Re: What RoundUp won't kill
- Subject: Re: What RoundUp won't kill
- From: Harold Lanktree h*@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 23:10:46 -0400
I would suggest that if you are doing a small enough area to stick a fork in
several inches and just rock the handle back, fracturing the soil layer but
not tilling it into tiny pieces. The soil & compost will filter into the
cracks you have created and let the new & old soil layers "blend". If you
only add soil & compost, water will have a hard time moving down into the
old soil layer. And if you till it much, the soil clumps that have formed
over time are destroyed. Those clumps are what leave large pores in the
soil for air water and roots to penetrate.
Hal Lanktree
zone 5b,
Rochester, Mich.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Phillips" <lenphillips@yahoo.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: What RoundUp won't kill
> Hi Skyler,
>
> In my experience with Roundup, it only needs to be dry on the foliage for
> it to be effective, so I am confident the garden is ready to go. Since
> the grass is dead you don't need to bother with a paper layer and I would
> till the existing soil first before adding more loam and compost. This
> way the dead grass will become compost faster and the loose soil will
> encourage deep root development from the new plants.
>
>
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