Dusty sunflower seed
Lol
that threatens to clog the feeder.
so who has come up with a good method of separating dust and seed??
Am thinking pour it from a height while blowing out the dust, but its a bit
messy, seed everywhere!
Thanks,
Lol
(Time to brave the cold, go melt the birds water !)
Mike Coon
If the seed sinks in water perhaps that ancient separation method (but so is
the winnowing you've already tried!) might work... If not you'll have to use
alcohol, which at least would dry off quicker, or vegetable oil, which
wouldn't!
Doesn't sieving work? Perhaps with a hair-dryer to encourage the dust to
blow away?
Mike.
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"Mike Coon" <Mike@@mjcoon.+.com> wrote in message
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> Lol wrote:
>> As we near the bottom of this sack of sunflower seed there is a lot
>> of dust that threatens to clog the feeder.
>>
>> so who has come up with a good method of separating dust and seed??
>>
>> Am thinking pour it from a height while blowing out the dust, but its
>> a bit messy, seed everywhere!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lol
>>
>> (Time to brave the cold, go melt the birds water !)
>
> If the seed sinks in water perhaps that ancient separation method (but so
> is the winnowing you've already tried!) might work... If not you'll have
> to use alcohol, which at least would dry off quicker, or vegetable oil,
> which wouldn't!
>
> Doesn't sieving work? Perhaps with a hair-dryer to encourage the dust to
> blow away?
>
> Mike.
> --
No, the dust clogs the sieve, and any blowing I've tried has blown the seed
around as well.
Don't fancy getting the seed all wet - it'll sprout, they won't like that.
Alcohol ... ??? what am I doing with it, exactly?...
I am starting to think of some contraption (perhaps made by James May out of
Meccano?) that has a hopper, a chute, a bin, and a fan that can be moved in
graduated steps...
(P'rpas I should just change my seed supplier - Vine House farms..)
Thanks for the reply, Mike
Lol
Anne Burgess
Put a small quantity of your dusty seed in the sieve, cover the
top of the sieve with cling film, take it outside and shake it
vigorously until you have got rid of the dust. Repeat until the
sieve gets clogged, then wash and dry the sieve and start again.
Anne
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"Anne Burgess" <anne.a...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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My kitchen sieves are plastic, and so badly engineered, block too easily.
I remember proper metal sieves from the days of aluminium saucepans, (wasn't
it last used as a face shield for fencing practice?) before they were banned
as harmful along with eggs, butter and other cooking basics.
Must try to get one...
Thanks,
Lol
Mike
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Banned? Bought one only recently, certainly within the last year, for the
very reason you want one for.
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Mike Coon
> Alcohol ... ??? what am I doing with it, exactly?...
The dust is supposed to float and the seed to sink. Maybe beer would fizz
and lift the dust. But it's not cost-effective, I think!
Mike Coon
> You're blowing too hard :-)
>
> If you have a feeder with a mesh smaller than the sunflower seeds, put
> the dust and seeds into it and then blow it with a hair-dryer. The
> dust will blow out, the seeds won't. Perhaps best to do this out of
> doors!
That was roughly what you were meant to get from my suggestion. But on
second thoughts maybe sucking from underneath a sieve with a vacuum cleaner
attachment would be cleaner...
Alan Gardiner
I use a sieve and add the dust to the ground feeder mixture we make up
here.
Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
19/12/2009 12:00:52