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To protect seeds from washing away during heavy rains and from seed–eating birds, one can cover the seeds with a light fabric or with an 0.5 in (13 mm) layer of straw mulch. [14] However, mulch acts as an insulator. Thicker layers of mulch can prevent seeds from germinating if they prevent soil temperatures from rising enough when winter ends.
Niger seeds are used as bird feed worldwide. Commercial niger seed is grown in Africa, India and other areas of southeast Asia, and the seed is imported around the world as a popular type of birdseed. Before it is imported, however, niger seed is sterilized by intense heat to prevent germination of any additional seeds that may be part of the mix.
Bird control or bird abatement involves the methods to eliminate or deter pest birds from landing, roosting and nesting. Bird control is important because pest birds can create health-related problems through their feces, including histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and psittacosis. [1] Bird droppings may also cause damage to property and equipment.
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The birds either regurgitate the seeds or pass them through their gut. Mammals, for example Australian macropods, also transport the seeds in their gut. [14] The bony endocarp that protects the seed in its passage through animal gut also prevents the seed from immediate germination even if conditions are favourable.
The specific epithet "aviculare" means "little bird", possibly because the fruits resemble a bird's beak or an egg. [13] Common names include birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. Polygonum aviculare has a wide distribution as an arable weed and plant of fields, shingle, sand, roadsides, yards and waste places.
An Albany County Supreme Court judge who appeared this week to inadvertently strike down nearly all of New York's adult-use cannabis regulations quietly walked back his ruling Friday morning ...
Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). [1] The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California , Arizona , and Mexico .