Re: Killing the grass first
- Subject: Re: Killing the grass first
- From: Harold Lanktree h*@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:04:49 -0400
Maybe because crab grass is an annual? At least here in zone 5.
Hal Lanktree
Rochester, Mi (looking at a forecast for a glorious weekend!)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Blee811@aol.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: Killing the grass first
> 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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