HYB:seed:mulch (was weather)

In a message dated 1/10/2006 1:10:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jgcrump@erols.com writes:

<<It is also why I don't favor leaves, which do mat  down.  >>
 
Griff,
 
I use chicken wire over the pots and then layer the straw/leaves  over the 
wire.  I did like the leaves (shredded) as I can still lift them  up and off 
with the wire.  A few will fall through but not many.   

Oak leaves contain tannic acid?  Somewhere I got the idea that tannic  acid 
helped leach the inhibitors in the seed?  
 
Mulch has many benefits.  Seed that pop to the top of the container  will not 
sprout.    

 
Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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