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Your retired!
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Best method I've used is kill with round up, rotovate rake and reseed. If you mix in Yellow rattle that will eat off any remaining grass.
I'd take a slightly more gentle approach than honeybadger, cut meadow areas short, scarify, and reseed with suitable seed mixture. Do it in the autumn as certain seeds need the winter frosts.
As h b says, yellow rattle, and also Yarrow. They are parasites and live on grass roots weakening it.
I've also used that method. I'm made three last year.
1, weed kill rotovate
2, scarife and seed
3, scarfie and plugs
No.1 has been the best method to get a quicker established meadow, No. 3 been the worst cause birds pull the plugs out.
Not questioning anyones chosen method its down to what the customer wants.
Good to know about the yarrow.
Yeah I suppose it depends on the clients perception of a wild flower meadow. To me, it involves a range of native grasses, as well as the usual suspects.
Some might just want an area full of daisies, or brightly coloured things a la Sarah Raven.
Agree re plugs unless you want a couple of clumps of a specific plant.
And yes,get rid of the ragwort
Thank you Gents....even though Ive only been there for 2 visits, I know they wont go with the rotivate option.... so scarify or a hard rake and spread seed will be the route I try (I dont have a scarifier any more, I'm retired
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Hi Adam,
what kind of soil are are you on there?? . If it were me I'd be assessing the site first, finding out exactly what it is that the client thinks is a meadow(it might be more prairie than meadow if you get me?)and then cracking on.... check out the work of James hitchmough , he is the go to man for this in the uk... I have also seen perennials mixed into WFM to great effect... pictorial meadows also offer a nice range of seeds and more importantly turf, which might be the way to go.. I'll enclose an article by Tom Stuart smith below on his endeavours to establish one such.. His experience , and what to avoid have served me well!!
best of luck!!
Paul
https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/10/gardens-great-...
Paul
You could look into the idea of introducing patches or strips of wildflower turf not as vulnerable as sowing seed or plug plants .
Eeasier to manage and maintain .
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