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Old 01-04-2012, 10:42 PM posted to rec.gardens
Kay Lancaster Kay Lancaster is offline
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Default May have killed my wild meadow before its started.

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:58:49 +0000, Jony68 wrote:

I have sown a section of my garden with Wild Meadow seed recently (less
than 2 weeks ago) , but today I have spread weed and feed over this area
aswell, when I was doing the rest of the lawn.
As soon as I had done it I suddenly thought this may kill the wild
meadow seed before it has even started....So my question is have I done
the wrong thing using weed and feed over this area..?


Depends on how you look at it. Your weed and feed probably has 2.4-D,
which will kill most broadleaf plants, so you've just nuked what you sowed.
On the other hand, most of the "Wild Meadow"-type seed mixes are loaded with
non-native plants that often become real nuisances in some areas. So you've
possibly staved off a problem for yourself.

On the other hand, we probably don't need more 2,4-D running around in the soil
and getting into mischief.

Kay