|
| I have a section of land about 150'x50' near the drain easement. There are some tall grass/plants standing, as well as some 1' seedlings. I do not know what plants they are, probably mostly annuals, like black-eyed susan.
If I'm going to spread some seeds, should I consider annuals? Also, one section of it does not have much growing there, probably because of the small rocks in the soil. Should I try to take out the rocks and spread seeds, or I should just leave it alone? |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
| A question for you is what effect do you want? If you want an all flower meadow, then you will need to remove the grass and plant annual seed. You will need to spread the seed thickly and mulch well, otherwise you will also get lots of volunteer weeds. With annuals, you will need to do this every year. If you want a lower maintenance perennial meadow, you will need to do a fair bit of work the first two or three years, then less work afterwards. See the link below for information about establishing a prairie meadow -- go to the home page, click on the PDF catalogue and find the section in the catalogue about site preparation. As for the rocky area, it will be futile to remove the rocks, more will show up every year. Choose plants that do well in dry, stony soil for that area. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Praire Moon Nursery
|
| This will be a natural area, with wild flowers. The erosion control will be the first priority and maintenance will be minimal, just to take out invasive plants. I'll go through the link you send to me. Thanks. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Meadows & Prairies Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.