OFFICE HOURS

November 2024 VIDEO

01:00 How to determine when seeds are ready to be harvested, specifically for native warm-season grasses like blue stems and wildflowers for creating a meadow.

• Identifying grass parts

• Common Flora of East Texas Part 1

06:00 How to prepare a site for prairie creation, including strategies for depleting the seed bank and managing weeds using methods like Roundup or tilling.

• Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment

07:00 Should warm-season grasses be sown in the fall or spring, and is stratification necessary for their germination?

• Prairie Dropseed Germination Highest with Warm, Moist Conditions

14:00 Best recipe for a soil mix to start perennial wildflower seeds for overwintering.

• Eliot Coleman Soil Blocking Recipe

16:00 How to start Culver's Root (Veronicastrum) and Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium) seeds.

• Veronicastrum details

• Schizachyrium details

20:00 Recommendations for fall/winter cleanup for naturalistic plantings and pollinator gardens.

• This guide from Brooklyn Bridge Park provides some insight on their cutting plants back.

• Habitat piles

25:00 Is there a good resource for the longevity of perennials?

• Evaluating the long-term performance of ornamental herbaceous plants using a questionnaire-based practitioner survey

28:00 Best storage method for seeds, particularly whether to store them at room temperature or cooler conditions for longer viability.

• Storage of Seeds

• Seed Processing and Storage