Texas Gardening: Scarifying Bluebonnet Seeds, 1 by 1lisac

1lisac wrote:
Smockette-What don't you understand?

Stephanie-Seedballs are a mixture of seeds, compost and clay. Formed into balls and dried in the sun. Then you just toss them and the seeds are protected from the elements and critters. The clay holds moisture to help the seeds germinate. Its an ancient way of sowing seeds, that is pretty much fool proof as long as there is adequate water once germination has occurred. I just toss them the balls will stay together protecting the seeds until rain comes along. Needless to say, with all the rain last year, the seedballs worked beautifully and the wildflowers were fantastic. Last spring I was having a really crazy day and a lady called me just to tell me she had CA poppies all over her yard. It made my day.