Renovating lawn without chemicals - Page 5

 


And how much back braking work is it to rake out clumps of dead turf
after it's all rototilled into one big mess?   Geez, why does everyone
want to do it the hard way?



I've re-seeded dozens of lawns by using glyphosate (Roundup), waiting
about 2 weeks until it's all dead, then mowing short, raking up the
debris, then using a slit seeder to apply the seed.   Worked every
time, no fuss, no muss.

I can see tilling the whole thing up IF the soil is poor and you want
to add amendments.   But for a lawn where the existing topsoil is OK,
the above procedure is effective, easy, and cheap.

 

Bob F said:


Ever buy fresh corn at the grocery store?
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Eggs

It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

 

Eggs Zachtly wrote:

Rarely. But it would be idiocy to use glyphosate on my home garden if I care,
wouldn't it?

 

Bob F said:


Are you, yourself, made of plant material? It's a serious question man, not a
smart-assed answer. It's all got to do with how glyphosate works. It won't hurt
you, unless you're actually a plant.  =)

As long as the plants you're growing are "glyphosate-ready" (and there's a
shit-load of them available), and you spray on a calm day and/or protect your
other crops from overspray, it'd be just fine to use it in your home garden.
Pulling weeds from a dense block of corn sucks. It makes it a helluva lot
easier.
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Eggs

A hen is an egg's way of making another egg.

 

Eggs Zachtly wrote:

Since you believe all the claims of the manufacturer, go ahead and drink it up.
I'll pass.

Pulling weeds takes little time in a properly maintained garden.