How to Make Bird Seed Not Germinate
The single purpose of a seed is to germinate and grow into another plant of its own species. This excellent plan includes the birdseed that gets scattered from bird feeders, resulting in sunflower, millet and peanut plants growing all over your yard. You can easily treat newly acquired birdseed without affecting its attractiveness, safety or nutritional value to the birds. Cook it to destroy the embryos and sterilize the seeds to prevent them from germinating. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Baking pan
- Paper bag
- Millet (optional)
- Cracked corn (optional)
- Black-oil sunflower seeds (optional)
- Shelled peanuts (optional)
Instructions
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Preheat a conventional oven to 300 degrees F.
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Pour birdseed into a large baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes.
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Cool the pan to room temperature on a cooling rack.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also pour birdseed into a paper bag and microwave on high power for 5 minutes to achieve the same results if you prefer.
Consider transplanting sprouted sunflower and peanut plants to more desirable areas of your property.
Purchase individual bags of millet, cracked corn, black-oil sunflower seeds and shelled peanuts to create your own mixes. The birds will eat more and waste less of your special blend. They tend to throw cheap fillers such as milo and weed seeds on the ground as they dig through feeders looking for seeds they prefer.
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