Re: Mulch vs reseed?
- Subject: Re: Mulch vs reseed?
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:39:47 +1200
Nan Sterman wrote:
>
> As I look at my "citrus hill" covered in riotous bloom of sweet pea,
> hybrid poppies and california poppies, I realize I am about to face a
> long time dilemma and need your advice.
>
> When/how do you mulch a flower bed that you want to reseed itself?
>
> If I put on three inches of mulch after the seeds have fallen, they
> won't resprout.
> If I mulch now, I'll bury the plants
> Do I give up mulching alltogether?
>
> What do you advise?
Nan
This is surely quite a curly one, but it won't do your ground any good
to get no fresh organic matter at all, will it?
Would it perhaps be possible to mulch just when your plants are going
over but before they actually drop their seeds? If you can leave at
least the upper(seed bearing) parts of the plants exposed, this would
allow the seeds to fall into the upper layers of the mulch and I am sure
they would then manage very nicely.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
