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Post by binnylou on Sept 24, 2022 8:58:44 GMT -5
This is pretty much what I did when putting down seed for mustard cover cop. No zinnias we’re involved, though. I seeded heavily, mulched a bit, over seeded, and was faithful to the watering.
Will you deadhead your zinnias to be scattered in another area of your garden?
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Post by raphanus on Oct 8, 2022 7:11:54 GMT -5
I decided to do this in sections. I mowed down roughly half of the zinnias. There was quite a bit of warm season grasses underneath them. I started broadcasting ryegrass seed yesterday over the whole area, the half I mowed as well as the half that is still summer grasses and zinnias. Morning lows are now around 50 with daytimes highs around 80. First frost should be in 6 weeks or so, but first frost never kills back the warm season grasses since we still have plenty of days in the 80s after first frost. I’m planning on just continually reseeding this area in ryegrass once a week or so through December. After the ryegrass is established and the warm season grasses are dormant, I might transplant in some rows of cabbage.
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Post by raphanus on Nov 8, 2022 6:52:47 GMT -5
This experiment was pretty successful. I left a handful of pepper and tomato plants, mowed around them when I was mowing down all the zinnias. I scattered ryegrass seed by hand three times, about a week apart. I didn’t bother to take it in or cover it with compost. Watered it every morning for 15-20 minutes. The rye grass is all up and it was about ten inches tall this weekend so I actually had to mow it. There are zinnia seedlings sprouting all over the rye lawn, but I doubt most of them will have time to bloom before frost in a couple weeks. Very nice to know I can seeds winter rye lawn without having to do any of the tilling or raking
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