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- Mowing flower meadow - It all depends on the right time
- Mahd is one of the basic care measures
- The optimal time
- Mow the flower meadow - that's how it's done
- Tips & Tricks
Mowing flower meadow - It all depends on the right time
A lush flowery, colorful flower meadow with many different flower and herb species is not only a feast for the eyes, but also a habitat for numerous rare plant and animal species. To preserve this diversity, you must pay attention to some important points when mowing a wild meadow.
Mahd is one of the basic care measures
First of all, it does not work without mowing, because that would mean that the meadow would gradually become wild and lose its biodiversity. Instead of the delicate meadow flowers and herbs, more competitive plants settle and displace the desired plants. You can counteract this completely natural development only by a regular mowing, in the strongly vigorous plants are pushed back and the meadow flowers finally conquer their terrain back.
The optimal time
As is so often the case here, the right time, because flower meadows must not be mowed before sowing - if too early mowing the biodiversity is in danger, because the meadow flowers are then no longer able to sow themselves out , For this reason, meadows are traditionally mown in the second half of June and in August. A possible third mowing is also possible about mid to late May. However, what time is actually the ideal, determine the flowering times of flowers awake in the meadow - the majority of them have faded, you can swing the scythe.
Mow the flower meadow - that's how it's done
We are already at the optimum mowing tool. Of course, you can not drive with the lawn mower on a wild meadow - the device would quickly capitulate. In addition, a flower meadow does not need to be cut as short as a conventional lawn. Wild meadows are best mowed by hand with the scythe, because this method is the most gentle for both the plants and the animals. In addition, this method has the advantage that you can selectively leave not yet flowered flowers. Alternatively - for example, in very large areas - we recommend a bar mower. The meadow should not be mowed shorter than about ten centimeters. Leave the crop for a few days before you clear it - then the flowers can still be sown.
Tips & Tricks
Out of consideration for animal inhabitants (eg birds), you should not mow the entire meadow at once, but only in strips and time-shifted. In this way, you give the meadow dwellers a retreat.