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General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: Gilly1 on September 08, 2011, 11:08:13 AM
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Hi, Has anyone out there heard of a grass seed called mouse ear. My grass has suffered terribly this summer ( my gardener swears that he watered it on a regular basis... mmmm)It is suppose to be quite hard wearing and easy to grow. I am not looking for a bowling green just green where at the moment I have bare soil. I am out there in a couple of weeks and would like to source some and get it sown if it is the right time so it can get established for next year.
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If you do a search, it was discussed at length previously. Sorry haven't worked out how to attach a link on this laptop yet!
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Hi Phil - we have the same problem and would really be interested to know if there is anything we can do about it. I am happy to take some seed from the UK and water it every day next summer if someone that knows their stuff will tell me it will help!
This year our gardener/maintenance company has watered once a week and clearly it looks a mess [:(!]
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Phil - found this after the prompt from Liz:
http://{A Link to an old CBF topic was here - no longer available}37377&whichpage=2&SearchTerms=grass%20seed
If LoubyLou is correct then 90 lira for a kilo means I may be looking on ebay for something to take over in my case!!
This looks like the solution - I like the reference to scorching heat:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CANADA-GREEN-GRASS-SEED-Number-1-UK-LAWN-SEED-BRAND-/160644792214?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item25672cff96#ht_1911wt_928
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The guy who did our garden got mixed seed from a shop opposite the place they call B&Q. It was fine but he watered the grass heavily every evening and sometimes twice a day in the very high heat. When he seeded the garden they used a load of sheep droppings as fertilizer.
Although we were not paying for the water as it came from our well, I still thought that maybe I was wasting a precious resource. If we had not sold our villa I would have replaced the grass with pebbles in the spring.
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The small garden shop in Gunlukbasi sells mixed seed at 10tl per kilo, I have watered my grass most evenings in the high season and every other day now it is cooler and it looks fine, but new seed does need soaking at least twice a day till it gets established.
Mark
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Mark - 10 ytl a kilo - you manage to find better bargains than Anne (Mercury) - were you originally from Yorkshire as well? :D
I think I might be having a little ride to Gunlukbasi in January!
Ps Not being green fingered is it as simple as scattering on the surface in February when the ground is moist and water every day until the end of October?
Or do I have to create lots of little holes with a fork and then scatter it about?
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I tried planting grass seed in my old garden and wandered why it seemed to only grow in clumps So got more seed for the bare patches and noticed that ants were are walking off with it and disappearing down holes! So i presume you need to rake it in well and keep it soaked !
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Originally posted by Ian
Mark - 10 ytl a kilo - you manage to find better bargains than Anne (Mercury) - were you originally from Yorkshire as well? :D
I think I might be having a little ride to Gunlukbasi in January!
Ps Not being green fingered is it as simple as scattering on the surface in February when the ground is moist and water every day until the end of October?
Or do I have to create lots of little holes with a fork and then scatter it about?
When I laid my lawn in UK, I raked over the soil, scattered the seed then covered it with more soil so that the seed was hidden. I then trampled all over the area & watered, around a month later hey presto I had green stuff growing through ;)
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"When I laid my lawn in UK, I raked over the soil, scattered the seed then covered it with more soil so that the seed was hidden. I then trampled all over the area & watered, around a month later hey presto I had green stuff growing through"
Ahhhh - but you women are experts at tramp...... - no I have had second thoughts :D :D
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Common mouse ear
Occurrence: Common mouse ear is a short-lived perennial plant, native grasslands and open country, cultivated and waste. It grows in a wide range of soils but prefers dry sandy soils, rich in nutrients with lime added. It records up to 3,600 feet in the UK and has been found in prehistoric sites. The species consists of a variable set of subspecies.
Common mouse ear is a weed of cereals, but is most common in the prairies. In a survey of weeds in conventional cereals in central southern England in 1982, common mouse-ear was found in 0.6% of winter wheat fields, but not at all in spring or winter barley. In a study of seedbanks in some arable soils in the central region shows English in 1972-3, common mouse ear was recorded in 50% of the fields of the sample in Oxfordshire and 6% of people in Warwickshire, but never in large quantities. Aside land in Scotland, was one of the most frequent species in the fields unsown. It was a common weed in the seed banks of the fields in Scotland. In pasture soils in the Netherlands, common mouse ear was frequent in the grass and the soil seed bank.
Common mouse ear can become infected with cucumber mosaic virus is transmitted by the aphid Myzus persicae. Studies have shown that the virus can also be performed in the seed. In infected plants, 2% of the seeds may carry the virus.
Management: The weed is kept under control in early sown cereal crops and full and deep. In a comparison of tillage regimes in winter cereals, common mouse ear was aided by reduced crop. Laboratory studies indicate that the culture in the dark could reduce or delay the onset of common mouse ear.
In pastures, grazing close to the terrible and sheep are effective control measures. Common mouse ear is able to emerge and grow rapidly to dominate the areas of disturbance. It is not grazed by rabbits.
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You know that cup of coffee Ian. The price just went up. See u in January.x