On Mar 12, 4:11*pm, Bill who putters wrote:
In article ,
*General Schvantzkoph wrote:

Is birdseed viable or has it been treated in some way so that it won't
germinate?

I'd like to make my yard as bee friendly as possible. Costco birdseed is
cheap and consists of sunflowers and other seeds that should produce
flowers that bees will like assume that they will germinate. If I plant
some of the bird food will it grow?

*I would not bother as the seeds will sprout in a very tight proximity
to each other that is overwhelmingly high in N2. * Great for compost
additions. *
I *Feed Niger, Black Sunflower and suet. *The Niger is irradiated I
believe.

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Bill *S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

http://uppitywis.org/* *live WI

Bill, I'm sure what we had was NOT irradiated. We had thistles popping
up all over the yard when we fed thistle. Have not fed it in 2 years,
and voila, no thistle. But it doesn't make up for the lack of the
goldfinches that are just now turning to their summer colors. I miss
them, must get thistle seeds. And this is just over the creek in
DE!! Nan