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Sowing wild flower seeds in vegetable beds

  • 18-03-2013 9:01pm
    #1
    emer_b
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    I have 4 raised veg beds which I have had mixed success with over the last 4 years.
    I'm not going to have any time to devote to them this year so I'm planning on 2 beds of potatoes (low maintenance) and 2 beds of Irish wild flower seeds.
    Are the wild flower seeds a good/bad idea if I decide to dig them out and grow veg again next year? I usually just grow onions, courgettes and a few other random things to experiment.

    Also, what's the best way to leave a bed fallow for a year? Do I just keep it weeded, let if go wild, cover it with breathable membrane?


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  • #2
    redser7
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    You could cover it but the bet thing you could do is sow a green manure. It will benefit the soil and also the wee beasties. Have a google.


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