Re: grit for seed sowing was: Re poppy seeds and mulch
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- Subject: Re: grit for seed sowing was: Re poppy seeds and mulch
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 05:07:39 -0400
Works a treat for all seeds, Carrie - use it as a matter of course. With
larger seeds, you plant them and then cover with grit, but for smaller
seed, sowing on top and then watering washes them into the crevices where
they are quite happy. IMO seed would rather germinate in some kind of
gravel than anywhere else...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Carrie Thomas-CR <thomas.cr@pg.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:07 AM
>
> 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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