Re: rats & birdseed

With the shelled sunflower chips most are broken so they don't grow!
Theresa

A A HODGES wrote:

>My birds do miss some, and I always end up with sunflowers every year,
>which of course is fine. I think I'm going to go to the Feed and Seed store
>tomorrow and see if I can find the shelled though. The seed hulls do make a
>mess and you're right about the chemical thing. I've got large bare patches
>of ground (covered with sunflower seed hulls) in several places.
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>Andrea H
>Beaufort, SC 
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>>[Original Message]
>>From: Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net>
>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Date: 3/31/2005 11:29:56 PM
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] rats & birdseed
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>>Some seed falls, but the birds eat what falls.  It's the sunflowers 
>>shells that are messy.  Except for niger seed- they don't sell shelled 
>>niger (too teeny) so I do still have a mess from niger seed.
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>>Theresa
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>>Donna wrote:
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>>>Hum.... my birds are really messy types. Tend to spill and displace as
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>much
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>>>as they can as soon as they can. (they are only allowed one 'fill' per
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>day,
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>>>so they better get there early to get any).
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>>>So do you still find seed everywhere, or is it just due to the shells
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>that
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>>>mine are making this mess?
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>>>Donna
>>>And the first time I see a rat at the birdfeeder, we may never have a
>>>birdfeeder here again!
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>>>>Add to the other advantages, if you use the shelled seed, you
>>>>don't have the shells falling to the ground.  Sunflower seeds
>>>>contain some substance that inhibits growth of other plants.
>>>>I'm sure someone more knowledgable can tell us what it is.
>>>>I don't know that rats don't like it -haven't had a problem with
>>>>them - but I know squirrels love either kind.  We buy the
>>>>shelled seeds by the 50-lb. bag at a feed store.  Not really
>>>>too much more pricey than the other kind in smaller bags
>>>>at the grocery store, and so much neater.
>>>>Auralie
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