Easy grow wildflower seeds

[BenBhoy]

Can anyone recommend a wildflower seed mix to me. I want something that I can have a sack in back of gaitor, and as I go around on daily checks, stopping here& there and scattering some seed in field margin/hedgerow area. Something that doesn't need much more prep or care than that.

@jall55 thought you might know mate.

Cheers

 

[VSS]

Try Cotswold Seeds.

 

[jall55]

Can anyone recommend a wildflower seed mix to me. I want something that I can have a sack in back of gaitor, and as I go around on daily checks, stopping here& there and scattering some seed in field margin/hedgerow area. Something that doesn't need much more prep or care than that.

@jall55 thought you might know mate.

Cheers

Did the same last year Ben - when we had some of the hedges laid
I used a Hedgerow mix from Boston seeds
Came nice last year mate - i also scattered some green hay about

 

[BenBhoy]

Did the same last year Ben - when we had some of the hedges laid
I used a Hedgerow mix from Boston seeds
Came nice last year mate - i also scattered some green hay about

So it worked, just scatter on bare soil? Put any on grass? Hoping ewes might trample seed in a bit....

 

[Fabnosh]

Hi there

I've used these to great effect. There are loads of different combinations.

Pretty Wild Seeds

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FN

 

[jall55]

So it worked, just scatter on bare soil? Put any on grass? Hoping ewes might trample seed in a bit....

I just scattered them in the hedge bottom and roughly raked them in mate
Some came better than other - the mallow really came strong

Think i have some pictures i will dig out

 

[jall55]

 

[Swedish]

Asking for a friend?

 

[jall55]

 

[BenBhoy]

Cheers mate I'll have a shop around tonight. Without being too precious, any idea on your grams per m²? Big variation some saying 3g others saying 20!!

 

[jall55]

Meadow

 

[jall55]

Cheers mate I'll have a shop around tonight. Without being too precious, any idea on your grams per m²? Big variation some saying 3g others saying 20!!

Im not too sure on that Ben
I just buy it and scatter it - hahahaha

 

[BenBhoy]

Im not too sure on that Ben
I just buy it and scatter it - hahahaha

That's my kind of science!!

 

[jall55]

Foxgloves will be flowering this year in the hedge bottoms Ben

 

[Pelyma]

The issue isn't growing them it is keeping them growing as they are easily out competed by grass. The plant I'm struggling with is wood anemone, I planted 250 back end of last year and can't see any are coming up

 

[BenBhoy]

Ive been gifted some woodland/shade seed mix so going to get that in ground in next couple of weeks.

Did you spray existing weeds off before planting anything?

The issue isn't growing them it is keeping them growing as they are easily out competed by grass. The plant I'm struggling with is wood anemone, I planted 250 back end of last year and can't see any are coming up I've bee

 

[jall55]

Ive been gifted some woodland/shade seed mix so going to get that in ground in next couple of weeks.

Did you spray existing weeds off before planting anything?

I would not spray off Ben - you just never know what might come up
We need to get away from spraying everything off

 

[Pelyma]

Wood anemones are a rhisome that looks like a twig and dug in, the soil was bare and still is!

 

[Pelyma]

I would not spray off Ben - you just never know what might come up
We need to get away from spraying everything off

If you've a large area you either spray it off, several times, fence off rabbits and manage it and after 5 years you'll have your meadow or manage it by mowing and reduce the fertility of the soil and after 10 years you'll have a meadow. Some areas I have sprayed, some I have left.

 

[jall55]

If you've a large area you either spray it off, several times, fence off rabbits and manage it and after 5 years you'll have your meadow or manage it by mowing and reduce the fertility of the soil and after 10 years you'll have a meadow. Some areas I have sprayed, some I have left.

I havent and we have a fairly large area