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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: woodypecks on July 24, 2008, 15:22:21

Title: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: woodypecks on July 24, 2008, 15:22:21

I want to know which wild plants are safe to sow/plant into a hay meadow .  a) Ones that are cattle/horse friendly .  b) Ones that are not going to take over my field .   and c) Ones that look pretty.
Also...... how can I get rid of Dock plants !
                                                                    Thankyou
                           

Title: Re: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: ACE on July 24, 2008, 21:06:44

I used to use the sweepings out of a hay barn if I wanted a wild lawn. You would be surprised at the variety of seeds there are in the sweepings. Also being a hay barn all the nasties have been removed years ago as farmers usually pull plants that are likely to poison their livestock.

Title: Re: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: woodypecks on July 25, 2008, 08:34:03

  I was thinking about poppies .....but are they safe for animals ?   I know that there are some like Ragwort which are poisonous .
 Thankyou Ace...thats interesting .    Woodypecks

Title: Re: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: ceres on July 25, 2008, 09:54:05

Quote from: woodypecks on July 24, 2008, 15:22:21

Also...... how can I get rid of Dock plants !   

You could spray with aminopyralid.

















Only joking!

Title: Re: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on July 25, 2008, 10:02:18

Dig them out. Or paint them with glyphosate.

Title: Re: Edible Wild Flowers for Meadow
Post by: woodypecks on July 28, 2008, 15:33:44

Thankyou....I will try and dig out as many as I can.....and then use glyphosphate on the rest.  We "harvested " as many of the flower stalks as we could before they went to seed . They are tough weeds .
                         Woodypecks