Soaking grass seed overnight! Am I nuts?
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Comments (9)Never had much luck with peppers, then again, I never soaked them either. Small batch stuff (tomato, broc, cauliflower etc) I've been using those little peat pots, they seems to work well when you only need a limited number of plants (and you can label varieties). And they almost always end up on the Lowe's clearance rack right before they set up the fall seasonal stuff. Greens, peas, beans, corn, it just stick in the ground. Bsntech: I've found that green beans need the soil to warm up a bit more than I think it should have to...... if that makes any sense at all. It seems that in years I don't get to planting early, I have good germination. Years I push it and the beans sit in cool, wet ground, not so great germ. Also, I've had 'second planting' rows almost catch up to the earlier-sown rows. In my garden, I've found that I should be eating plenty of spring greens before I should get to stickin the beans in....See MoreSand burrs Nut Grass
Comments (2)I'd agree. I faced a reseeding this spring (not out of choice, but situation) and the nutgrass came in with a vengance. Lesco's 'SedgeHammer' works very well ( a surficant helps even more), but it's too expensive to be using if you have the other choice of round-up and reseed. (By expensive I mean SedgeHammer runs me ~$19 for 1000 sq ft.) Roundup it all down (once or twice), power rake and seed. You should be good to go. Dave...See MoreTell me why its necessary to file and soak seeds?
Comments (11)Simple answer: To help break dormancy!! Your seeds may germinate with out scarifying (nick) or soaking but it may take 2 to 3 times longer!! So in reality when a simple instruction says soak for 24 to 48 hours or nick seed or scratch, it is giving you the quickest method possible already. Winter sowing allows you to sow seeds that reseed in your area through winter months. No there is no stratification (refrigeration) necessary prior to winter sowing, winter sowing does take care of this process. Yes winter sowing does help with the prep time of seeds with their special instructions but for a zone 6 person to sow a special seed or hard dormancy seed now in march would be kinda redundant. The winter sowing starts in December, for a zone 6er as myself to fully receive the benefit on the more difficult seeds I would say they would need to start in december or at least early january. Reason being we are not having any frost here lately much less freezes. Me personally depending on what you are sowing I would nick it soak it put it outside!!...See MoreTaming a woodland - Am I Nuts?
Comments (24)We have 10 acres of solid woods that we are starting to tame and I have to say, it has been much easier than we expected thanks to the use of landscaping fabric. We clear an area of any dead fall, prune to the ground any small tree or large stem weed, use the weed whacker to knock the brush down, and then use a mulching mower to grind it all up. The area is then clear to plant whatever you want, and then simply place the fabric around your plants, put on some mulch, and Voila! no more weeds! This method has gotten rid of garlic mustard, poison ivy, thorny wild raspberries, woodland shrubs and a bunch of other stuff that was growing. At first I was hesitant to put the fabric down, thinking is was too much work and too difficult to plant in afterward. But is was quick to lay down and very easy to cut. When you decide you want a special plant in a certain spot, you simply move back your mulch, slice an X into the fabric and you have easy access to your soil. It is great and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to tame large areas. This will be our 3rd year gardening in the forest and I have to say it is much more exciting than I ever imagined it would be. I thought my plant choices would be very limited but it is not true. Shade gardening is very rewarding, very beautiful and so very peaceful. Good Luck with your gardening, and so far everything you have done looks very beautiful....See Moretexas_weed
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