in their yard were coming from.

[smok3y]

I know this mite sound stupid but wot would happen if you fed a bird cannabis seeds??

[9mmpistl]

your seeds would be wasted, the birds wouldnt know the difference, it wouldnt make them stoned.... but I wonder if you put sunflower seeds near your plants and kept it stocked if that would deter some pests??

[sharkfinz]

Thanks for the replys, I got a bag of them so I will plant some.