Re: Mulch vs reseed?
- Subject: Re: Mulch vs reseed?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 08:27:31 -0700 (PDT)
All:
I'll jump in and state what I think is the obvious.
You can NOT mulch and have reseeding (naturalizing)
plants in the same situation. The practices are
opposite.
Being with a "wildflower" seed company for some years,
I learned that it was one or the other. Although we
worked hard on developing mixes that reseeded more
freely than weeds and covered more densely than weeds,
there was always a battle with weeds for the
commercial gardener as well as the home gardener who
used the wildflower mixes.
Maybe I'm wrong in assuming that the reason you want
to mulch is to prevent weeds from sprouting and
becoming a problem.
If you're mulching for another reason, maybe there are
alternatives that would get you to your goal.
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, CA
(30 minutes from Garden Festival 2001 -- still hotel
rooms left in Santa Maria but not in San Luis Obispo
for the weekend of the event)
---- Diane <otterpt@macn.bc.ca> wrote:
> Good question, Nan. This is often a dilemma for me.
> As a
> result, some beds just don't get mulched even though
> the
> main plantings would benefit from it.
>
> I'm looking forward to some comments on this.
>
> Diane Pertson
> Vancouver Island
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nan Sterman"
>
> > 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
> > --
> > **********
> > '''''''''''''''''''''''
> > Nan Sterman
> > San Diego County California
> > Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
> >
>
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