This weed any good for finches?
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Just wondering if this weed is any good. Looks like common groundsel but not too sure. The ASSA book gives it a 5 star rating, but want to hear other's opinions. Cheers
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Hi there mate,
I'd also go along with what Tiaris thinks aswell, I would say that it's milk thistle and not groundsel, if it is milk thistle this is one of the very best wild weeds that you could ever give to yer birds, all my birds go potty on the stuff
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Preferably feed as the buds before the flower fully opens, same as you would feed dandelion before the flower head opens
- garyh
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I Actually feed dandelion and thistle to my birds after the flower has bloomed then closed again but before it reopens,this way the plant has had time to form the seeds in the head,siskens, diamonds go nuts on them,garyh
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Mmm....interesting, I'll look more into that
I've always fed it just before it starts to open up and flower, basically when it's still in its bud form and yer can just see the tip of the bud starting to open,
Trouble is with feeding dandelion to birds in cages, after a couple of days the dandelion buds have now fully opened and tons of of white fluff smothers the cages and birdroom floor
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My birds like their thistle best covered in aphids, which is pretty easy to achieve round here. Dandelion the whole plant when the flowers are open.
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