On 24/03/2015 16:08, Judith in England wrote:


I am sowing some wild flower seeds in a spare lawn - not exactly a wild-flower
meadow - but a small similar.

Some of the seeds say to be sown in situ - some in seed trays.

I was hoping to sow all the seeds in greenhouse and then transplant.

Would that work - or do some really have to be sown in situ? Is that because
they will be too delicate to grow in pots and then transplant?

Some of them resent root disturbance and so require sowing where they
will grow. Almost all of them will sulk if the soil is too rich (or
rather be outcompeted by the grass).

I expect you can get away sowing in small peat pots and plant the whole
lot into the ground but I have never tried it. Broadcasting seeds is a
lot easier and then they either grow or they don't.

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Regards,
Martin Brown