What did you use to spread seed &amp; did you mix with lime/compost or anything? Lastly, how did you spread seed evenly - by hand or with a spreader? TY
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I used a Scott's hand spreader. It went quickly and has come up beautifully.
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You're quite welcome. I'm having to do some research myself, because I don't have any knowledge of seeds and plants. I want to learn, though. Foxfire books may be helpful. I haven't checked them out, but they are reported to tell about the "old" ways of doing things. Happy researching.
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Hey Burrel, I just purchased the seed myself and have not been able to see how it is going to respond yet. Good luck!
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I went out and purchased salad seeds from a local store and used the growing medium supplied in the kit called "Grow Anything" and am having tremendous success. So choose the salad you like and grow it. I have not tried tomatoes but might in the future.
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It will spread lime just as long as it doesn't have chunks in it. It will not bust up chunks. It has a free flow opening that you set for whatever your spreading.
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I bought both because I have a heavily shaded back yard. Back along the back fence it gets no light in the spring and summer. I only put dense shade seed along the back fence and shady nooks everywhere else. Prepped soil as recommended and kept wet for 2 weeks. The shady nooks and the dense both germinated, but the dense was alot slower. Yard is green and thick but the dense is still filling in. I added some miricle grow lawn food to it this weekend. I think the trees are robbing the food Im thinking about feeding it with jonathan green green up this weekend. time will tell.
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if I have gentle hands, take 6 paper towles, wet 4 of them stacked ontop of eachother, with a sharpie make an 1/8 in square grid on them. Now wet them down, not dripping but thuroghly damp. Put aprox. 3-5 seeds in.each square. Takr remaining paper towels, wet them.and put them over grided seeds. Now put them I'm 1gal ziplock, zip shut and put in a relatively cool dark place. After about 5 days CAREFULLY use tweezers to transplant the their permanent place(pot, ground*recommend*) really dont like to be transplanted so be careful.and sure
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I removed a five inch layer of soil from bed. Burned soil with a torch. Repeated after adding layer back. I have beautiful impatiens this year after down mildew ruined my plants last year. AND after all advice was pretty bleak about planting them again in the same area for a very long time
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No, mine did not. Its pretty self explanatory though. The biggest issue is spreader settings depending on the product being put down. You have to check the manufacturer settings for each product.
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It's recommended that you cultivate the soil first, then spread thinly by hand (no need to use a spreader). No top soil or fertilizer either. It will deaden the germination process.
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Not a single one of the seeds grew for me, I researched how to grow them online. I soaked them in warm water over night before planting then used a covered seed starter and kept it in sunlight indoors for weeks. Dug up a few, not even a root. So assuming you can even get them to grow at all, who knows?
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I have, it did a pretty good job, it was "mostly" seedless. I didn't use the finest screen that came with it though so I would imagine that if I would have that it would have gotten out most if not all of the seeds.
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I recommend Miracle Grow potting soil. I fill the wick columns with Miracle Grow, then I place about 1" to 1 1/2" of Miracle Grow over the rest of the Grow Box. I add a 1 1/2" layer of Black Gold (worm dung) and then finish filling the Grow Box with Miracle Grow. DO NOT USE THE FERTILIZER that came with the grow box. In the two grow boxes I tried this in I lost more plants and replaced more plants. In the grow box where I did what I told you, I've not lost a single plant. My plants are going great. I would also mix in some Marigolds around your tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. to help keep the bugs away. Good Luck! I recommend Miracle Grow potting soil. I fill the wick columns with Miracle Grow, then I place about 1" to 1 1/2" of Miracle Grow over the rest of the Grow Box. I add a 1 1/2" layer of Black Gold (worm dung) and then finish filling the Grow Box with Miracle Grow. DO NOT USE THE FERTILIZER that came with the grow box. In the two grow boxes I tried this in I lost more plants and replaced more plants. In the grow box where I did what I told you, I've not lost a single plant. My plants are going great. I would also mix in some Marigolds around your tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. to... » Read More I recommend Miracle Grow potting soil. I fill the wick columns with Miracle Grow, then I place about 1" to 1 1/2" of Miracle Grow over the rest of the Grow Box. I add a 1 1/2" layer of Black Gold (worm dung) and then finish filling the Grow Box with Miracle Grow. DO NOT USE THE FERTILIZER that came with the grow box. In the two grow boxes I tried this in I lost more plants and replaced more plants. In the grow box where I did what I told you, I've not lost a single plant. My plants are going great. I would also mix in some Marigolds around your tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. to help keep the bugs away. Good Luck! « Show Less
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I did a 10"x40" section. I turned the soil over with a cultivator and spread grass seed. I covered it with landscape fabric and seeded it again (maybe not necessary) but I got good results. Do not be in a hurry to remove fabric because the new grass will come right out with it. John F
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dip root into bag and then plant. Also spread some around on top of soil.. GREAT STUFF !!!
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I spread it by hand, but you can use a spreader. be sure to wet it after spreading it. we have the small black ants and they are not bothered by it. good luck
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with small seed such as mustard and turnip greens we mix them with sand and just broadcast it. best answer I can give you.