When I was watering gazania in the SW corner this morning, I discovered these seeds on top of one dead flower. I am not sure how many each flower produces, but when I saw them there were about 10 still on the dead tip of the flower.
There is a bare section in this row of gazania, so I simply sowed these seeds here. I didn't care much about how I sowed them because it was too hard to dig in this spot (the gazania plants are just growing out of the mulching layer). I only scraped a little of the top mulch, to make sure the feathery seeds don't get blown away somewhere else easily, and watered them in.
See how they go. I have had no experience of growing gazania from seeds. I might look up how long it normally takes to see them sprouting.
Is that aweed?
ReplyDeleteIt can or cannot be. They are sold in nurseries.
ReplyDeletei looked it up. a weed is a plant growing where it is not wanted. i guess that if you want the plant, then it is not a weed.
ReplyDeleteI've been away with work. Wish I had the time you have had to put into the garden. Your doing great with propagation.
ReplyDeleteif you are look for a really tough and hardy grass, you should consider using nut grass for your lawn.
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Thanks Ninrod. When I was working full time at one point, I used to garden on the weekend as recreation. I could spend half a day in it and enjoy being tired but harvesting the good result at the same time!
ReplyDeleteTo Chris: I am actually trying to get rid off all nut grass in my garden. I'm happy with my choice of grass.