On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:56:53 GMT, animaux wrote:

If you think about how nature does it, nobody comes around the planet burrying
the seed. The seed lay on top of the soil and get depressed into the soil by
water from rains. What you can do is scratch the soil up a bit and give he
seeds some "tooth" to sit in. Many of the wildflower seeds require light to
germinate.

Yeah, but... *People* try to plant seeds for optimal germination and
growth; many plants count on producing 1000 seeds for each successful
germination, or enclosing the seeds in attractive fruits that will
lead to them being deposited on the ground with a suitable fertilizer,
or carried to an open area where sunlight is abundant or... Very
clever, those plants. While a wildflower meadow may grow up over years
from random germination, people who want to create the effect need to
invest a little more in preparation and care than simply throwing a
bunch of seeds around. Scratching up the dirt, clearing weeds
beforehand, providing water, etc. and a little research on the
requirements for germination/growth seems appropriate. I've seen many
"wildflower mix" seed collections deemed suitable for either a
'region' or even with no geographical preference whatsoever. The ones
designated for my own area (at least an area within 6-800 miles of
here) include plants I've never seen or even read about growing here.