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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
Hello there,
I'm new here and a total gardening novice, so please forgive my ineptitude. I've heard people talk about scattering seeds and then flowers growing up from them. I have some overgrown grass in my garden that I would prefer to be some wild flowers and have a spare packet of wild flowers that includes field cornflowers, field poppies, ox-eye daisies, cowslip and foxglove. If I were to sprinkle these seeds around the grass, is there any chance that they would grow/flourish? Would it help if I mowed the grass first? Or would I have to disturb the soil first/remove the grass/go through the normal seed growing routine? I live in Buckinghamshire and like the rest of England, it is insanely sunny at the moment Thanks for any feedback! |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On Mon, 12 May 2008 19:38:50 +0100, Flash
wrote: Hello there, I'm new here and a total gardening novice, so please forgive my ineptitude. I've heard people talk about scattering seeds and then flowers growing up from them. I have some overgrown grass in my garden that I would prefer to be some wild flowers and have a spare packet of wild flowers that includes field cornflowers, field poppies, ox-eye daisies, cowslip and foxglove. If I were to sprinkle these seeds around the grass, is there any chance that they would grow/flourish? Would it help if I mowed the grass first? Or would I have to disturb the soil first/remove the grass/go through the normal seed growing routine? I live in Buckinghamshire and like the rest of England, it is insanely sunny at the moment Thanks for any feedback! If you just scatter them in the grass they don't stand much chance. One method of starting a wildflower meadow is to grow the plants on a bare patch of soil, or in pots, cut the grass, remove circles of turf and plant the wildflowers in the circles of earth. That gives the wildflowers a chance to establish. The soil does not need fertilising. Pam in Bristol |
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Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. |
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Sorry you feel it was abrupt. It was not meant to be. You had already suggested that the ground be cleared before the seeds were sown. The answer is yes, you need to remove all the grass, cultivate the ground but without in any way manuring or feeding it, and then broadcast sowing your seeds, preferably mixing them into a mixture of fine soil and sand. Water lghtly after broadcasting and watch for seedlings coming through. Do not do anything until the first leaves are through or you may weed out the very plants that you want. |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On May 13, 2:21 am, Flash wrote:
beccabunga;791185 Wrote: It is absolutely pointless to try and scatter seed in overgrown grass. If you want to scatter these seeds, you will have to clear the grass, prepare the soil and then scatter them. Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. Well, thanks for that rather abrupt post, you certainly know how to welcome the new folk. -- Flash The advice given was good Flash. About 10 years ago, I bought so many wild flower seeds, that if they had all come up it would have been outstanding. I threw them onto the long grass on the land in question, some land we own but don't use. I have yet to see any wild flowers of the type I threw there. Now I have a container full of "Shake and Scatter" Heirloom Flowers for the Cottage Garden! On the back, there is a diagram showing exactly what has been advised here, clearing a bit of the grass. Good gardening and come back and let us know how successful you were. I am off to clear a bit of grass now and hopefully I will be able to post a pic when they bloom. Welcome to urg. BTW it's a nice group full of people who really know what they are talking about, however, you can omit me, I am still the bumbling amateur I always was but enjoying it. Judith |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On 13 May, 11:17, Judith in France
wrote: On May 13, 2:21 am, Flash wrote: beccabunga;791185 Wrote: It is absolutely pointless to try and scatter seed in overgrown grass. If you want to scatter these seeds, you will have to clear the grass, prepare the soil and then scatter them. Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. Well, thanks for that rather abrupt post, you certainly know how to welcome the new folk. -- Flash The advice given was good Flash. About 10 years ago, I bought so many wild flower seeds, that if they had all come up it would have been outstanding. I threw them onto the long grass on the land in question, some land we own but don't use. I have yet to see any wild flowers of the type I threw there. Now I have a container full of "Shake and Scatter" Heirloom Flowers for the Cottage Garden! On the back, there is a diagram showing exactly what has been advised here, clearing a bit of the grass. Good gardening and come back and let us know how successful you were. I am off to clear a bit of grass now and hopefully I will be able to post a pic when they bloom. Welcome to urg. BTW it's a nice group full of people who really know what they are talking about, however, you can omit me, I am still the bumbling amateur I always was but enjoying it. Judith It is also beneficial to cut and remove the grass once the flowers have set seed, probably late July. The aim of this is to ipoverish the soil to reduce the strength of the grass and give the flowers a chance. Jonathan |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On May 13, 11:27 am, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 03:17:09 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On May 13, 2:21 am, Flash wrote: beccabunga;791185 Wrote: It is absolutely pointless to try and scatter seed in overgrown grass. If you want to scatter these seeds, you will have to clear the grass, prepare the soil and then scatter them. Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. Well, thanks for that rather abrupt post, you certainly know how to welcome the new folk. -- Flash The advice given was good Flash. About 10 years ago, I bought so many wild flower seeds, that if they had all come up it would have been outstanding. I threw them onto the long grass on the land in question, some land we own but don't use. I have yet to see any wild flowers of the type I threw there. Now I have a container full of "Shake and Scatter" Heirloom Flowers for the Cottage Garden! On the back, there is a diagram showing exactly what has been advised here, clearing a bit of the grass. Good gardening and come back and let us know how successful you were. I am off to clear a bit of grass now and hopefully I will be able to post a pic when they bloom. Welcome to urg. BTW it's a nice group full of people who really know what they are talking about, however, you can omit me, I am still the bumbling amateur I always was but enjoying it. Judith is the one with the gold hobnailed boots for stamping on horses tails. -- Martin I'll stamp all over you if you tell all my secretas lol Judith |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On May 13, 11:21 am, Jonathan wrote:
On 13 May, 11:17, Judith in France wrote: On May 13, 2:21 am, Flash wrote: beccabunga;791185 Wrote: It is absolutely pointless to try and scatter seed in overgrown grass. If you want to scatter these seeds, you will have to clear the grass, prepare the soil and then scatter them. Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. Well, thanks for that rather abrupt post, you certainly know how to welcome the new folk. -- Flash The advice given was good Flash. About 10 years ago, I bought so many wild flower seeds, that if they had all come up it would have been outstanding. I threw them onto the long grass on the land in question, some land we own but don't use. I have yet to see any wild flowers of the type I threw there. Now I have a container full of "Shake and Scatter" Heirloom Flowers for the Cottage Garden! On the back, there is a diagram showing exactly what has been advised here, clearing a bit of the grass. Good gardening and come back and let us know how successful you were. I am off to clear a bit of grass now and hopefully I will be able to post a pic when they bloom. Welcome to urg. BTW it's a nice group full of people who really know what they are talking about, however, you can omit me, I am still the bumbling amateur I always was but enjoying it. Judith It is also beneficial to cut and remove the grass once the flowers have set seed, probably late July. The aim of this is to ipoverish the soil to reduce the strength of the grass and give the flowers a chance. Jonathan I'm afraid I won't be doing that Jonathan as the land is totally wild and I am hoping that the flowers, given a good start, will compete with the grass once established. I'll clear small areas at random and then sow the seed, keep your fingers crossed. Judith Judith |
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Scattering Seeds - Will this work?
On May 13, 12:37 pm, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 03:35:24 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On May 13, 11:27 am, Martin wrote: On Tue, 13 May 2008 03:17:09 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On May 13, 2:21 am, Flash wrote: beccabunga;791185 Wrote: It is absolutely pointless to try and scatter seed in overgrown grass. If you want to scatter these seeds, you will have to clear the grass, prepare the soil and then scatter them. Prince Charles discovered this at Highgrove, where he tried growing wild flowers along the drive. Well, thanks for that rather abrupt post, you certainly know how to welcome the new folk. -- Flash The advice given was good Flash. About 10 years ago, I bought so many wild flower seeds, that if they had all come up it would have been outstanding. I threw them onto the long grass on the land in question, some land we own but don't use. I have yet to see any wild flowers of the type I threw there. Now I have a container full of "Shake and Scatter" Heirloom Flowers for the Cottage Garden! On the back, there is a diagram showing exactly what has been advised here, clearing a bit of the grass. Good gardening and come back and let us know how successful you were. I am off to clear a bit of grass now and hopefully I will be able to post a pic when they bloom. Welcome to urg. BTW it's a nice group full of people who really know what they are talking about, however, you can omit me, I am still the bumbling amateur I always was but enjoying it. Judith is the one with the gold hobnailed boots for stamping on horses tails. -- Martin I'll stamp all over you if you tell all my secretas lol The spider is the one with the hairy legs. Mike is the one who let his seeds fall on the barren land. -- Martin Who? Are you speaking in riddles! Judith |
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