Re: Killing the grass first
- Subject: Re: Killing the grass first
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:16:46 EDT
In a message dated 8/30/02 7:20:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lynnlamb@carolina.rr.com writes:
> Thank you to all who have responded about killing the grass off first.
> In the past we have actually just tilled the grass alive for beds
> (impatient, I know), but then have to pull grass for months--bummer.
Most of the beds I have made have been in areas covered in crab grass. I've
tried killing the grass first, and still get some crabgrass in the new
bed--from seeds I guess. The other method I have tried is to do a very
shallow tilling of the bed, then thoroughly rake it numerous times, pulling
out the uproot crabgrass and other weeds. Then I do the deeper tilling for
final preparation with amendments added. I haven't noticed any higher
incidence of crab grass in the new bed with this method than with the
Round-Up method.
Bill Lee
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