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Tintola
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Yes Di, That is it in the winter or cool areas. There is also a tropical one Drymaria cordata that only grows on the coastal areas. Both are excellent green food. Luckily I have both growing here.
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desertbirds
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What is the plant thats just like lawn or grass and produces heaps of seed through winter ? They use it in parks and some footy fields. I thought that was chickweed. I collect some two or three nights a week from the local park as i know it isnt sprayed ?
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Is that bentgrass your thinking of? I feed heaps of it too...desertbirds wrote:What is the plant thats just like lawn or grass and produces heaps of seed through winter ? They use it in parks and some footy fields. I thought that was chickweed. I collect some two or three nights a week from the local park as i know it isnt sprayed ?
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Nope, i googled bentgrass and thats not it. I will find out tomorrow . 
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I have a heap of something similar in the vegie garden ...thought it was a clover runner of some sort .....must check this out .
Do the bentgrass or chickweed get a small buzzy type bindi on it ?
Do the bentgrass or chickweed get a small buzzy type bindi on it ?
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Winter grass or bentgrass is this
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Hi bluebutterfly I am keen to find out where you are ordering your chickweed from and the price please.I have a link showing the plant and recommending it for european birds, and since I keep goldfinches they should love it.Somehow I am thinking you are ordering just a seed packet to grow your own not seed in bulk.
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http://www.aviculturalsocietynsw.org/Chickweed.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Diane
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It was from ebay, I just put chickweed seed in as a search and two sellers came up...much to my surprise!
As it was only cheap I thought it was worth a try. Only small amounts in the packs but there was multiple packs, but not enough to sow a really large area.
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As it was only cheap I thought it was worth a try. Only small amounts in the packs but there was multiple packs, but not enough to sow a really large area.
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