Re: CULT: Sowing seeds in buried pots
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Sowing seeds in buried pots
- From: s*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:34:27 EDT
In a message dated 10/13/01 6:30:23 PM Central Daylight Time, alhbee@aol.com
writes:
<< I hope to have 4" of space on the top to fill
with oak leaves. >>
Al, what happens if your trench fills with water? I don't know your average
rain fall, but we've just received 4 inches of rain in the last 2 days. If
I'd had a pot buried that deep, all my seed would have floated across the
lawn before the rain was over.
In the cases where I've buried pots, I leave the pots far enough out of the
soil, about 1 1/2 inches, so the pots can't be submerged in water. Still use
a layer of leaves/straw/pine needles over the pots--about a 4 inch layer.
Even a couple of coffee filters on top of the pot will help deter heaving of
the seed.
There was a discussion on burying pots, etc. that Paul Black was involved in
last winter, but I can't seem to find the right combination of words to pull
it up in the archives.
Betty in BG KY . . . getting too tired to dig trenches so I'll have to settle
for a small reduction in germination rate (again) this year!
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