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.

Things You'll Need

• Baking pan
• Paper bag
• Millet (optional)
• Cracked corn (optional)
• Black-oil sunflower seeds (optional)
• Shelled peanuts (optional)

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Preheat a conventional oven to 300 degrees F.

   • 2

     Pour birdseed into a large baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

   • 3

     Cool the pan to room temperature on a cooling rack.