"newyork123" wrote to newsgroup uk.rec.gardening via Gardenbanter
I bought some seeds for my 8 year old daughter to set up a little area
in the garden. I got lettuce, cabbage and carrots. The garden is a
grass lawn and I dug about 50 cm deep to take the grass away, there are
2 strips about 8ft x 3ft. I just do not want the grass to come back and
I was wondering if I need to do something else before I plant the seeds?
Also do I need some special soil to use? any ideas, tips, links would
be great!

Thats some deep digging, should be fine to remove any normal grass
permanently although you will get some seed within the area just like any
other weed.
The seed packets usually give you information on sowing seed, and we usually
sow our lettuce and cabbage in trays (Rootrainers) using a proprietary seed
compost and plant them out when big enough plants. Carrot seed we plant in
situ and cover over with last years old compost, but then we keep our own
carrot seed, IME bought carrot seed can be difficult to germinate. I don't
know if Carrot Root Fly is a problem where you are but we have to ensure a
2ft high barrier all round our carrots to try to keep them off and still the
fly gets in.

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