grass

 I lose the battle of grass and other crap in my garden every year.  I only
plant corn (3 plantings), a few tomatoes from plants, maybe a couple hills
of cantaloupe and broadcast some flowers across one end.

Is there a pre-emergent that I can use just after the things I want are
above the ground, for the grass that won't kill everything else?

 Glenn said:


If it's a "pre-emergent", it won't kill anything that's already germinated.
Depending on your location (you were more than a bit vague about that), it
/may/ be too late to apply. Then again, it may not.

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When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a
nail.

 
I'd also make sure the pre-emergent is listed for use on vegetable
crops used for food.

 Kansas City area.  I won't be putting in the first planting of corn for a
couple weeks and the rest by May 10 (accepted area end of frost here).  I
have a 4' tiller on the back of my John Deere that I will last till just
before each planting.

If they are poking their head out, a pre-emergent won't hurt them?



I'd also make sure the pre-emergent is listed for use on vegetable
crops used for food.

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Glenn said:



[borked quoting fixed]


Why would you want to put pre-emergent in your vegetable garden? Are you
too lazy to actually pull weeds? That's a part of gardening, you know.

If you put down a pre-emergent now, and then till, you've wasted your
money. A pre-emergent creates a barrier that germinating seeds can't
penetrate, so they die. If you disturb that barrier, even mildly, then any
seed can germinate.


Please spend about 10 seconds actually thinking about the meaning of the
word "pre-emergent".

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Eggs

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