Renovating lawn without chemicals

 


Hi --
I'm a horticulturist in the United States, and I'm interested in
converting my
lawn to a type of turf that requires less mowing (a
mixture of fine and hard
fescues).  The usual method to accomplish that
on this side of the Atlantic is
to first kill the existing turf with an
application of glyphosate, wait a couple
of weeks, and then use a slit
seeder to plant the new grass seed right through
the dead turf.
Howevver, I would like to avoid the use of glyphosate, if
possible.  I'm
wondering if I could simply use a stone burier on the existing
turf and
then plant right away.  Would the buried grass re-emerge to compete
with
the fescues?  Stone buriers are a new kind of technology in the United
States and I cannot find anyone who has used them for this purpose.  I
understand, though, that they have been in use in Britain for some time.
Has
anyone connected with this forum used a stone burier for lawn
renovation?




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CTTom

 

CTTom wrote:

I find it hard to believe that a horticulturist would have to ask if
buried grass will re-emerge.

Buried grass WILL re-emerge if you don't kill it, that's just common sense.

Just exactly what do you think a stone burier is going to do differently
that would magically prevent the grass from trying to survive?

Me thinks you may be trolling or setting us up for spam about stone
buriers...  Time will tell.

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Art

 

CTTom wrote:


WTF is a "stone burier" ?

 

Lawn Guy wrote:

Is your Google broken?
I suspect you just swallowed the hook and asked this "horticulturist" to
spam the group.

--
Art

 

Art wrote:


No, my google isin't broken - and neither is my usenet.

Is there a new rule that says that you can't ask questions anymore on
usenet?


Hmmm.  ok.

So where's the spam?

Give me a call when it starts.

Still waiting for an explanation for a stone burier.