Posted by RiversideRed on February 12, 2012, 11:06 am
I know its not sowing season, but last year I had a real problem with weeds
and wallflower seedlings in open ground.(sown in late july)
The wallflowers were overtaken by chickweed and pretty much every other weed
, making it very labour intensive.
Is it possible to propogate in pots then plant seedling in rows when easily
distinguishable.
Or are there any ideas as open ground sowing will not happen again this
year.
Posted by Dave Hill on February 12, 2012, 5:06 pm
> I know its not sowing season, but last year I had a real problem with weeds
> and wallflower seedlings in open ground.(sown in late july)
> The wallflowers were overtaken by chickweed and pretty much every other weed
> , making it very labour intensive.
> Is it possible to propogate in pots then plant seedling in rows when easily
> distinguishable.
> Or are there any ideas as open ground sowing will not happen again this
> year.
We used to sow wallflower seed in May, transplant to nursery beds in
July and by Sept had plants about 12 inches accross ready to plant
into their final position.
David
Posted by RiversideRed on February 15, 2012, 3:16 pm
Thanks, sound advice,I will give this a go, asI think wallflowers are worth
every effort.
> I know its not sowing season, but last year I had a real problem with
> weeds
> and wallflower seedlings in open ground.(sown in late july)
> The wallflowers were overtaken by chickweed and pretty much every other
> weed
> , making it very labour intensive.
> Is it possible to propogate in pots then plant seedling in rows when
> easily
> distinguishable.
> Or are there any ideas as open ground sowing will not happen again this
> year.
We used to sow wallflower seed in May, transplant to nursery beds in
July and by Sept had plants about 12 inches accross ready to plant
into their final position.
David
> and wallflower seedlings in open ground.(sown in late july)
> The wallflowers were overtaken by chickweed and pretty much every other weed
> , making it very labour intensive.
> Is it possible to propogate in pots then plant seedling in rows when easily
> distinguishable.
> Or are there any ideas as open ground sowing will not happen again this
> year.