weed removal

 
Hi

Thanks for responding to my previous post. I just need some more help
as I'm
amateur gardener.

I've got plenty of weeds on bare soil, no lawn at the moment. Soil is
okay at
the moment but pretty uneven and I've to put 15cm of topsoil to
make it level.

I've tried to remove them by digging up but sometimes their roots are
too deep
and they just break up. Will it be a problem if I leave those
broken roots or
I've to take them out whatever happens. I most case I
really have to dig deep to
get to them.

Once all the weeds are removed and site is cleared I'll be putting 15cm
of
topsoil on top of existing soil. Will that help OR the weeds will
still
penetrate from there as well.

I'll put ready made turf on top of that once leveled and free from
weed.

Also I was thinking of getting the rotovator if it makes life easier as
there
are plenty of weeds and digging is taking decent time.
Please let me know if that will be helpful so that I can rent one out
or should
I just use hand tools.


Thanks in advance for all the help.




--
RK77

 

You could put down several layers on newspaper over the ground before adding
the additional top soil. The paper should keep the weeds from growing.

Freckles

 On 5/9/2009 5:00 PM, RK77 wrote:

I was on my hands and knees today with a paring knife, getting weeds out
of a decomposed granite walkway.  While thinning the fruit on my peach
tree, I also pulled a few weeds from under the tree.

Weed seeds blow in the wind.  You can remove all the weeds in your
garden -- roots and all -- and have more weeds next year.  Even chemical
herbicides will not give long-term relief.

Face it!  You are a gardener.  You will be weeding for the rest of your
life.

--
David E. Ross
Climate:  California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>

 
like the guy says, lay newspaper down then topsoil. that works very
well.

or, you can use roundup on the weeds; that seems to kill them off but
doesn't kill future grass. might take a few sprays though, from my
experience. at least, some weeds seem to die right away, some don't
and i decided to spray them again.

either  way, like the other guy says, there's going to be weed seeds
waiting in the new turf, as well as blowing in. but..... once you get
a nice thick healthy lawn, that tends to prevent new weeds from
sprouting, or thriving once they sprout.

 wrote:


I have tried newspapers (2 or 3 layers) for weed control.   This works
for weeds, but  found the water would run off the paper away from the
plants, leaving the soil dry.