seed shopping

[neci]

i love seed. all different types. do you seed your yard or land? what do you seed it with?

 

[ryan8558]

If you're talking about grass, sodded the yard a couple of years ago. But if our watering gets cut back too much more, thinking about putting in gravel and or artificial turf.

 

[neci]

http://www.outsidepride.com/seed/clover-seed/crimson-clover-seed.html

this shit right here. what the hell is NITRO-COAT®? going to look elsewhere. i'm sure it does something, but i don't trust coated seeds. just a gut instinct thing. i normally order from places that are reputable prairie restoration, no chemical shit, etc. all these seeds, and no telling what they've been through.

 

[neci]

If you're talking about grass, sodded the yard a couple of years ago. But if our watering gets cut back too much more, thinking about putting in gravel and or artificial turf.

what kind of sod do you use?

 

[neci]

does anyone else obsess over this kind of stuff?

 

[neci]

my favorite ground cover of all time has to be blue-eyed grass. actually a perennial wildflower, it looks just like grass, except it has this beautiful blue flower that opens up in the morning and normally closes back up by the afternoon.

 

[Saint Peter]

I like my plum trees. You do not have to fuss over them. They just hang around all year and give me sweet fruit at the end of summer.

What is not to love?

 

[neci]

plums are amazing. my peaches did not produce this year. they are finicky. i want a fig tree. a couple of figs.

 

[Saint Peter]

I want raspberry bushes.

I had a cherry tree but the wind split it in half and then it died. Same deal. No work, just food. Perfect.

 

[neci]

i planted some blackberry bushes this year. apparently you can't have blackberry and raspberry bushes in the same yard. at least that's what my research said, because they crossbreed.

 

[doowdniw]

We have wild blackberries around here. The only problem is that once they're in, they're practically impossible to get out. Fuckers are indestructible. Even Roundup doesn't kill them.

 

[thør]

Blackberry bush fences make good neighbors.

 

[Killswitch]

I buy and use on average 750 lbs of turf seed every year.

One of my popular blends.

http://www.royaltonsupply.com/products/images/products/products/478_large_image.jpg

 

[ryan8558]

If you're talking about grass, sodded the yard a couple of years ago. But if our watering gets cut back too much more, thinking about putting in gravel and or artificial turf.

Put down St. Aug. We had fair amount of rain and not too many 100 degree days so it's doing ok this summer.

 

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[Mrtenant]

I keep seeing this thread and the only thing that comes to mind....


If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do suck seed. Curly Howard

 

[neci]

i ripped the lawn off of my yard a few years back. sod cutter. since then, it's been playing with natives, wild flowers, edibles and medicinals as ground cover. trying to find the perfect combination for a zero supplemental water lawn. lots of dandelions, pony's foot, peppergrass, sorrel, some plantain.

 

[pointless]

i just put them aside while i'm breaking up the buds.

then i freeze them.

oh, wait....

 

[neci]

you freeze them? the moisture doesn't effect them?

 

[pointless]

apparently not. if you think about it it makes sense. i mean they drop their seeds in fall in nature and they don't pop up again until spring so in the mean time they're likely doing a lot of freezing. anyway, they apparently don't mind it a bit. quite the opposite, in fact.

 

[pointless]

not that i know anything about that, of course.

 

[neci]

makes sense. this time of year, you can dig bulbs out of the ground, but want to refrigerate them until planting. some seeds require the cold before germination, others don't.

 

[Blase]

my favorite ground cover of all time has to be blue-eyed grass. actually a perennial wildflower, it looks just like grass, except it has this beautiful blue flower that opens up in the morning and normally closes back up by the afternoon.

If you like blue star grass, you should try yellow star grass. It's essentially a yellow version of the blue variety, but it tends to bloom off and on all summer.

Actually there are quite a few "star grasses" (sisyrinchium and hypoxis species). Not all are hardy, depending on how far north you are, but it's definitely worth getting to know the ones that will grow for you.

 

[pointless]

i really should shift my concern to actual grass though. my yard seriously needs to be reseeded. we have some grass that doesn't like to be mowed and some that really can't handle not being rained on every other day. the rest is mostly weeds. kinda sucks, really.

 

[neci]

If you like blue star grass, you should try yellow star grass. It's essentially a yellow version of the blue variety, but it tends to bloom off and on all summer.

Actually there are quite a few "star grasses" (sisyrinchium and hypoxis species). Not all are hardy, depending on how far north you are, but it's definitely worth getting to know the ones that will grow for you.

fancy. i'd found the white star grass. the blue is a local native, and puts up amazingly with the heat and drought. i'll have to locate some more of these seeds and scatter them around the yard. my ultimate goal is to crowd out the sand burrs without using pesticides.