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- dry meadow
- Characteristics of a dry meadow
- Typical plants of a dry meadow
- Types of dry meadow
- Tips & Tricks
dry meadow
With a dry or lean meadow you create on your property a true biotope, in which numerous herbs, shrubs and heather plants, but also a variety of animals - such as insects - feel very well. However, a dry meadow is not suitable for any kind of agricultural use, such as for a haymaking or for grazing by grazing animals.
Characteristics of a dry meadow
As the name implies, the dry meadow is characterized by a dry and nutrient-poor soil. Ideal soils for dry meadows are very sandy and have, due to the loose and permeable soil, a very good drainage. Moisture, such as precipitation, seeps or evaporates very quickly. Dry meadows usually require very little care, as u. a. Too frequent fertilization damages the plants adapted to the leanness of the soil. There are many different types of grassland, whose typical plant population depends on the one hand on the specific location - rather flat or more mountainous - and on the other hand on the type of subsoil. Dry meadows do not need much nutrients and moisture, but plenty of sun.
Typical plants of a dry meadow
On a dry meadow you will rarely find grasses. Even moisturizing and nutrient-loving wild plants such as dandelion or docking tend not to feel well here. Instead, the described conditions are ideal for meadow herbs, which are usually quickly displaced by competing plants on conventional meadows. Typical plants for dry grass are, for example:
At very sunny spots, adonis, cowslip or sand cinquefoil thrive on a dry meadow. When buying a seed mixture for dry meadows, make sure that it is primarily perennial native plants.
Types of dry meadow
Essentially, the different types of dry meadow are distinguished by their background, but the transitions are mostly fluid and most meadow herbs feel comfortable on almost any lean soil. The most important dry meadows are:
Sand drylands are typical of the heathlands in central and northern Germany, while the lime dry meadows are mainly found in Central Europe. The often encountered, but pushed back by intensive agricultural use in many places semi-dry meadows represent a natural transition between dry and fatty meadows.
Tips & Tricks
Tonious and loamy soils are not suitable for creating a dry meadow. However, less suitable soil can be excavated and replaced with a more optimal sand-soil mixture, which is spread on a thick layer of gravel.