Serious yet, probably dumb question. I’m trying to restore my yard to a more natural state. After the previous owners nuked it with chemicals and GMO grass. I’ve been peeling and spreading those seeds all over my yard. Will that let them grow or should I just let the wind carry them?
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 04 Sep 20:03
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It depends. Do you know if these are wild speces for sure and/or native? Grasses are notoriously difficult to ID, so if not it is ok. A lot of grass kind of likes the abuse, it colonises disturbed areas as a pioneer species as long as the soil isn’t bone dry, you are fine with walking on it even. This keeps back other plants from overtaking the grasses. There are some caviats, depending on your location. If you are trying to encourage prarie grasses, they like really crappy, shitty soil. Clay with medium topsoil. Can you give me more of an idea of what you are trying to do with it/location/etc? Feel free to DM, my bestie is a specialist with grasses.
But there is plenty wrong with grass yards with non-native species. If they nuked all the native plants, that’s bad. We need native species for native habitats. Sure, GMO can improve plants, but we shouldn’t be planting non-native plants.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world
on 06 Sep 08:22
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Look into clover. Bugs love it, drought resistant, super low maintenance
This reminds me of this flower that use to grow at a third cousin’s house. They had these seed pods on them that when they were uh, ripe, they’d explode violently at a touch! So as a kid we’d do that and watch them explode, or take slightly less ready ones and throw them at the ground to burst them like little fireworks.
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Serious yet, probably dumb question. I’m trying to restore my yard to a more natural state. After the previous owners nuked it with chemicals and GMO grass. I’ve been peeling and spreading those seeds all over my yard. Will that let them grow or should I just let the wind carry them?
It depends. Do you know if these are wild speces for sure and/or native? Grasses are notoriously difficult to ID, so if not it is ok. A lot of grass kind of likes the abuse, it colonises disturbed areas as a pioneer species as long as the soil isn’t bone dry, you are fine with walking on it even. This keeps back other plants from overtaking the grasses. There are some caviats, depending on your location. If you are trying to encourage prarie grasses, they like really crappy, shitty soil. Clay with medium topsoil. Can you give me more of an idea of what you are trying to do with it/location/etc? Feel free to DM, my bestie is a specialist with grasses.
They are wild, I live in a rather rural area. Also, yes, it’s very dry clay, so I’ll start wetting the area
Everything is made of chemicals and nothing is wrong with gmo.
But there is plenty wrong with grass yards with non-native species. If they nuked all the native plants, that’s bad. We need native species for native habitats. Sure, GMO can improve plants, but we shouldn’t be planting non-native plants.
Look into clover. Bugs love it, drought resistant, super low maintenance
It also synergizes with regular grass by providing it with nitrogen
well you’ll want to make sure the seeds are mature and that you don’t squish them when ripping them off, otherwise i see no issue
Aaaand one of them is stuck in your skin
Cut my fingers doing that.
These plants did a fantastic job domesticating us
This reminds me of this flower that use to grow at a third cousin’s house. They had these seed pods on them that when they were uh, ripe, they’d explode violently at a touch! So as a kid we’d do that and watch them explode, or take slightly less ready ones and throw them at the ground to burst them like little fireworks.