For me it depends on the mulch. Heavy stuff like wood chips goes on after the seedlings emerge. From there I just keep adding clippings as the plants grow so I can keep the weeds down.
It's working out pretty well. Tyler, yes, this works for me too. Especially in the spring, after beds were covered during winter. And when i pull back the mulch soil warms and it's the best for carrots, salad, radishes etc. Usualy I sow in the soil with raking seeds into the soil - doing this for long time without mulch and everything germinate. But if i cover with thin layer of mulch - low germination rate. Now i have to try only sowing on top of soil and than covering with thin layer of mulch.
Is this what you do, you don't rake the seed into the soil, just covering them with mulch? I have done that yesterday, but i did cover seeds with a thin layer of clay, seedballs in a way. So i could also do it without this, just broadcastin seeds on top. I really hope it will work, i like this way the most, but never tried it with brasicass. I tried with salad and carrots on top of leaf mulch but it didn't work, seeds got lost in leaves and didn't come out, and it was a thin layer of leaves.
It should be leaf mold, those leaves were not decade. Now i have almost decade pea mulch so i hope it will work. I should mentioned before that my preference is broadcasting. I don't always want to make ridges in the mulch and sow, it works , but i'm looking for options how to broadcast on top of mulch. Jordan, please tell more about sowing on top of mulch seed variety, mulch etc So basically you also sow on top of this thin layer of mulch? What about seeds not being in good contact with soil or mulch in this case?
Do you rake seeds into the mulch after you sow? My mulch is a constant addition to my gardens so there are layers that are mostly broken down which stay pretty moist underneath the newer, dryer additions. It's about inches thick at any given time, usually thicker towards the end of the season up to 6 inches as I add a lot of organic material to my beds.
My assumption is that the seeds fall through the top layer of loose dry mulch and end up closer to the moister, half rotted stuff. I also just wait sometimes until rain is forecasted Last year I planted your seed so that no thinning would be required.
I can't stand thinning. I was so pleased and will keep coming back to your company. This year we have been nearly as pleased, though the corn variety that we picked this year luscious was the first seed that we have had very poor germination with. Even after a second planting. We have lost nearly six weeks now and had to order more seed. I sure hope it comes up and catches up to the rest. I think in the future corn will be the one thing that I will seed thickly. Thanks for the tips!
High Mowing Organic Seeds. July 13 at pm. Hi Sara, We're sorry to hear that! With the record rainfall we are having a terrible corn year here as well Corn germinates so well and so quickly in trays that we find it just makes more sense for us. Maybe something for you to try next year! We do always want to hear about it when folks have problems with the seed however - if you could send an email to questions highmowingseeds.
June 19 at pm. I've now planted the Luscious seeds twice in the past few weeks and have all but given up on having a crop this year. Soil temperature was good. Water was perhaps a bit more than average during the period, but nothing that should have been a problem.
Germination rate on the first attempt was two seeds out of So far eight days into the second seeding , I've seen only a handful of plants emerging. Very disappointing. While I've had mixed results with the variety in previous years, I'm thinking that I'll switch to something else in which is a bummer, because I really like the Luscious variety on the table. We're sorry to hear you've had trouble with the Luscious, Kevin!
It is a great variety but we haven't had much luck with corn this year either--almost certainly because of our record rainfall. Our transplanted corn is doing much better. June 15 at pm. Bulbs can grow through mulch. They have a lot more stored energy than seeds and can grow up through up to 2 inches of mulch.
Any more than that and the plant may die before it breaks through to the surface. In no time, your tulips will be coming up through almost any mulch—even gravel. There are a few plants, such as asparagus, that grow from crowns below the surface. The plant dies back every year, only to sprout anew. Because asparagus crowns are so well-established, a mature plant 2—3 years old can sprout through 3—6 inches of mulch.
Some flowers can grow through mulch. Seeds and small annuals buried beneath mulch have a very low chance of growing, but bulb flowers can sprout through a thin layer of mulch. If you have a very thin layer of straw or sugar cane mulch on the soil as mulch the seeds may still sprout however you will have more success scatter sowing wildflower seeds on bare soil.
Then cover them with a thin layer of seed raising mix. Wildflower seeds will not grow well through mulch. If you have a inch layer of mulch over your garden , wildflower seeds will not get enough light to sprout through. If you are planting wildflower seeds it is best to leave the soil without mulch to give them enough light to let them grow through. Do not add mulch back over the area if you want wildflowers to self-seed.
They will drop their seeds onto the ground at the end of the growing season, usually late summer and can grow again in spring if the soil is left uncovered. When you plant your wildflower seeds cover them with garden soil or seed raising mix the same thickness as the seed. This will be around mm of soil over the top. Do not cover your wildflowers with mulch. If you want to mulch the area afterwards, let the seeds grow to inches and bring sugar cane mulch or bark mulch around the edge of the growing plants.
This will keep in moisture and stop weeds. Rake mulch away from the soil when you are planting wildflower seeds. They like to be planted in an area of soil that gets maximum light. Mulch can block the light that would reach the wildflower seed.
If you cover your gardens with sugar cane mulch or bark mulch then simply use a rake to pull the mulch back and show the soil. Once the flowers grow through, you can move the mulch back around the plants. This will keep the moisture in longer and the weeds down. If you want your wildflowers to re-seed themselves each year, then you will need to keep the mulch off and the soil bare.
That way the seed scan drop onto the ground and will be exposed to light helping them to grow through. Mulch will naturally form in your wildflower garden as parts of the wildflower plants naturally die off. Like in nature, leaves will fall to the ground covering the soil and forming a natural mulch.
If you place mulch under your wildflowers the seeds that will drop the next year are not likely to grow. The mulch acts to stop weeds from growing through by blocking light and it will do the same for your wildflowers. To let your wildflowers self-seed naturally year to year, do not place mulch underneath them.
If you have bare patches of soil, scatter sow annuals or buy small seedlings to plant in the gaps. If you want to grow a native wildflower mix then contact your local seed savers group to get seeds local to your area.
If you are keen just to grow a range of flowers that grow like a meadow, then you can get wildflower mixes from your local hardware store or garden center.
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