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- Create Wildflower Meadow - How to ensure the greatest possible variety in the garden
- Lean up garden soil
- How to thin the earth
- Prepare soil and sow flower seeds
- Which seed can be used?
- Tips & Tricks
Create Wildflower Meadow - How to ensure the greatest possible variety in the garden
When the meadows turn lush yellow in the spring, the heart opens. Millions of dandelion plants create a wonderful sea of flowers, which, however, quickly comes to an end. Dandelion thrives mainly on well-fertilized fatty meadows, which are abundant in flowers after its heyday, however. On a meager wildflower meadow, on the other hand, there are often more than 100 different flowers and herbs that bloom throughout the growing season. Learn here how you can create a species-rich wildflower meadow.
Lean up garden soil
First of all, the more "fatter" a nutrient-rich soil is, the less wildflowers and herbs will grow on it. A wild meadow typically thrives best on lean, d. H. low in nutrients, soils best. The reason for this is due to the rapid growth of certain grasses, which shoot up quickly with a good supply of nitrogen and displace slow growing flowers and herbs. So to successfully establish a wildflower meadow in the garden, you first have to lighten up the soil - this is especially true if you want to re-create the wild meadow on a previously well-manicured lawn.
How to thin the earth
You begin to leach down the soil by first of all setting up any fertilizer - and that already two to three years before you want to create the actual flower meadow. To speed up the process, mow the lawn or lawn about four to five times a year. The crop must not be left on the green area, but must be driven off. In a last step, the Abmagern done by the removal of very humusous layers and / or the mixing of sand.
Prepare soil and sow flower seeds
If the soil is sufficiently emaciated, you can prepare it for sowing. To do this, thoroughly dig up the soil and mince the crumbs until they are as fine as possible. It is best to mix the fine seed with sand (or another spreading aid) and sprinkle it over the entire surface as far as possible. Take it too much rather than too little seed, because experience has shown that wild flowers compared to crops have a very low germination rate. The seeds should not be covered with soil, as most meadow flowers are among the light germs. So you just need to squeeze the seed lightly. Optimal for a lawn roller or a harrow.
Which seed can be used?
Adequate - ie high quality and suitable - wildflower seed is not easy to get. The mixtures available in the normal garden centers are usually unsuitable because they contain hardly any native as well as almost one year old species. This can not establish a permanent wildflower meadow on your green space. Instead, prefer flowers and herbs that are multi-annual and also native to your region. You can obtain such seeds in online shops, in the country shop or in an agricultural center.
Tips & Tricks
Another very natural form of seed extraction is the Haycane. You mow a withered meadow from your area and store the hay on the prepared area for sowing. The seeds from the hay fall ergo on a fertile soil and will hopefully in the following year provide a lush flowering.
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