Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 11:32:32 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robin Subject: Re: Black oil sunflower seed and compost In-Reply-To: <143.efff26c.2a224825@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi I wouldn't compost them. They contain a natural chemical that inhibits plant growth. I imagine that after a period of time, its effects would disappear, but I have no idea how long that might be. Robin Alexandria, VA At 10:16 AM 05/26/2002 , you wrote: >Good morning, > >Question - can I put black oil sunflower seeds in the compost pile. I heard, >somewhere, that these seeds were bad for the compost (I guess I should deduct >that since everything near the bird feeder dies). But I want to know for >sure before I clean up the feeder area. > >Best wishes, >Kerry Stone >Takoma Park, MD >Mont. Cty. > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================