Gardman A05618 No Grow Seed Mix for Wild Birds - 12.75kg

Good product, little mess

We have many different birds in our garden. They have been feeding babies over the last few weeks so just buying small bags is pointless. They seem to like most of the seeds and I like the fact it doesn't grow everywhere.!

We had a new lawn "installed" this year from turf that we laid at the end of April, just as the drought started. Yay.We carefully put a small paved area around our bird feeders. Forethought! Yay. We even placed a few terracotta pots there to catch dropped seeds. Decor! Yay.Birds don't care. They pick through the seeds in feeders searching for that perfect seed and chuck the rest, with some degree of enthusiasm I might add, around the local area. The pots catch a lot, the stones save a few from going onto the lawn, but a few still get there and have grown into some pretty weird things at times, and we don't want our lawn to be weird.So we've gone to this "no grow" formula that hopefully will keep our grass looking grassy and classy. Part of the trick seems to be that there are a lot fewer whole seeds in the mix, if any - it is mainly non-germinating bits in there. This means in practice that there are some birds that no longer show up near the feeders for a couple of reasons.The first is that there are some birds that really seem to want seeds; bluetits and other birds of that family don't come to the feeders half as much as they used to. There's also a lot less droppage and "chuckage" of food, which means that the ground feeders like robins and blackbirds don't come around to forage for the seeds that other birds have dropped. "Our" robins don't even use the feeders as they've been doing, so using this mix has altered the balance of the birds that use our feeding area. We're faced with the notion that the feeders will need to be for birds such as sparrows (that love the no-grow formula) and we'll need to lay down feeds for the other birds that drop by, because they're now a bit short-changed around here!So yes, the no-grow mix works as advertised, but it will also change the mix of birds that drop by. Mixed blessings, I guess. Hopefully this review has been helpful, even if only giving some ideas about using paving and pots to catch debris!Update: As the year ended we'd still not seen any problems with weird weeds growing in the area around the feeders, so I think we're in the clear so far as this seed goes. It's immensely popular with sparrows and robins, and even the blue/great/marsh/coal tits we get around here will come to the hanging feeders, especially when the weather gets a bit harsh. You will always need to vary the feeds available if you want a greater variety, but this does a great job for the more common garden birds. We're finding that our feeders, which spend most daylight hours occupied by several birds, get through a 20kg sack about every two months.

The birds love this seed it's definitely the best as I have ordered this many times and a brilliant price.

Bought this on offer. I was sceptical. But. After watching YouTube instructions I tried it. I have found that with a few practicing attempts - success. All of our regularly used smooth blade Kitchen knives are now very sharp. Much easier and safer to use in this condition. I have yet to try on serrated edge knives but will do so soon.Happy me and very happy wife. Driven with enthusiasm I also bought a sharpener for garden tools and have achieved similar successful outcomes!I can highly recommend this product to the wary

A good no grow bird seed

birds and hedgehog love this

I have had similar products before, but this mix is not popular in my garden with the regular birds blue tits, sparrows thrush, dinnocks. They will pick some bits out but mostly uneaten.

Dieses ist das bisher schlechteste Wild-Vogelfutter was ich in meiner über 50-jährigen Erfahrung mit Wild-Vogelfutter gekauft habe!Bei diesem Futter, wenn man überhaupt von Vogelfutter sprechen kann, handelt es sich zu 99% um verfaulten gebrochenen Weizen und Mais und "Kunststoffpartikel". Die anderen angegeben Zutaten wie geschälte Sonnenblumen etc. waren in dem Futter nicht vorhanden.Es handelt sich um ein minderwertiges "Hühnerfutter" welches man in jeder Mühle von der Qualität her hochwertiger und preiswerter bekommt.