"Steve Peek" wrote:

I think they are all viable. There's always a plant menagerie under the
feeder each spring.

There was a flap a few years ago because a birdseed mix contained hemp,
which was supposed to be heat treated to kill it, but treated incompletely,
so lots of little old ladies had a pot farm under their bird feeders the
next summer. (At least, that's what they told the narcs).
But yes, oilseed sunflower and millet certainly germinates.

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G