Preventing birds from eating sunflower seeds?
We're trying reader Faith T's comment on using a
shopping bag to block birds.
I cut some holes at the
bottom which might help to prevent molding.
Doing it side by side with an
unprotected flower should be a fair test.
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I have found mine to mold inside of a paper bag with some holes as well as plucked from the stalk and allowed to dry inside. The only way I seem to keep them from molding is to harvest and separate from the seed head and air dry.
Hopefully you will have better luck than I.