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Posted by theresa2 z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 3, 10 at 13:21
| I've been working on my shoreline buffer for four years now. I started with a small section and added another each year. I made sure to leave wide paths between sections for foot traffic and to make rotational burning easier. Each section was planted with plugs I grew both indoors, under lights, and outdoors, using the winter-sowing method. Generally, I grow grasses indoors, because they do not require stratification, and forbs outdoors, because many do require stratification. I've found that most of my plugs produce flowers and seed the first year. Here are some photos from last season:
Growing indoor grasses
Winter-sowing forbs
Plugs in early spring, planted in dead sod
Previous year's plants emerging in early spring
Shoreline photos
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RE: Shoreline buffer
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| That is a great looking shoreline buffer, and quite a set-up for growing new plants. Have you had a lot of problems with lawn grasses returning? |
RE: Shoreline buffer
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| Thank you for your nice comments. Lawn grasses have not at all been an issue; I'm thinking it's because lawn grasses primarily spread by runners which cannot compete with densely-planted, deep-rooted, shade producing native grasses. My biggest problem has been crabgrass and black medic which are prolific re-seeders, fortunately, they are easily hand-pull; so, although it was time-consuming the first few seasons, by year three it was no longer an issue. It's important to note that it was necessary to pull all the crabgrass and black medic from the lawn areas to prevent them from seeding the buffer. |
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