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- The appropriate care of a wildflower meadow
- Meadow for the first time after about 10 weeks
- Mowing wild meadows a maximum of twice a year
- Re-sow the meadow
- Does a wildflower meadow have to be fertilized?
- Tips & Tricks
The appropriate care of a wildflower meadow
Every flower meadow, including the wildflower meadow, is always a manmade biotope. Meadows can only develop and survive if they are regularly mowed. Otherwise, a colorful forest will develop into a forest over the years - that's a natural evolution.
Meadow for the first time after about 10 weeks
In each newly created meadow, plant species first appear that are not really desired. This is especially true when a lawn or flowerbed has been transformed into a wildflower meadow. These plants grow from seeds or parts of plants that are still in the soil from the previous growth. Therefore, you should not only dig up the soil before sowing, but remove the top layer of soil completely. In addition, the first mowing already after about eight to ten weeks to perform, so remove unpleasant growth and promote the desired.
Mowing wild meadows a maximum of twice a year
Otherwise, a wild meadow is mowed about once or twice a year. The frequency of mowing depends primarily on how fast and strong the plants grow. The best time to mow is when the majority of the flowers have faded. Often this is already the case in the second half of June. Play it safe, on the other hand, when the meadow is mowed in September.
Re-sow the meadow
Leave the crop for a few days before putting it away. In this way, the ripe seeds of flowers and herbs can still fall out of the seed pods and onto the ground. Wildflower meadows can multiply themselves, although you must help out with fresh seed many times, especially in the first few years. On average, it takes about three to five years for a wildflower meadow to stabilize.
Does a wildflower meadow have to be fertilized?
Wildflower meadows must not be fertilized in any case, if it is not just a fatty meadow. The more nutritious and above all nitrogen-rich a meadow is, the less wildflowers and herbs thrive on it - and the more grasses spread. If, however, you increasingly encounter pointer plants such as field irrigators, sorrel or meadow sorrel, the meadow should be whitewashed to neutralize the soil.
Tips & Tricks
Meadows should be mowed only with a scythe or optionally with a bar mower. The scythe also has the advantage that you can not leave dead plants or perennials targeted.
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