Re poppy seeds and mulch
- To: perennials-digest@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re poppy seeds and mulch
- From: C* T*
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:07:18 +0100
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If you are using compost as a mulch, I guess it doesn't really matter, as long
as you don't bury the seeds too deep. Compost won't stop anything germinating,
and, if it's like mine, introduces many seeds unfortunately!
Re other mulches, my guess is to sow on top and let the rains wash seeds down
where they can still get light and space to germinate. This advice is an
extrapolation of the method I use in sowing small seeds, which I heard about
from a speaker at a local Alpine Garden Soc meeting. Fill pot with sowing
medium, cover with grit THEN sow fine seeds over the surface and water in! Up
to then I'd covered fine seeds very very finely with sieved sowing medium, so I
was rather wary about the new method....but it worked fine!
-Carrie Thomas-
S Wales, UK, zone 8/9 but with winter wet.
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