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Gardening

questionseverything

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5. I would til it now, cover the area with black plastic until mid March and plant my seeds then

Reply to groundloop (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 04:30 PM

Sep 2024

If you plant now, I think you will lose the annuals

Btw farm and fleet sells wildflower/ zinnia packs each spring with fertilizer around each seed, they work great and were pretty inexpensive

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When to plant native wildflowers? [View all] groundloop Sep 2024 OP

I plant bulbs in the fall, seeds early spring questionseverything Sep 2024 #1

The grass is pretty well dead in the spots I'm going to plant these groundloop Sep 2024 #3

I would til it now, cover the area with black plastic until mid March and plant my seeds then questionseverything Sep 2024 #5

Try this place... MiHale Sep 2024 #2

Yep, that's where I'm getting my seed from..... groundloop Sep 2024 #4

Some perrenials can be puti n Now Figarosmom Sep 2024 #6

if they are natives you can plant in the fall Kali Sep 2024 #7

Where are you rockbluff botanist Sep 2024 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author groundloop Sep 2024 #10

Where are you rockbluff botanist Sep 2024 #9

I'm in northeast Alabama..... Cherokee County groundloop Sep 2024 #11

Let nature decide? beesplease Oct 13 #12