What to Expect
First Year: Annuals will bloom profusely if sown before June. Cut once in late August – September after flowering.​
Establishment Phase First Year
If sown before Mid-June the annuals will bloom profusely. Cut once in late August to October after flowering or leave uncut until spring. Always cut tall foliage early in morning or late evening as its easier with a scythe. Machinery best time is from 11am to 4pm as the materials are stiffer and dryer during midday.
If growth in the first season was poor and slow, being either ‘weather effected’ or ‘sown late’, in which case the growth of foliage does not provide full ‘nurse crop’ cover, we suggest leaving uncut until early March. Cut before the spring flushes of seed emerge and carefully clear away foliage so as not to damage any tiny seedlings that grew over the winter.