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Here is the link of the Seed Cleaner

http://www.toysfortweets.com/apps/webst ... ow/2760000

I'm just curious if anyone has used one of these to help save seed and money? What do you guys think? Is it worth the investment?

$180.00 hmmmm...kind of expensive. I don't know how it will clean the seeds hygienically if the seeds are contaminated with poop.

I dump the seed daily into a bowl, and at the end of the week I put a quarter cup of it at a time into a shallow bowl and use a blow dryer to carefully blow away the hulls. It's amazing the amount of seed I save. And it's free.

KarenB
I do that daily. I dump the seed cups into a shallow Tupperware and blow away the hulls. These seeds then go into a Tupperware container that is placed at bottom of flights for foraging. Seed cups are then washed and re-filled with fresh seed mix.

@Betrue2yurself
Regarding the Seed Cleaner. Not sure if it would be cost efficient. It is kinda expensive like Sam said. I guess it would be worthwhile, if your doing huge amounts of seeds on a daily level, but...
I manage just fine with my 1975 hair blow dryer that still works most of the time

Some on here and on other forums have come up with fantastic and rather cheap to build DIY cleaners that include using a vacuum.

monotwine
How does it work?

~Elana~

http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php ... andoaviary
Finally found the link to the thread from a while back.

If you do a google search for 'seed winnower' you'll find photo's and info on a few different designs.

I'd be worried about just how clean the seed would be as it won't clean fungus, bacteria, feaces etc from seed